odelia says Flashcards
geography-rubenstein’s definition
scientific study of the locations of people and activities across earth and the re asons for their distribution
where and why things are where they ae
peters projection
An equal-area projection purposely centered on Africa in an attempt to treat all regions of Earth .equally.
treated each country fairly by representing area accurately
It does have severe shape/direction distortion-extreme ate prime meridian
robinson projection
makes various aspects of the map sightly distorted to produce an attractive world map.
showing the poles as lines rather than points and more accurately portraying high latitude lands and water to land ratio
malthus
theory that people are growing faster than resources
Carl Sauer
defined cultural landscape as an area fashioned from nature by acultural group
defined the concept of cultural landscape as the fundamental unit of geographical analysis. This landscape results from the interaction between humans and the physical environment.
George Perkins Marsh
Many have credited him with founding the science of ecology-effect of humans on environment
An inventor, diplomat, politician, and scholar, his classic work, “Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action,” provided the first description of the extent to which natural systems had been impacted by human actions.
W. D. Pattinson
He claimed that geography drew from four distinct traditions: the earth-science tradition, the culture-environment tradition, the locational tradition, and the area-analysis tradition.
Alexander von Humboldt
spatial distribution of plants, animals and rocks
-considered one of the fathers of modern geography
Ellsworth Huntington
- argued that climate was a major determinate of civilization
- climate of Europe was perfect for producing greater efficiency, better health, lower death rates etc
Eratosthenes
coined the word “geography”
- measured latitude and longitude
- prepared one of the earliest known maps
- calculates the earths size within .5% accuracy
Ernest George Ravenstein
: The Laws of Migration
cognitive map
mental representation which serves an individual to recall features
chloropleth
uses colors to represent features
reference map
used for navigation/reference
distance decay model
exponential decrease-further away, less interation
