quiz 1

Question 1

3 types of regions

Answer 1

formal, functional, vernacular

Question 2

formal region

Answer 2

Boundaries, Data can be studied

Everything within a formal region shows at least 1 common characteristic

Question 3

functional region

Answer 3

a function, distance decay

Question 4

vernacular region

Answer 4

perceptual, how you see something (“the bad part of town”)

Question 5

latitude and longitude

Answer 5

identifies specific coordinate for a place

Question 6

environmental determinism v. possiblism

Answer 6

Environmental Determinism is when you let the environment determine what happens. Possibleism is what is possible. like where you control the environment

Question 7

4 types of distortion

Answer 7

shape, size, distance, direction

Question 8

distortion

Answer 8

who something happens to make it different

Question 9

tools for scale

Answer 9

reference tool, communication tool

Question 10

reference scale

Answer 10

key to scale

Question 11

scale of direction (communication scale)

Answer 11

when you compare the same thing to different places