Test 1 Flashcards
What is the definition of the word “geography”?
“earth” and “written description”
What are the five themes of geography?
- Location
- Place
- Human-Environment Interaction
- Movement
- Region
What are the tools of geography?
Globes and Maps
What are the two dissections of maps?
Mental and Physical Maps
What do most maps use to be created?
Cylindrical Projection
What maps flattens like an orange peel and has cuts and gaps in it?
Goode’s Projection
What map has everything distorted but only by a little?
Robinson’s projection
This projection is used by placing a cone shaped piece of paper on an imaginary and traces the shadow onto the cone?
Conic Projection
Where is the conic projection most accurate?
Where the cone touches the line
This is also known as the planar projection
The Azimuthal Projection
Where is the azimuthal projection most accurate?
In the center and becomes more and more distorted near the edges
Explain what a mental map is and when it would be used
Answer may vary but should include to communicate directions to a person
What are moderns maps the result of?
GIS
What is GIS
Geographic Information System
What share the three basic types of symbols
Point Symbols
Line Symbols
Area Symbols
Define each of the symbols
Point- cities, builds, wells,
Line- roads, railroads, rivers
Area- bodies of water, glaciers, swamps
Where are the meaning of the symbols shown?
In a legend located in the corner of a map
What are helpful features of a map?
Scale and Compass Rose
What are relief maps?
Maps that show specific changes in elevation
What do cartographers use to iodinate points on a map that have the same altitude
Contour lines of various colors
What is a thematic map?
Record gathered information about a region.
Climate, population, resource, political parties, etc.
What is a culture
The system of customs and traditions and habits o f a group of people;e use to makes something of their world?
True or False
Culture is man’s response to creation
True
What does culture include?
technical knowledge
Social structures
Religion
Philosophy
What is a positive aspect of culture
Any aspect that align’s with God’s principles for creation
What is structure in regards to culture?
The way that God has intended aspects of culture to be
What is direction?
Movements towards or away from God’s original intent
What resulted in cultural diversity?
The Tower of Babel
Was man a cultural being between the period of the fall of man and the Tower of Babel?
Yes. Man has been a cultural being but became diverse at the Tower of Babel
What is multiculturalism?
All cultures are equally valid and no culture is better than another
Do Christians align with multiculturalism?
No
What is the major problem with multiculturalism?
There is no absolute truth and everyone truth is relative.
What Bible verse did we use to combat multiculturalism?
John 17:17
What are the five themes of CULTURE
Religion
Instituions
Social Groups
Aesthetics
Physical Environment
What is the definition of religion?
The human s response to God’s revelation
Is religion tied to culture? Why?
Yes, because it is closely related to the Creation Mandate
What are institutions?
Elements of culture that develop around rules. design, and structure
What are some examples of institutions?
Marriage, government. economics
What are social groups?
Any grouping of people who share a common characteristic?
What is the foundational social group?
The family
What are some examples of social groups?
Church relationships
Family relationships
Political relationships
What is the definition for aesthetics?
Property or characteristics of a person, place, or thing.
Why are aesthetics important to Christians?
We need to be able to look and see the beauty God has given to us in the physical world and in cultures as well
Where do we see wise stewardship of the physical earth?
In the Garden of Eden when God told Adam and Eve to tend to the garden.
