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U1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Flashcards

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Physical Geography

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The study of spatial and material characteristics of the PHYSICAL environment

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5 themes of geography

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  • Location
  • Place
  • Human/ Environment Interactions
  • Movement
  • Regions
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Cartography

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The art and science of making maps, including data compilation, layout, and design

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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A collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed and displayed to the user

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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A satellite- based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographics

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Remote sensing

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A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments (ex. satellites) that are physically distant from area or object of study

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Fieldwork

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The study of phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places

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Environmental Determinism

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Theory that the social and cultural development of human behavior is determined by the physical environment itself; example would be that tropical climates give u a relaxed attitude or big cities keeps you frequently stressed

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Possibilism

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Theory that states that environment can limit the possibilities of a culture but it DOES NOT control culture; technology is one huge factor to supporting this statement

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Types of map projections (just name them)

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  • Robinson (oval map)
  • Mercator (cylinder)
  • Azimuthal (planar)
  • Goode’s Homolosine
  • Mollweide Equal Area
  • Gall- Peters
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Map projections

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Distortions of latitude and longitude, needed to take something like a globe and represent it as a flat image

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Robinson: distortions, advantages, disadvantages

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D: poles are shrunken
A: least distortion
D: poles are hard to see

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Mercator (cylinder): distortions, advantages, disadvantages

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D: areas near the poles are stretched
A: shows true direction, shown by ships
D: areas that are by the poles are bigger than how they really are

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Azimuthal (planar): distortions, advantages, disadvantages

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D: land gets bigger further away from poles
A: used by airline pilots (for guidance)
D: can only see one hemisphere at a time

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Goode’s Homolosine: distortions, advantages, disadvantages

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D: oceans are not exactly all connected (interrupted)
A: stresses land masses
D: shape of planet distorted

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Gall- Peters: distortions, advantages, disadvantages

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D: countries look longer (stretched)
A: S hemisphere had accurate proportion
D: countries look longer, especially by the equator

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Properties of maps

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Distance
Direction
Shape
Scale

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Reference maps

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Show info for a certain place/ area

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Political maps

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Show countries, cities, borders, and capitals

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Physical maps

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Show landforms

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Mental maps

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Maps in oneself’s mind that are highly subject to change depending on your personal perception of a particular place/ area

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Thematic/ special purposes maps

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Designed to show a certain theme

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Types of thematic maps (just name them)

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  • choropleth
  • dot density
  • proportional circle
  • isoline map
  • cartogram
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Chloropleth

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Areas are SHADED to show how strongly they represent a certain theme

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Dot density

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Uses a dot to represent one unit of something; clusters of dots -> more accurate understanding/ conclusion of any situation for the geographers

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Proportional Circle

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Size of circle represents strength of theme is in an area

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Isoline

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Connects points of equal pattern (usually will relate to weather)

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Cartogram

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Shows strength of an idea by distorting the size of the place

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Scale

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Relationship between the portion of the Earth being studied and the earth as a whole

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Absolute location

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Being the exact location or something, mostly relate to latitude and longitude

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Relative location

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Describing where the location is by referencing the other things that it’s by

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3 types of spatial distributions

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  • density
  • concentration
  • pattern
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Distribution

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An arrangement of features in the space provided

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Density

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of variable per unit area

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Concentration

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Spread of something of a given area: clustered or diapered

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Pattern

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The geometric arrangement of objects in space

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Centrality

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A place where the location is between major points of influence; its situated well or has a good location

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Culture

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The sum total knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior shared and transmitted by the members of society

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How does cultures affect human to environment relationship?

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They see themselves as connected to others, define themselves in terms of relationship with others, and see their characteristics as more likely to change across different contexts (human behavior)e

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Human Geography

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Study of humans and their ideas and cultures and its impact on the environment

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Culture trait

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Something that makes up a part of a culture (ex. tacos in Latino culture LOL)

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Culture complex

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A certain trait that may have multiple meanings (ex. turbans used in Middle East to stay cool, in Africa it’s part of some sort of tradition)

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Culture hearth

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Starting point of a trait (or ending) [ex. Islam started in the S.W Asia/ N. Africa area]

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Major Diffusions (just name)

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  • Expansion
  • Hierarchical
  • Contagious
  • Stimulus
  • Relocation
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Expansion diffusion

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Spread of innovation or ideas through a POPULATION in an area

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Hierarchical

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Spread of innovation or ideas spreads by passing among the major connected places or peoples (ex. big cities or celebrities)

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Contagious

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Distance- controlled spreading of an idea, innovation or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person

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Stimulus

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Spread of innovation or ideas which a cultural adaption is created as a result of the intros of a cultural trait from another place

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Relocation

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Spread of innovation or ideas which the “items” gone in one area would be transferred to a different area in the world

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Syncretism

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A union of a mix of different religions, cultures, or philosophies (ex being Halloween which has both Christian and pagan roots)

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Culture barrier

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being influenced by the attitudes, customs and practices of the people around you (mostly facing obstacles)

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Types of regions

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Formal
Functional
Perpetual

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Formal region

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An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics (ex. N. Africa/ S.W Asia)

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Functional region

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Defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it or being surrounded by q central location (ex. Chicago metro)

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Perceptual Region

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Reflecting on human feelings and attitudes about areas (typically stereotypical areas)

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Globalization

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The act of spreading of products, ideas, cultures, etc (trading) at a global level

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Impact of globalization on cultures

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It’s bad. By the big corporation having predominance, local shoes are almost pathetic

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