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Unit 1 - 1 Flashcards

1
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the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes

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Physical Geography

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The branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the Earth’s surface

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Human Geography

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Scale of analysis using local, national, regional and global

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Four-Level Analysis

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A system of ideas intended to explain something

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Theory

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An abstract idea; a general notation

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Concepts

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A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end

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Processes

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A system or thing used as an example to follow or imitate

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Models

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Object-oriented with coverage and concerned with how the physical world works or looks

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Spatial models

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Information which is independent of all geometric considerations

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Non-spatial data

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10
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The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source

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Time distance decay

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An analytical tool used to measure the distance between two or more physical locations or items

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Spatial patterns

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A group or system of interconnected people or things

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Network

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Data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range

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Quantitative data

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Information that objects, events, or other features with a location on or hear the surface of the earth

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Geospatial data

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Sources that are credible for information (example - archival records, artifacts, participant observation, interviews, focus groups)

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Qualitative sources

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16
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The relative size of the map or lense we choose to use to observe geographical phenomena

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Scales of analysis

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17
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the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients

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Distribution

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a measure of the social, cultural, and economic relatedness or connectivity between two places

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relative distance

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shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated

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reference maps

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they show state and national boundaries and capital and major cities

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Political Maps

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Map that includes labels for features such as mountain ranges and bodies of water

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Physical Maps

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a map intended for drivers, showing roads, distances, etc in a country or area

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Road maps

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a map of a particular neighborhood, subdivision or tract of land, detailing where the original surveyors established property lines and separated each parcel or lot

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Plat maps

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shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific data themes for selected geographic areas

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Thematic maps

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a thematic map in which administrative areas are colored or shaded according to the range in which the aggregated statistic of interest falls

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Choropleth Maps

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map that is a type of thematic map that uses a point symbol to visualize the geographic distribution of a large number of related phenomena

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Dot distribution maps

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A map with symbols that change in size according to the value of the attribute they represent

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Graduated symbol map

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28
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lines drawn on a map connecting data points of the same value

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Isoline maps

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the map that is a detailed and accurate illustration of man-made and natural features on the ground such as roads, railways, power transmission lines, contours, elevations, rivers, lakes, and geographical names

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Topographic Maps

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30
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A map that combines statistical information with geographic location

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Cartogram

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shows the size of the area represented by the map

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Scale

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world maps or maps of large regions such as continents or large nations

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Small scale maps

33
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show a smaller amount of area with a greater amount of detail

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Large scale maps

34
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its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude

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Absolute location

35
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a description of how a place is related to other places

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Relative location

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A topological property relating to how geographical features are attached to one another functionally, spatially, or logically

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Connectivity

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the easiness by which people can reach the desired activity sites, such as those offering employment, shopping, medical care or recreation

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Accessibility

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the pathway along which an object is moving

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Direction

39
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a spatial observation that one place/situation proves to be part of a larger system containing the same observation

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Patterns

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a specific measure of the physical space between two locations

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Absolute distance

41
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a special form of measurement used in geography to elaborate on a number of societal factors

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Relative Distance

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a localized anomaly, usually an excess of something given the distribution or variation of something else

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Clustered distribution

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a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line

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Linear Distribution

44
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how the individuals in a population are distributed in space at a given time (spread out)

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Dispersed Distribution

45
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Distribution spread out in a more circular shape

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Circular distribution

46
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Distribution spread out in a square like shape

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Geometric Distribution

47
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Distribution spread out in no particular pattern

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Random distribution

48
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outlines the strengths, resources, and needs of a particular community

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Landscape Analysis

49
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a variant of field research that attempts to observe a targeted person or a group of targeted persons in their environment in order to gain insights into behaviour, activities and processes

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Field Observations

50
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any type of data that directly or indirectly references a specific geographical area or location

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Spatial Data

51
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Pictures taken from the sky. Downward view

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Aerial Photography

52
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the process of observing and collecting data about people, cultures, and natural environments

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Fieldwork

53
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The connection and exchange between humans and the natural world

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Human-Environmental Interaction

54
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The physical artifacts humans have created and that form part of the landscape.

Ex: buildings, roads, signs, farms and fences

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Built Environment

55
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Anything built by humans and is in the realm of land use

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Cultural Landscape

56
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The belief that land, forms and climate are the most powerful forces, shaping human behavior, and societal development, while ignoring the influence of culture

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Environmental Determinism

57
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The view that acknowledges limits on the effects of natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays

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Possibilism

58
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The patterns and movement of ideas, people products, and other phenomena

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Flow

59
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This states that when things are farther apart, they are less connected

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Friction of distance

60
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When things are closer together, they are more connected

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Distance decay

61
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The increasing connection between places

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Spatial interaction

62
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The shrinking time distance, or relative distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication

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Time space compression

63
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Name given to a particular location or natural feature, based on its surrounding characteristics

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Toponym

64
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When humans describe places differently based on their background

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Sense of space

65
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The location of a place based on its surroundings and connectivity to other places

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Situation

66
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The characteristics of the immediate location

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Site

67
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A group of places that share similar characteristics

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Region

68
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The area between two or more phenomena or things

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Space

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The specific human, and physical characteristics of a location

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Place

70
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Where the specific phenomena are located, either on the grid or relative to another area

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Location

71
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The entire world examples, global earths at night image, world population density map

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Global

72
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Multiple countries of the world example North America and south Asia

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World regional

73
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Country examples, the United States, or Thailand

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National

74
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A portion of a country or a region within a country examples the Midwest, or eastern China

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National regional

75
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A province, state, city county or neighborhood example, Tennessee, or Moscow

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Local

76
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Regions or homogenous regions that show specifically one main type of characteristic

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Formal region

77
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Regions that are organized around a focal point, and are defined by an activity, usually political, social, or economic that occurs across the region

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Functional region

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Defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to them

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Perceptual regions

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