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UNIT 1 Flashcards

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1
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What do Geographers identify?

A

They identify the location of important places

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Historians ask when and where, what do Geographers ask?

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Where and why.

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3
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Historians organize materials chronologically, Geographers organize materials……….

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spatially

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4
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What does Geography encompass?

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The Whole Earth

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What are map makers called?

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Cartographers

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What is a place?

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A specific point on Earth that has a specific/unique charactersitic.

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What is a region?

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An area of Earth with 1 or more distinctive characteristics. (Example: Bible belt, Tornado Alley)

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8
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Define scale.

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thw relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.

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What is space?

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physical gap or interval between to objects.

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10
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Define Connection.

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Relationship among people and objects across space.

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What is a map?

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Two dimensional/flat picture model of Earth’s surface

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12
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How can we use maps?

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As a reference tool and a commincation tool.

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13
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What is the science of map making?

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Cartography

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14
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When were maps revived again?

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When explorers like Colombus founded North America in the exploration age.

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15
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What does GIscience stand for?

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Geographic Information science

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What is GIScience?

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the analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies.

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what does a Geographic Information System(GIS) do?

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captures, stores,queries and displays the geographic data.

18
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What is the science of taking measurements of Earth’s surface from photographs?

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Photogrammetry

19
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What is remote sensing?

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the acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long distance methods.

20
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What does GPS determine?

A

Determines the precise position of something.

21
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What is the identification and storage of info by its latitude and longitude coordinates.

A

Geotagging

22
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What is Volunteered geographic information(VGI)?

A

the creation and dissemination of
geographic data contributed voluntarily
and for free by individuals.

23
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What is citizen science?

A

Scientific research by amateur scientists?

24
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What is participatory GIS(PGIS)?

A

Community based mapping

25
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Define mashup.

A

map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service.(Example: Google Maps)

26
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What is the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map?

A

Projection.

27
Q

What line of latitude measures at 0 degrees?

A

The Equator

28
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What line of longitude measures at 0 degrees>

A

The Prime Meridian

29
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What is a meridian?

A

An arc connected to the N and S poles, by longitude

30
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What is a parallel?

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A circle around the globe parallel to the equator connected to latitude.

31
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Define Location.

A

the position that something occupies, on Earth’s surface.

32
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What is a toponym?

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A name given to a place on Earth

33
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What is the physical character of a place?

A

A Site

34
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What is a cultural landscape?

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a combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation.

35
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Define Formal region

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an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

36
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What is a functional region?

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area organized around a node or focal point.

37
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What is a vernacular region?

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an area that people believe exists as part of thir cultural identity

38
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Define Culture

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the body of custom ary beliefs , material traits, and social forms that together constitutes the district tradition of a group of people.

39
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What is observed within a region if the distribution of one feature is related to the distribution of another feature?

A

Spatial association

40
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Economic,Soicial, Political,Natural

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