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Unit 1 Flashcards

Chapters 1.1-1.3 and 2.1-2.4

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Physical Geography

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study of features like landforms, plants, animals, soil, and climate (EX: Geology)

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Human Geography

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the study of processes that shaped how humans use and alter Earth. (EX: Roads)

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Spatial Perspective

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focuses on how people live on Earth, how they organize, and why the events occur where they do (EX: Why we learn in classrooms)

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Distance Decay

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the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have (EX: Rural people are not likely to go to big urban areas)

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Ecological Perspective

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the relationships between living things and their environments (EX: Food chain/web)

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Environmental Determinism

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the idea that human behavior is strongly affected by the physical environment (EX: Building cities by rivers)

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Possibilism

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humans have the ability to adapt the physical environment to their needs
(EX: Las Vegas receiving water in the middle of a desert)

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Time-Space Compression

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the way modern technology has allowed humans to travel and communicate over long distances quicker and easier
(EX: Discord)

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Relative Location

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A description of a place based on its relationship to other places
(EX: L&L is behind the Wash n Roll)

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Absolute Location

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A description of a place using longitude and latitude (EX: Austin- 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W)

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Site

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A place’s absolute location, climate, land forms, and resources

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Situation

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a place’s connection to other places such as transportation routes, political, economic, and cultural ties. (EX: Austin is connected to Pflugerville through transportation routes)

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Formal/Uniform Region

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An area defined by one predominant or universal characteristic throughout its entire area with clearly defined boundaries (EX: States, countries)

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Functional Region

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An area organized around a central focal point, that has a purpose. (EX: School districts, phone services, food delivery.)

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Node

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The central focal point a functional region is organized around (EX: School, police/fire station, hospital.)

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Vernacular/Perceptual Region

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defined by feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true. (EX: Midwest is rural and has friendly folk, South is full of kind country folk and racists)

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World Systems Theory

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divides the world into three groups based on political power, social standing, and development.

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Core Country

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Countries that are financially advanced and have high education levels. (EX: America)

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Semi-Periphery Country

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Are not highly advanced, but they are not totally unsophisticated. They are actively manufacturing & exporting goods. They trade with core countries. (EX: India)

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Periphery Country

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Countries that have less wealth & less sophistication. Core countries often get resources and cheap labor from periphery countries. (EX: Most of Africa)

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Scale

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the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
(EX: Studying Austin’s air pollution and comparing it to other places)

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Region

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Any area that has characteristics in common; a physical area. (EX: County, State, country, continents.)

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

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A computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface (EX: Google Earth, think I for information)

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Topography

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The study of shapes and features of land surfaces (EX: Topographic maps of mountains)

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Remote sensing

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A method of collecting data without physical contact (EX: Satellites)

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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A computer that lets you pinpoint a location (EX: Google maps, think gPs for pinpoint)

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Cartographer

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Someone who draws/produces maps (EX: Cartography table in Minecraft)

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Absolute distance

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A distance that can be measured with a standard unit of measurement of length (EX: My dick is 10 ft long)

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Relative distance

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Approximate measurement of the physical space between 2 places (EX: I am ABOUT a mile away from home)

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Absolute direction

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Using the cardinal directions on a compass to describe the direction you’re traveling (EX: I am heading west towards the dutchman’s treasure)

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Relative direction

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Using left, right, up, down, forward, backwards, or using landmarks to describe the direction you’re traveling (EX: Turn left, then go straight)

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Map scale

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The ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground (EX: 1 cm on the map = 1 km on the actual ground)

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Reference maps

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Maps that show where something is in space. They display geographical and political data. (EX: Street maps, subway maps, and topographic maps)

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Thematic maps

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Maps that tell a story about a place. Displays the same data as other maps, but also has physical, economic, or cultural phenomena. (EX: Maps showing population density or different weather types)

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Place

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A specific point on earth with human and physical characteristics that distinguish it from other places.

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Qualitative data

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Descriptive information that tends to be more subjective. (EX: Surveys)

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Quantitative data

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Any pieces of information that can be displayed using numbers (EX: Population)

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Census

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An official count or survey of a population (EX: Official number of all males in Texas and their ages)

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Robinson projection

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The shapes of the continents become more distorted farther away from the equator or the map’s central meridian. (Looks like a horizontally stretched circle)

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Mercator projection

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The continents’ shapes are maintained and direction is displayed accurately, but the sizes of the continents are very distorted. (Just a map)

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Gall-Peters projection

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The relative size of the continents is more easily displayed than with other projections, but the shape of the continents is distorted. (Normal map but continents are long)

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Azimuthal projection

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A flattened disk-shaped portion of Earth is shown from a specific point. Only shows half of Earth.

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Sustainability

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The use of Earth’s land and natural resources in ways that ensure they will continue to be available in the future (EX: AT&T baseball stadium garden)

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Space

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The area between two or more things

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Distribution

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To arrange within a given space

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Globalization

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The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale

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Suburbs

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Less densely populated residential and commercial areas surrounding a city

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Theory

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A system of ideas intended to explain certain phenomena

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Location

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The position that a point or object occupies on Earth

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Flow

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Movement of people, goods, or information that has economic, social, political, or cultural effects on societies

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Pattern

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the way in which things are arranged in a particular space

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Thematic maps

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Any map that focuses on one or more variables to show a relationship between geographic data

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Mental maps

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Internalized representations of portions of Earth’s surface

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Density

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The number of things—people, animals, or objects—in a specific area

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Sustainable development

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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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