Unit 1

Question 1

Absolute Distance

Answer 1

The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer

Question 2

Absolute Location

Answer 2

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

Question 3

Cartogram

Answer 3

A map in which statistical information is shown in diagrammatic form

Question 4

Census

Answer 4

Population count

Question 5

Choropleth map

Answer 5

A thematic map that uses colors on political maps

Question 6

Clustering

Answer 6

If objects in an area are close together, referring to concentration

Question 7

Concentration

Answer 7

A distribution property that is the extent of a features spread over space, relating to clustering and dispersal

Question 8

Density

Answer 8

A distribution property where the frequency with which something occurs in

Question 9

Distance Decay

Answer 9

The effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction

Question 10

Dot Distribution Map

Answer 10

A map where dots are used to demonstrate the frequency or intensity of a particular phenomena

Question 11

Environmental Determinism

Answer 11

A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities

Question 12

Formal regions

Answer 12

Also called uniform regions, an area that has striking similarities in terms of one or a few physical or cultural features

Question 13

Functional region

Answer 13

A region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it

Question 14

GIS (Geographic information system)

Answer 14

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data

Question 15

Geographic scale

Answer 15

The scale at which a geographer analyzes a particular phenomenon, for example: global, National, census tract, neighborhood, etc. Generally, the finger the scale of analysis, the richer the level of detail in the findings

Question 16

Geospatial

Answer 16

Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location

Question 17

Globalization

Answer 17

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope

Question 18

Graduated symbol

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Isoline map

Answer 19

A thematic map with colors and not political boundaries

Question 20

Landscape analysis

Answer 20

The process of describing and interpreting the landscape ecology of an area

Question 21

Map projection

Answer 21

A way of representing the spherical earth on a surface or map

Question 22

Mental map

Answer 22

An internal representation of a portion of Earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in a place and where places are located

Question 23

Possibilism

Answer 23

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives

Question 24

Qualitative data

Answer 24

Describes, characteristics, approximates, descriptions, based off opinion

Question 25

Quantitative data

Answer 25

Data associated with mathematical models and statistical techniques used to analyze spatial location and association

Question 26

Reference maps

Answer 26

Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude

Question 27

Relative distance

Answer 27

Approximate measurement of the physical space between two places

Question 28

Relative location

Answer 28

The position of a place in relation to another place

Question 29

Remote sensing

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Satellite navigation system

Answer 30

Portable device that uses GPS to plot the user’s position

Question 31

Spatial

Answer 31

Relating to or occupying space

Question 32

Sustainability

Answer 32

The use of Earth’s renewable and non renewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future

Question 33

Thematic map

Answer 33

A type of map that displays one or more variables such as population, or income level-within a specific area

Question 34

Space-time compression

Answer 34

The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems