unit 1 1.4-1.7

Question 1

What is enviornmental Determinism?

Answer 1

the idea that physical envionrment effects human behavior EX: people in hotter climate areas are generally lazier becuase of weather

Question 2

Scale of Maps

Answer 2

ratio of distance on map to corresponding distance on ground

Question 3

Vernacular/perceptual region

Answer 3

based around ones opinion and associations. ex: south?

Question 3

Formal Region

Answer 3

economic, political, social, or enviornmental. Well defined boundaries EX: cities, towns, states, or countries

Question 4

Functional Region

Answer 4

organized around centrale node and relationship based around economics, travel, or communication EX: Metropolitan areas, school districts, etc.

Question 5

sustainability

Answer 5

the use of earths resources in ways that ensure availiabilty in future. EX: water conservation, careful cutting down trees.

Question 6

Time space compression

Answer 6

theory that places distances are “shrinking” due to technological and communication advancements.

Question 7

Distance Decay

Answer 7

The further you are from someone the less interactions, the closer, the more! (example: extended vs close family)