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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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Properties of distribution

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Density, Concentration and Pattern.

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Density

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number of things in a specific area

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Concentration

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clustered, dispersed

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Pattern

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how things are arranged in a certain place

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Reference maps

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Shows physical geography of a place. (ex: Boundaries, physical features, etc)

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Thematic maps

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Shows how phenomenon are distributed (ex: population, climate, etc.

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Types of Thematic maps

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Choropleth, Cartogram, Dot, graduated symbol and Isoline.

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Choropleth

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shading or coloring indicates different values.

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Cartogram

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distorted shape to show emphasis.

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Dot

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more of something=more dots

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Graduated Symbol

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Symbol’s size depends on how much there is

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Isoline

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Lines join all points that have same value

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Modern Geographic tools

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Remote sensing, GIS and GPS

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Remote sensing

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scanning earth by satellite or aircraft

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GIS

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Geographic information system

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GPS

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Global positioning system

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Absolute location

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exact location of an object

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examples of Absolute location

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address, Latitude and Longitude, North, South, East and West.

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Relative location

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Description of location

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Distance decay

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The interaction between two things decrease as the distance between them increases.
Ex: Radio signals

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Friction of Distance

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when things are further apart, they tend to be less well connected

22
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Environmental Determinism

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Environment determines how and where humans will live.

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Possibilism

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Environment influences but humans find a way around

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Scale

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amount of detail

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Small scale

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not detailed. ex: globe

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Large scale

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zoomed in, more detail

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Location

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position that a point occupies on Earth

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Absolute location

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exact location of an object. coordinates

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Relative location

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description of where a place is.

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place

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location distinguished by physical and human characterisitcs

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Site

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refers to absolute location and physical character of a place

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Situation

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location of a place relative to another place

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Time-space compression

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describes the processes causing the relative distance between places to shrink.

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Region

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area that is different from other areas because of certain characteristics.

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3 types of regions

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formal, functional and perceptual

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Formal region

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an area that has one or more shared traits. can by physical, cultural or a combination of traits.

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Functional region

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defined as an area by its function around a focal (center) point.

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examples of formal region

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Rocky Mountains, Great Plains

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examples of functional region

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Airline flight routes, service area of pizza shop.

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Perceptual region

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reflects peoples feelings and attributes towards a place.

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examples of perceptual region

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The Midwest, Eastern Europe.

42
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World System Theory

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developed by Wallerstein. describe spatial and functional between countries and world economy.

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Core countries

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Highly interconnected, good transportation and communication, good networks and infrastructure etc. Ex: Unites States, Japan, Australia

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Peripheral countries

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less stable governments, poor medical care, inferior communication and transportation, etc.

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semi-peripheral

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process of industrializing, active in manufacturing and exporting goods, have potential to become a core country.

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