Unit 1

Question 1

Ptolemy(2)

Answer 1

Known for thinking of geography in location/physical terms, Latitude and longitude

Question 2

Harlan Barrows

Answer 2

Geography as human ecology

Question 3

Yi-Fu Tuan

Answer 3

Geography as the study of the Earth as the home of the people

Question 4

Toponym(2)

Answer 4

Name of a place. Usually derived form physical or human characteristic of a place.

Question 5

Distance Decay

Answer 5

further you travel away from a place the less influence they have on that place

Question 6

The Existential Reason

Answer 6

Humans live on Earth so therefore they want to know about it

Question 7

The Ethical Reason

Answer 7

To evaluate if we are interacting with the environment in an appropriate way

Question 8

The Practical Reason

Answer 8

Serves to make us better problem solvers.

Question 9

Pattisons Four Traditions of Geography

Answer 9

Earth science, culture, locational, regional

Question 10

Locational(2)

Answer 10

very very specific. volcanoes in Hawaii

Question 11

Regional(2)

Answer 11

broader. volcanoes in Ring of Fire

Question 12

Chronologic

Answer 12

how things change over time

Question 13

Chorologic

Answer 13

how things change over space

Question 14

Scale

Answer 14

The scope or focus of a problem

Question 15

Global Scale

Answer 15

whole world

Question 16

Regional scale

Answer 16

cluster of areas that share certain traits

Question 17

Local scale

Answer 17

finest level of detail. More specific than regional

Question 18

Absolute location(2)

Answer 18

only looking at latitude and longitude. Never changes.

Question 19

Relative location(2)

Answer 19

where something is in relation to something else. Ex.) My house is across the street from the West End Ale House.

Question 20

Site

Answer 20

more descriptive of internal characteristics

Question 21

situation(3)

Answer 21

how a place fits in with the rest of the world, external, step further than relative location.

Question 22

Distribution

Answer 22

The way things are arranged in geographic space.

Question 23

Spatial Interaction

Answer 23

What relationships exist with people and places? Exchange of people, movement, etc. Migration.

Question 24

Accessibility

Answer 24

Are there barriers in place to make spatial interaction more difficult

Question 25

Connectivity

Answer 25

Are two places connected and how

Question 26

Diffusion

Answer 26

Spread of ideas or other things to other people and places.

Question 27

Cultural landscape

Answer 27

how humans modify the environment. Signature on an environment that can reflect values and tastes.

Question 28

Regions

Answer 28

Group of places that share unique characteristics and environmental features.

Question 29

Formal Region (2)

Answer 29

-Commonly shared characteristic
-Example: Barbecue regions in SC

Question 30

Functional Region (2)

Answer 30

-Area organized around a focal point or node, diminished outwards
-Example: Losing radio signal as you drive further away, state capitals

Question 31

Perceptual/Vernacular Regions (3)

Answer 31

-Associated with people’s perception of a place
-Highly subjective unlike formal and functional regions
-Regions that exist based on people cultural identity.

Question 32

Environmental Determinism

Answer 32

The physical environment causes different types of social and cultural development