Unit 1

Question 1

Space Time Compression

Answer 1

How long it takes for a person or idea to travel has gone down as technology improves.

Question 2

Tobler’s First Law

Answer 2

everything is connected to everything else, but near things tend to be more connected than distant ones

Question 3

Distance Decay

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Cartography

Answer 4

The art of map making

Question 5

Purpose of Maps

Answer 5

As a reference tool for location and a communication tool to show the distribution of human and physical features.

Question 6

Mental Map

Answer 6

An internal representation of a portion of Earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place

Question 7

Reference Map

Answer 7

Shows absolute location and directions, A normal Map

Question 8

Thematic Maps

Answer 8

A communication tool that shows distribution of human and physical features, they emphasize specific information

Question 9

Types of Thematic Maps

Answer 9

Cartogram, Proportional Symbol, Dot, Choropleth, Flow, Isoline

Question 10

Cultural Ecology

Answer 10

the geographic study of human-environment relationships

Question 11

Relative Location/Situation

Answer 11

The position of a place in relation to another place

Question 12

Choropleth Map

Answer 12

On these maps, each unit area is shaded or color to suggest magnitude of the event or items within its border. Darker color equals greater occurrence, shows the dominance of a trait

Question 13

Advantages of Choropleth Maps

Answer 13

Easy to visualize how a measurement varies across an area, when Identifying regions it is important

Question 14

Disadvantages Of a Choropleth Map

Answer 14

Assumes that a trait is true for everyone in an area, problems with induction, difficult to distinguish different shades in maps, false impression of abrupt changes at boundaries of shaded units

Question 15

Proportional Symbol/ Graduated Symbol Map

Answer 15

A thematic map that uses symbols, size of symbol corresponds to magnitude.

Question 16

Advantages of Proportional Symbol/ Graduated Symbol Map

Answer 16

The map shows data occurring at points, they show precise numbers, they are easy to make.

Question 17

Disadvantages of Proportional Symbol/ Graduated Symbol Map

Answer 17

it is hard to show density, hard to tell relationship between different sizes of symbols

Question 18

Dot Distribution Map

Answer 18

The Dots on the map indicate the # of occurrence in a area and shows the varying density of a phenomena

Question 19

Advantages of Dot Distribution Map

Answer 19

Best at showing distribution, easy to identify and understand, can be combined with other thematic maps

Question 20

Disadvantages of Dot Distribution Map

Answer 20

If dots are too dense it can be hard to read

Question 21

Cartogram

Answer 21

on this map: Some thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area, adjusts size and shape(distorts) of the country to correspond to the magnitude of the mapped feature

Question 22

Advantages/Disadvantage of Cartogram Maps

Answer 22

Good at showing the relationship between spatial units/Difficult to read

Question 23

Flow Line Map

Answer 23

Shows movement of people, information, and goods between places. The bigger the lines are, the more movement

Question 24

Isoline Map

Answer 24

This map has continuous lines that connect points of of equal values, colors/sections on the map have the same value

Question 25

Environmental Determinism

Answer 25

The view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development

Question 26

Possibilism

Answer 26

“the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment” Carl Sauer

Question 27

Alexander Von Humboldt and Carl Ritter (1769, 1779 - 1859).

Answer 27

They promoted environmental determinism

Question 28

The environment and Humans affect each through

Answer 28

Human adaptation, modification and dependency

Question 29

Environmental Impacts on Humans

Answer 29

housing material, agricultural activity, types of recreation, transportation patterns

Question 30

Human impact on the environment

Answer 30

Canals, dams, reservoirs, irrigation