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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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What does human geography include?

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Culture, political, population, urban, economic, agriculture.

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What are the five themes of geography?

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Movement, Regions, Human Environmental Interaction, Place.

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What are the different types of location?

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Absolute (longitude and latitude) and relative location (landmarks and proximity).

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What is the definition of place?

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Distinctive physical and human characteristics of a place.

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What purposes do maps serve?

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As a reference tool and as a communication tool.

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What are meridians?

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Arcs drawn between the north and south poles. Measured in east and west, known as longitude.

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What is the main reference line of meridians?

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The prime meridian.

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What are parallels?

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Circles drawn parallel to the equator. Measured in north and south, known as latitude.

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What is the main reference line of parallels?

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The Equator.

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What are the three types of map scale?

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Ratio or fraction scale, written scale and graphic scale.

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Why is map distortion a thing?

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The earth’s spherical shape causes problems when transferring it on a flat piece of paper.

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What are the four types of map distortion?

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Shape, distance, relative size and direction.

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What are the different types of maps?

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Isoline, choropleth, graduated symbols, dot, and cartogram map.

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What is GI Science?

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Development and analysis of data about earth.

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What is GIS

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A computer system that captures, stores, queries, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

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What is a map?

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Used to convey information.

17
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What is a toponym?

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A name given to a place on earth.

18
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How is location identified?

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Place names (toponym), site, situation.

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What is a region?

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An area on earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics.

20
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What are the three types of regions?

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Formal, functional and perceptional regions.

21
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What is formal region?

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An area in which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics.

22
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What is functional region?

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An area organized around a node or focal point.

23
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What is perceptional region?

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An area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity.

24
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Why are different places similar?

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Scale, space, and connection.

25
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What is globalization?

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Force (process) involving the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.

26
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What are transnational corporations and what do they do?

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They conduct research, operate factories and sell products in many countries all over the globe.

27
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What is globalization of culture?

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Uniform culture preferences produce uniform cultural landscapes (ex. going to a McDonald’s in a different country).

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What is density?

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Frequency with which something occurs in space.

29
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What is concentration?

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Extent of an item’s spread over space (clustered and dispersed).

30
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What is pattern?

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Geometric arrangement of items in space (straight roads and culdesacs).

31
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What is connection?

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People, ideas, and objects move through diffusion.

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What is relocation diffusion?

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Spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another (language/religion brought to a new location due to migration).

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What is expansion diffusion?

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Spread of an item from one place to another in an “additive process” (Instagram Influencer, viral videos).

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What are some technological advances?

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Trips that used to take weeks now take hours, electronic communication is practically instantaneous.

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