Unit 1 Geography Flashcards
Reference map
Emphasis location of place without data
Thematic map
Emphasis Spatial patterns of places (uses data to show themes)
Absolute distance
Describing distance in quantitative terms
Relative distance
Describing distance in qualitative terms
clustering
Items are close and concentrated in one area
Dispersal
Items are spread out over geographical space
Mercator projection
Distorts shape and size of landmasses but maintains distance
Goode homolosine projection
MInimies distortion due to being an interrupted map
Fuller projection
Doesn’t use cardinal direction, maintains size and shape
Robinson projection
Spreads out distortion across shape size and direction
Winkel Tripel projection
Rounder in shape, distortion near poles
Surveys, observations, interviews, polls, or focus groups
Qualitative research
Census data, marketing, data, data that can be replicated
Quantitative research
Information usually in layers
GIS
scale
The ratio of the distance on a map to corresponding distance in real life
Census
An official count of individuals in a population and a collection of demographic data
Rivers, mountains, vegetation, and climate
Physical characteristics
Religion, languages, population and other demographic data
Human characteristics
Distance decay
Effect of distance on spatial or cultural interactions (further apart, less interaction)
Space-time compression
Increasing sense of connectivity due to technology reduces the impact of distance decay
pattern
Geometric arrangement of objects in space
Space
physical gap between objects
Flow
Movement of people, ideas, goods or services from one place to another
Environmental determinism
The environment allows society to be successful
Environmental possiblism
The environment plus culture allows society to be successful
Scale of analysis
Observation of data at the global, national, and regional, and local scale( the focus is how the data is organized and presented on the map)
Scale of inquiry
Asking what would be the best scale of analysis would be for a certain topic
Small Scale
Maps are zoomed out show more of the earth surface but less detail
Large Scale
Maps are zoomed in, shows more detail but less of the earths scale
Formal Region
geographical area with common characteristics
Functional/ nodal region
Geographical area organized around a center point
Vernacular/ perceptul regions
geographical area with perceived common characteristics
