Unit 1 Geography

Question 1

Reference map

Answer 1

Emphasis location of place without data

Question 2

Thematic map

Answer 2

Emphasis Spatial patterns of places (uses data to show themes)

Question 3

Absolute distance

Answer 3

Describing distance in quantitative terms

Question 4

Relative distance

Answer 4

Describing distance in qualitative terms

Question 5

clustering

Answer 5

Items are close and concentrated in one area

Question 6

Dispersal

Answer 6

Items are spread out over geographical space

Question 7

Mercator projection

Answer 7

Distorts shape and size of landmasses but maintains distance

Question 8

Goode homolosine projection

Answer 8

MInimies distortion due to being an interrupted map

Question 9

Fuller projection

Answer 9

Doesn’t use cardinal direction, maintains size and shape

Question 10

Robinson projection

Answer 10

Spreads out distortion across shape size and direction

Question 11

Winkel Tripel projection

Answer 11

Rounder in shape, distortion near poles

Question 12

Surveys, observations, interviews, polls, or focus groups

Answer 12

Qualitative research

Question 13

Census data, marketing, data, data that can be replicated

Answer 13

Quantitative research

Question 14

Information usually in layers

Answer 14

GIS

Question 15

scale

Answer 15

The ratio of the distance on a map to corresponding distance in real life

Question 16

Census

Answer 16

An official count of individuals in a population and a collection of demographic data

Question 17

Rivers, mountains, vegetation, and climate

Answer 17

Physical characteristics

Question 18

Religion, languages, population and other demographic data

Answer 18

Human characteristics

Question 19

Distance decay

Answer 19

Effect of distance on spatial or cultural interactions (further apart, less interaction)

Question 20

Space-time compression

Answer 20

Increasing sense of connectivity due to technology reduces the impact of distance decay

Question 21

pattern

Answer 21

Geometric arrangement of objects in space

Question 22

Space

Answer 22

physical gap between objects

Question 23

Flow

Answer 23

Movement of people, ideas, goods or services from one place to another

Question 24

Environmental determinism

Answer 24

The environment allows society to be successful

Question 25

Environmental possiblism

Answer 25

The environment plus culture allows society to be successful

Question 26

Scale of analysis

Answer 26

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)

Question 27

Scale of inquiry

Answer 27

Asking what would be the best scale of analysis would be for a certain topic

Question 28

Small Scale

Answer 28

Maps are zoomed out show more of the earth surface but less detail

Question 29

Large Scale

Answer 29

Maps are zoomed in, shows more detail but less of the earths scale

Question 30

Formal Region

Answer 30

geographical area with common characteristics

Question 31

Functional/ nodal region

Answer 31

Geographical area organized around a center point

Question 32

Vernacular/ perceptul regions

Answer 32

geographical area with perceived common characteristics