Unit 1 Geography skills Flashcards
What is location
A specific place on earth
What is feudalism?
A system in which monarchs gave land to nobles in return of loyalty
What is absolute location?
The exact spot at which the place is found on the globe.
What devises the earth into hemispheres?
The equator and the prime meridian
What is the grid system?
Lines of latitude and longitude crossing one another to form a pattern
Define relative location
A place in relation to other places
What is a region
Areas united by specific factors
Define formal region
Common characteristics
Define functional region
Central place and the surrounding areas linked to it
Define Perceptual regions
popular feelings and images rather than objective data
What is physical geography?
Earths physical features
What is human geography
The study of human activity and relationship to cultural and physical enviroments
Meteorology is
The study of weather
Cartography is
Studying and making maps
The geographic information system are
Computer tools that process and organize data and satellite images with other pieces of information
