Unit 1 Test

Question 1

Gives us information about exactly where something is

Answer 1

Absolute location

Question 2

is a description on where something is

Answer 2

relative location

Question 3

distance of a place north or south of the equator

Answer 3

latitude

Question 4

distance of a place east or west

Answer 4

longitude

Question 5

an imaginary line dividing the earth into northern and southern hemisphers

Answer 5

equator

Question 6

an imaginary line dividing the earth into eastern and western hemispheres

Answer 6

prime meridian

Question 7

is the human and physical characteristics of a location

Answer 7

place

Question 8

a group of places that share characteristics

Answer 8

region

Question 9

description of physical characteristics at the immediate location

Answer 9

site

Question 10

location of a place relative to its surroundings

Answer 10

situation

Question 11

place names the name describes the place

Answer 11

toponyms

Question 12

distance measured in time

Answer 12

time space compression

Question 13

contact movement and flow

Answer 13

spatial interaction

Question 14

farther away less connected

Answer 14

friction of distance

Question 15

inverse relationship between distance to connection

Answer 15

distance decay

Question 16

number of something in a defined area

Answer 16

density

Question 17

the way phenomenon spread over an area

Answer 17

distribution

Question 18

two or more phenomena may be related or associated with one another

Answer 18

spatial association

Question 19

physical, social, and economic components, conditions, and factors that determine the condition of something

Answer 19

human environment

Question 20

person, object, or idea in another region

Answer 20

interaction

Question 21

human behavior is controlled by the physical environment

Answer 21

environmental determinism

Question 22

humans have more agency to produce a result

Answer 22

possibilism

Question 23

the strengths and resources and needs of a community

Answer 23

landscape analysis

Question 24

man made things

Answer 24

built environment

Question 25

describes human activity and environment

Answer 25

cultural landscape

Question 26

store, analyze, and display data information from multiple digital maps or geospatial data sets

Answer 26

Geographic information systems GIS

Question 27

use the locations of multiple satellites to determine the exact location

Answer 27

global positioning system GPS

Question 28

cameras and sensors that collect digital images of the earths surface

Answer 28

remote sensing

Question 29

a place with espn that is a focal point for surrounding areas

Answer 29

functional region

Question 30

a place that exists in peoples minds

Answer 30

Perceptual region

Question 31

a place with no boundaries

Answer 31

hearth

Question 32

the spread of a feature an additive process

Answer 32

expansion diffusion

Question 33

the spread of an idea from persons, authority, or power to persons

Answer 33

Hierarchical diffusion

Question 34

the spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse

Answer 34

stimulas diffusion

Question 35

the big picture of a map

Answer 35

scale

Question 36

how the information is differentiated

Answer 36

scale of analysis