Unit 1 Test

Question 1

The study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment, (landforms, plants, animals, and climate)

Answer 1

Physical Geography

Question 2

The study of the events and processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter Earth. (Studying how people organize themselves socially, politically, and economically and what impact they have on the natural environment)

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Human Geography

Question 3

The position that a point or object occupies on Earth.

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Location

Question 4

Where something occurs

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Spatial Perspective

Question 5

The relationships between living things and their environment

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Ecological Perspective

Question 6

The exact location of an object. (Coordinates of longitude and latitude)

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Absolute Location

Question 7

A description of where a place is in relation to other places or features

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Relative Location

Question 8

Related to but different from location. (A place is a location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics)

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Place

Question 9

Refers to a place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics. (Landforms, climate, and resources)

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Site

Question 10

Refers to a place location in relation to other places or its surroundings features. (Describes a places connections to other there places, such as transportation, roads, rail lines, and waterways)

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Situation

Question 11

Refers to the area between two or more things on Earths surface

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Space

Question 12

Arranged wedding think a given space, and can help human Geographers describe and analyze the organization of people, places, and environments on Earth

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Distribution

Question 13

The number of things, people, animals, or objects in a specific area. (A geographer might compare the population density of a large city to that of a rural area)

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Density

Question 14

How things are arranged in a particular space

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Pattern

Question 15

People, goods, and information and the economic, social, and political, and currency effects on these movements on societies is an important aspect of human geography

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Flow

Question 16

Human behavior and culture is controlled or strongly influenced by the physical environment.

Environmental Determines Culture

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Environmental Determinism

Question 17

Physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment

Anything is possible

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Possibilism

Question 18

The interactions between two places declines as the distance between the two places increases

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Distance Decay

Question 19

The increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity which seems to bring by humans in distance places closer together

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Time space compression

Question 20

An area of Earths surface with certain characteristics that make it distinct from other areas of

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Region

Question 21

An area that has one or more shared traits

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Formal Region
( Uniform Region )

Question 22

Defined as an area with organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity

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Functional Region

Question 23

The focal point of a functional region

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Node

Question 24

A type of region that reflects people’s feelings and attitudes about a place

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Perceptual region
( vernacular region )

Question 25

Data that can be controlled measured and expressed in Numbers. ( census )

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Quantitative Data

Question 26

Data that is deceptive or conceptual. ( Field narrative )

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Qualitative Data

Question 27

Statistical information about a population ( demographs ) that are collected and can be graphed, mapped, charted, and done every ten years

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Census

Question 28

Computer systems/software that stores, analyzes, and displays information in layers from multiple digital maps or data sets.

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

Question 29

The use of cameras or other sensors mounted on an aircraft or satellites which orbit the earth above the atmosphere to collect digital images of earths surface.

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Remote Sensing

Question 30

Satellites orbit the earth and communicate locational information to GPS receivers.

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

Question 31

A person who creates maps to help explorers

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Cartographer

Question 32

The mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part is f the real world it shows.

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Map Scale

Question 33

A map projection is any method used to represent the world or part of the world in two dimensions.

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Map Projection

Question 34

Generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location.

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Reference Map

Question 35

Have a theme or specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data.

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Thematic Map

Question 36

Lines connect data points of the same value isoline maps are used to show particular characteristics of an area.

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Isoline Map

Question 37

Differently sized symbols are used to indicate quantitative data. Bigger circles or icons represent a larger numerical value of a particular attribute.

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Graduated Symbols Map ( proportional symbol )

Question 38

Statistical data and geographic location are combined to communicate information at a glance. Cartograms show to relative size of an area based on particular attribute, like population or energy consumption. Sometimes geographic regions are distorted to convey quantity or extent.

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Cartogram

Question 39

Dots are used to show locations of specific observations or events. Dot maps are useful for showing statistics like crimes, births, or car accidents.

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Dot Map ( dot density map )

Question 40

This thematic map uses colors or shading to represent categories of data for predetermined geographic areas such as census tracts, counties, states, provinces, or countries choropleth maps are useful for communicating quantitative data, such as demographics or election results.

Answer 40

Choropleth Map