Unit 1 Test Flashcards
The study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment, (landforms, plants, animals, and climate)
Physical Geography
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)
Human Geography
The position that a point or object occupies on Earth.
Location
Where something occurs
Spatial Perspective
The relationships between living things and their environment
Ecological Perspective
The exact location of an object. (Coordinates of longitude and latitude)
Absolute Location
A description of where a place is in relation to other places or features
Relative Location
Related to but different from location. (A place is a location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics)
Place
Refers to a place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics. (Landforms, climate, and resources)
Site
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)
Situation
Refers to the area between two or more things on Earths surface
Space
Arranged wedding think a given space, and can help human Geographers describe and analyze the organization of people, places, and environments on Earth
Distribution
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)
Density
How things are arranged in a particular space
Pattern
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
Flow
Human behavior and culture is controlled or strongly influenced by the physical environment.
Environmental Determines Culture
Environmental Determinism
Physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment
Anything is possible
Possibilism
The interactions between two places declines as the distance between the two places increases
Distance Decay
The increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity which seems to bring by humans in distance places closer together
Time space compression
An area of Earths surface with certain characteristics that make it distinct from other areas of
Region
An area that has one or more shared traits
Formal Region
( Uniform Region )
Defined as an area with organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity
Functional Region
The focal point of a functional region
Node
A type of region that reflects people’s feelings and attitudes about a place
Perceptual region
( vernacular region )
Data that can be controlled measured and expressed in Numbers. ( census )
Quantitative Data
Data that is deceptive or conceptual.
( Field narrative )
Qualitative Data
Statistical information about a population ( demographs ) that are collected and can be graphed, mapped, charted, and done every ten years
Census
Computer systems/software that stores, analyzes, and displays information in layers from multiple digital maps or data sets.
Geographic Information System
(GIS)
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.
Remote Sensing
Satellites orbit the earth and communicate locational information to GPS receivers.
Global Positioning System
(GPS)
A person who creates maps to help explorers
Cartographer
The mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part is f the real world it shows.
Map Scale
A map projection is any method used to represent the world or part of the world in two dimensions.
Map Projection
Generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location.
Reference Map
Have a theme or specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data.
Thematic Map
Lines connect data points of the same value isoline maps are used to show particular characteristics of an area.
Isoline Map
Differently sized symbols are used to indicate quantitative data. Bigger circles or icons represent a larger numerical value of a particular attribute.
Graduated Symbols Map
( proportional symbol )
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.
Cartogram
Dots are used to show locations of specific observations or events. Dot maps are useful for showing statistics like crimes, births, or car accidents.
Dot Map
( dot density map )
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.
Choropleth Map
