Unit 1 Test

Question 1

site

Answer 1

the physical characteristics of a place

Question 2

situation

Answer 2

the location of a place relative to other places

Question 3

absolute distance

Answer 3

an exact measurement between two spots

Question 4

cultural landscape

Answer 4

the human built landscapes of the environment showing what the culture values

Question 5

relative distance

Answer 5

the amount of social, cultural, or economic connectivity between two places; the position of a place relative to the places around it

Question 6

absolute location

Answer 6

specific coordinates; generally longitude and latitude

Question 7

connectivity

Answer 7

the degree to which two or more places interact in various ways; correlated to their accessibility and proximity

Question 8

friction of distance

Answer 8

the phenomenon of decreasing connectivity and interaction as distance increases

Question 9

space-time compression

Answer 9

the shrinking time distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication

Question 10

environmental determinism

Answer 10

the belief that land forms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal development

Question 11

possiblism

Answer 11

a view that acknowledges limits of the effects of the natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays

Question 12

distance decay

Answer 12

the concept of the inverse relationship between distance and connection

Question 13

cartography

Answer 13

the science of map making

Question 14

cartogram

Answer 14

in which the sizes of countries(states, counties, etc.) are shown according to some specific statistic

Question 15

hearth

Answer 15

the place from which an innovation originates

Question 16

cultural ecology

Answer 16

geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships

Question 17

sequent occupance

Answer 17

a concept used to describe the current cultural landscape of a region, as a combination of all the cultures which have sequentially occupied the region from the past to present

Question 18

levels of scale

Answer 18

fraction/ration, written statement, graphic bar scale

Question 19

spatial association

Answer 19

the degree to which things are arranged in a space - similar distributions = stronger spatial association

Question 20

toponym

Answer 20

general name for a place or geographical entity

Question 21

transnational

Answer 21

extending or operating across national boundries

Question 22

acculturation

Answer 22

one or more culture’s adaption to another culture, typically the dominant one

Question 23

smaller map scale = bigger or smaller map?

Answer 23

bigger map

Question 24

arithmetic density

Answer 24

the number of objects per distance

Question 25

physiological density

Answer 25

number of people per arable land

Question 26

agricultural density

Answer 26

number of farmers per arable land

Question 27

relocation diffusion

Answer 27

the spread of an idea through the physical movement of people

Question 28

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 28

the spread of an idea from a person/place of authority

Question 29

contagious diffusion

Answer 29

rapid widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population

Question 30

stimulus diffusion

Answer 30

when an underlying concept spreads even if the original product does not

Question 31

What is GIS, and what is its main use?

Answer 31

A computer system mainly used to create maps using different layers

Question 32

What is remote sensing primarily used for?

Answer 32

environmental purposes - mapping vegetation, large unpopulated areas, weather patterns

Question 33

What is a formal region and what is an example?

Answer 33

a region where people share a common characteristic - ex. in France, most people speak French

Question 34

What is a functional region and what is an example?

Answer 34

a region that is organized around a focal point - ex. a country is a functional region, the capital city is the political node

Question 35

What is a perceptual region and what is an example?

Answer 35

a region that people value as part of their cultural identity - ex. “the south” in America

Question 36

Where is the Prime Meridian?

Answer 36

0 degrees longitude

Question 37

Where is the International Date Line?

Answer 37

180 degrees longitude

Question 38

If you are traveling east over the international date line, do you go back or forward 24 hours?

Answer 38

back 24 hours

Question 39

What are the 3 types of density and what do they mean?

Answer 39

arithmetic - number of objects per area
physiological - number of people per arable land
agricultural - number of farmers per arable land

Question 40

What are the two types of concentration?

Answer 40

clustered and dispersed

Question 41

What are the 3 types of pattern and what do they mean?

Answer 41

linear -straight line
regular - newer/more efficient
irregular - older/less efficient

Question 42

What is an example of relocation diffusion?

Answer 42

the spread of religion through the movement of people, the spread of AIDS across the U.S.

Question 43

What is an example of expansion diffusion?

Answer 43

the rapid spread of preventative methods for AIDS