Unit 1 Test Flashcards
Maps
What is human geography?
the distribution, processes, and effects on human population. It’s the study of cultural aspects found around the world and how they relate the places and spaces on Earth.
What are ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions into the world?
technology
What are the 3 different types of maps?
Physical, political, and thematic maps.
How do geographers describe where things are?
Geographers use absolute location and relative location, toponym, site, situation, and longitude and latitude.
What is cartography?
The creation of maps.
Are all maps accurate?
No
What are mental maps?
personal visualizations of spatial information
Identify the progression of early world maps.
The first map of the world was by a European who mapped Europe and Asia. Europe was accurate but Asia was not because of mountains that blocked it off from them.
What is a cartographer?
A person who creates maps.
what is cultural diffusion
the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.
toponym
name of location
site
physical characteristics
situation
relative location
what is a region?
A collection of universal or shared characteristics.
Mercador projection
does not give a good feel for the oceans
Robinson projection
the go to map, most accurate.
Geographic grid
A system of geographic lines across the Earth.
Longitude
lines and degrees east and west of equator
UTC
Coordinate Universal Time
Functional Region
A central point with define boundaries
Formal region
country, county, continents
Standard deviation
changing the time by an hour every 15 degrees between longitudes.
meridians
lines of longitude
prime meridian
zero of longitude
latitude
lines of degrees north and south of the equator
Daylight Savings Time
The clocks switch back an hour in the fall and back up to normal in the spring.
map scale
how to measure distance on a map
How many time zones are there in the world?
24
vernacular region
perceptual regions with almost imaginary boundaries.
mercator projection
bad feel for the ocean
Robinson projection
Most used map
