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Unit 1: Thinking Geographically Flashcards

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The study of the earth’s surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products.

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Geography

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.

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Latitude

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°).

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Longitude

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A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and recievers.

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GPS (Global Positioning System)

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A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

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GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

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The physical and human aspects of a location.

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Place

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The system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map

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Map Projection

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An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

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Region

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Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface.

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Scale

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Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface.

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Scale

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The physical gap between two objects

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Space

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The rapid innovation of communication and transportation technologies associated with globalization that transforms the way people think about space and time

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Time-Space Compression

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The name given to a portion of Earth’s surface

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Toponym

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use

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Resource

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Location, Movement, Place, Human Interaction, Region

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5 Themes of Geography

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A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth’s surface or a portion of it

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Map

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The distribution of one phenomenon is spatially related to the distribution of another

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Spatial Association

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Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope

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Globalization

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A way of looking at the human and physical patterns on Earth and their relationships to one another in a given area

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Spatial Perspective

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The organization of earth’s surface into distinct areas that are viewed as different from other areas

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Regionalization

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Explanations for why a spatial pattern occurs

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“Why of Where”

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A region with a node or center hub, surrounded by interconnecting linkages. Usually connections related to trade, communications, transportation, etc.

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Functional Region

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A region defined by feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true.

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Perceptual/Vernacular Region

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use lines of equal value to represent data like elevation, barometric pressure or temperature

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Isoline Maps

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a thematic map in which a variable is depicted with shading patterns or colors.

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Choropleth Maps

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a thematic map in which the size of the symbol varies in proportion to the intensity of the mapped variable

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Proportional Symbol Map

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a thematic map using relative size of political units to convey a value.

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Dot Map

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A doctrine that claims that cultural traits are formed and controlled by environmental conditions.

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Environmental Determinism

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The physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment.

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Environmental Possiblism

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Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic

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Qualitative Data

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Numerical Data

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Quantitative Data

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The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.

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Distribution

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The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

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Distance Decay

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Interactions occurring at the scale of the world, in a global setting.

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Global Scale

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Interactions occurring in a community

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Local Scale

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Interactions occurring within a region, in a country setting

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National Scale

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The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

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Remote Sensing

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A map type that shows reference information for a particular place, making it useful for finding landmarks and for navigation.

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Reference Map

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a map that shows a particular theme, or topic

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Thematic Map

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meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Sustainability

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The scale at which the map, chart, or data is differentiating the data being communicated.

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Scale of Analysis

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The physical characteristics of a place

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Site

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The location of a place relative to other places

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Situation

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A region with a high level of consistency in a certain cultural or physical attribute

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Formal Region

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