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Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards

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1
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the study of spatial characteristics of various elements of the physical environment.

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Physical Geography

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the study of the spatial characteristics of humans and human activity

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Human Geography

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Maps that are designed for people to refer to for general information about places

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Reference Map

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Maps that show spatial aspects of information or of a phenomenon

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Thematic Map

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Maps that use various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the location and distribution of spatial data

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Choropleth Maps

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Maps that are used to show the specific location and distribution of something across a map

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Dot Distribution Map

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Maps that use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amount of something.

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Graduated Symbol Map

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Maps that show a larger amount of area with less detail

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Small Scale Maps

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a description of where something is in relation to other things

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Relative Location

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receivers on earths surface use the locations of multiple satellites to determine and record a receivers exact location

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Global Positioning System

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computer system that can store, analyze and display information from multiple digital maps or geospatial data sets.

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Geographic Information Systems

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where specific phenomena are located with on a grid system or relative to another location

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Location

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the characteristics at the immediate location

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Site

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the name of a location that is usually reflective of the culture and history of a place

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Toponyms

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the shrinking “time distance” or relative distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation

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Time Space Compression

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when things are farther apart, they tend to be less connected

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Friction of Distance

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the general arrangement of things being studied

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Pattern

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maps that use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space

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Isoline Maps

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on these maps, points of equal elevation are connected, creating contours that depict surface features

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Topographic Map

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on these maps the sizes of countries or states counties or other areal units are shown according to some specific statistic

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Cartogram

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refers to the way the map communicated the ratio of it’s size to the size of what it represents

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Cartographic Scale

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the precise spot where something is according to a system

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Absolute Location

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used to refer to the act of physically visiting a location, place or region and recording, firsthand, information there

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field observations

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Gathers information from satellites that orbit the earth or other craft above the atmosphere

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remote sensing

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the area between 2 or more phenomena or things

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space

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the specific human and physical characteristics of a location

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Place

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the location of a place relative to its surroundings and its connectivity to other places

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situation

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factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a location

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sense of place

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the inverse relationship between distance and connection

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distance decay

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the connection and exchange between the dual relationship between humans and the natural world

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Human environment Interaction

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trying to resources now in ways that allow their use in the future while minimizing negative impacts of the environment

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Sustainability

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the study of how land is utilized and modified and organized by people

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Land Use

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the physical artifacts that humans have created and that form part of the landscape

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Built Environment

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anything built b humans and is in the realm of land use

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Cultural Landscape

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the belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal development while ignoring the influence of culture

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Environmental Determinism

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

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Possibilism

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shows the entire world

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global scale

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shows a province, state, city, county, or neighborhood.

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local scale

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shows multiple countries

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world scale

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shows one country

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national scale

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shows a portion of a country or a region(s) within a country

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Regional Scale

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has boundaries unifying characteristics, cover space and are created by people.

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Region

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are organized around a focal point and are defined by an activity, usually political, social, or economic, that occurs across the region

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Functional region

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they are defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to them. The boundaries of these regions vary widely because people have a different sense of what unites and defines these regions

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Perceptual/Vernacular Region

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Are united by one or more traits: political, physical, cultural, or economic.

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Formal Region

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