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Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

Topics: 1. Introduction to Maps 2. Geographic Data 3. The Power of Geographic Data 4. Spatial Concepts 5. Human-Environmental Interaction 6. Scales of Analysis 7. Regional Analysis

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A set of practices that meet the needs of the present without compromising future generation’s ability to meet their needs:

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Environmental Sustainability

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Materials and substances like minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain:

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Natural Resources

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The belief that climate and landforms are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal/cultural development:

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Environmental Determinism

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Acknowledges the limitations imposed by the natural environment, but focuses on the role of human culture to modify and respond to the environment to better fit human needs:

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Possibilism

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3 examples of possibilism:

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  1. Palm Islands in Dubai
  2. Hoover Dam
  3. Terrace Farming
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Show large areas with small amounts of data (zoomed out):

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Small Scale Maps

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Show small areas with large amounts of data (zoomed in):

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Large Scale Maps

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List the categories for the scale of maps (7):

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  1. Global
  2. Regional
  3. State-Country-National
  4. Sub-State (State)
  5. County
  6. City/Local
  7. Census Tract
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Different ____ reveal _____ in spatial patterns:

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Scales, variations

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General information/navigation/location:

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Reference Maps

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List the 3 types of Reference Maps::

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  1. Political
  2. Physical
  3. Road
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States/countries/capitals:

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Political Maps

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Natural features:

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Physical Maps

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Highways, streets, etc:

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Road Maps

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Use various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the location and distribution of spatial data:

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Choropleth Map

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Each dot represents a specified quantity of a spatial characteristic:

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Dot-Density Map

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Use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of a variable:

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Graduated/Proportional Region Map

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18
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The sizes of countries are shown according to a specific variable. Area is distorted to show a variable:

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Cartogram Map

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Use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space. Used for weather and elevation:

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Isoline and Topography Maps

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  1. Exact, precise
  2. Address
  3. Latitude and Longitude
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Absolute Location

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  1. Exact, precise
  2. Miles/kilometers, feet
  3. Map scale
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Absolute Distance

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Relationship to another place:

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Relative Location

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Spatial Interaction: Connections, contacts, movement, and flow of things between places:

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Relative Distance

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  1. Exact, precise
  2. Cardinal directions: NSEW
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Absolute Direction

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Remember, relative-relationships:

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Relative Direction

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  1. Close together
  2. Density: the number of something in a defined area
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Clustering Pattern

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  1. Far apart
  2. Distribution: the way something is spread out over an area
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Dispersal/Distribution Pattern

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Indication that 2+ phenomena may be related, associated, or correlated with one another:

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Patterns and Spatial Associations

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Map projections _________ ______ _________ in shape, area, distance, and direction:

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Distort spatial relations

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The process of a cartographer showing the curved surface of the earth on a flat surface:

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Map Projection

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Maps are ________ in what they portray - different projections are used for different _______:

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Selective, purpose

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27
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What does SADD stand for?

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  1. Shape
  2. Area
  3. Distance
  4. Direction
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  1. Direction
  2. Shape
  3. Purpose: Navigation
  4. Preserves right angles of latitude and longitude
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Advantages of Mercator Maps

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  1. Area distorted near poles
  2. Increases size of high latitude areas
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Disadvantages of Mercator Maps

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  1. Area of land masses are accurate
  2. Repositions many countries to their rightful size
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Advantages of Peters Equal Area Maps

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  1. Shapes are inaccurate near the poles
  2. Vertically stretched near the equator
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Disadvantages of Peters Equal Area Maps

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  1. No major distortions
  2. Purpose: Compromise
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Advantages of Robinson Maps

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All aspects are slightly distorted:

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Disadvantages of Robinson Maps

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Minimizes distortion of the size and shape of land masses:

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Advantages of Goode Homolosine Maps

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  1. Land masses appear large compared to oceans
  2. Can’t be used for oceanic travel
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Disadvantages of Goode Homolosine Maps

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  1. What?
  2. Where?
  3. Why There?
  4. Why Care?
  5. Patterns
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The Spatial Perspective

37
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How do we described what a location is like?

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Place

38
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Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a location?

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Sense of Place

39
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Physical artifacts that humans created which make up the landscape. Human produced:

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Cultural Landscape

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A location without a sense of place. No distinct attributes:

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Placelessness

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How do we describe where a place is located?

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Location

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Location’s name - usually reflective of the culture and history of a place:

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Toponym

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Climate, water sources, topography, soil vegetation, and elevation:

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Site/Physical Landscape: Environmental Features of a Location

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Tropical latitudes are near the:

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Equator

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High latitude receive ___ sunlight, so these places are _____ year round:

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Less; colder

46
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_______ also impacts climate as well
1. _______ _____ = colder climate
2. _______ ______ = warmer climate

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  1. Higher Elevations
  2. Lower Elevations
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Close together:

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Clustering

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Far apart:

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Dispersal/Distribution

49
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Indication that 2+ phenomena may be related, associated, or correlated with one another:

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Patterns and Spatial Associations

50
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The process geographers use to divide and categorize space into smaller areas of analysis:

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Regionalization

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Connections, contacts, movement, and flow of things between places:

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Spatial Interaction

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The interaction between two places declines as the distance between the two places increase:

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Distance Decay

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The increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity which seems to bring humans in distant places closer together:

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Time-Space Compression

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The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another:

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Diffusion

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The spread of culture and/or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them:

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Relocation Diffusion

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The spread of culture traits outward through exchange without migration. Requires a different person to adopt the trait:

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Expansion Diffusion

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The spread of culture outward from the most inter-connected places or from centers of wealth and influence:

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Hierarchical Diffusion

58
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Traits diffuse from a group of lower status to a group of higher status:

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Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion

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Occurs when a cultural trail spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people:

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Contagious Diffusion

60
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When a specific trait is rejected, but the underlying idea is accepted:

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Stimulus Diffusion

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The act of an individual physically traveling to a location and recordin, firsthand, information there:

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Fieldwork/Field Observations

62
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List 4 Geospatial Technologies:

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  1. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  2. Satellite Navigation Systems (GPS)
  3. Remote Sensing
  4. Online Mapping + Visualizations
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Computer system that stores, analyzes, and displays info from multiple data sets. Thematic and physical layers:

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GIS

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Satellites orbit the earth and communicate locational info to GPS receivers (absolute location):

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GPS

65
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The use of cameras which orbit the earth above the atmosphere to collect digital images of earth’s surface:

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Remote Sensing

66
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An area with one or more unifying characteristics or patterns of activity:

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Regions

67
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Types of regions (3):

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Formal, Functional, and Vernacular/Perceptual

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United by one or more specific traits (ESPEN):

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Formal Region

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What does the ESPEN acroym stand for?

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Economic, Social, Political, ENvironmental

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Free trade - common currency:

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Economic Formal Region

71
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Distribution of Muslim adherents is primarily clustered in SW and C Asia and North Africa:

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Social Formal Region

72
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The states and capitals in Europe:

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Political Formal Region

73
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The Sahara Desert: Desert which separates North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa:

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Environmental Region

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Organized around a central node (focal point) and the relationship is typically based around economics, travel, and communication:

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Functional Region

75
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Based on a person’s perspective or perception of a certain location:

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Perceptual/Vernacular Region

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