Unit 1.1 Vocab

Question 1

Spatial Approach

Answer 1

considers the arrangement of the phenomena being studied across the surface of the earth.

Question 2

Physical geography

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Human geography

Answer 3

The study of the spatial characteristics of humans and human activities.

Question 4

Absolute location

Answer 4

The precise spot where something is according to some system.

Question 5

Latitude

Answer 5

The distance north or south of the equator.

Question 6

Equator

Answer 6

An imaginary line that circles the globe exactly halfway between the North and South poles.

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

The distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Question 8

Prime meridian

Answer 8

An imaginary line that runs from pole to pole through Greenwich, England.

Question 9

International Date Line

Answer 9

Roughly follows this line but makes deviations to accommodate international boundaries.

Question 10

Relative location

Answer 10

A description of where something is in the relation to other things.

Question 11

Connectivity

Answer 11

How well locations are tied together by roads or other links.

Question 12

Accessibility

Answer 12

How quickly and easily people in one location can interact with people in another location.

Question 13

Ghost towns

Answer 13

Abandoned settlements

Question 14

Place

Answer 14

The specific human and physical characteristics of a location.

Question 15

Region

Answer 15

Formed by a group of places in the same area that share a characteristic.

Question 16

Site

Answer 16

The characteristics at the immediate location.

Question 17

Situation

Answer 17

The location of a place to relative to its surroundings and other places.

Question 18

Sense of place

Answer 18

Related to the concepts of a place.

Question 19

Toponyms

Answer 19

Place names.

Question 20

Distance

Answer 20

An important part of the geographic perspective and spatial approach.

Question 21

Proximity

Answer 21

Indicates the degree of nearness

Question 22

Time-space compression

Answer 22

The shrinking “time distance” between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication.

Question 23

Spatial interaction

Answer 23

Referring to contact,movement, and flow of things between locations.

Question 24

Friction of distance

Answer 24

Indicates that when things are farther apart, they tend to be less well connected.

Question 25

Distance-decay

Answer 25

The inverse relationship between distance and connection.

Question 26

Density

Answer 26

The number of something in a specifically defined area.

Question 27

Distribution

Answer 27

The way a phenomenon is spread out over an area.

Question 28

Spatial association

Answer 28

Matching patterns of distribution.

Question 29

Human-environment interaction

Answer 29

The connection and exchange between humans and the natural world.

Question 30

Cultural ecology

Answer 30

The study of how humans adapt to the environment.

Question 31

Environmental determinism

Answer 31

The belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces behind shaping human behavior.

Question 32

Possibilism

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Landscape analysis

Answer 33

The task of defining and describing landscapes.

Question 34

Field observation

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Spatial data

Answer 35

All of the information that can be tied to specific locations.

Question 36

Aerial photography

Answer 36

Professional images captured from places within the atmosphere.

Question 37

Built environment

Answer 37

Physical artifacts that humans have created and that form part of the landscape.

Question 38

Cultural landscape

Answer 38

Anything built by humans.