Unit 1.1 Vocabulary Flashcards
the study of the spatial characteristics of various elements of the physical environment.
Physical geography
the study of the spatial characteristics of humans and human activities.
Human geography
guides your thinking, provide an approach to spatial thinking, and help you think like a geographer.
Four-Level- Analysis
means to break down into parts and study each part carefully.
Analyze
a system of ideas and concepts that attempt to explain and prove why or how interactions have occurred in the past or will occur in the future.
Theory
key vocabulary ideas, and building blocks that geographers use to describe our world.
Concepts
involve a series of steps or actions that explain why or how geographic patterns occur.
Processes
representations of reality or theories about reality, to help geographers see general spatial patterns, focus on the influence of specific factors, and understand variations from place to place.
Models
look like stylized maps, and they illustrate theories about spacial distributions.
Spacial Models
illustrate theories and concepts using words, graphs, or tables.
Nonspacial models
a model that helps explain some patterns evident on the Earth at night image.
Time-distance decay
refer to the general arrangement of things being studied.
Spacial patterns
a set of interconnected entities, sometimes called nodes.
Networks
any information that can be measured and recorded using numbers such as a total number of immigrants to a city.
Quantatative data
quantitative and spacial data
Geospatial data
