Unit One Group 1 Vocab Flashcards
a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface.
GIS
series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers to determine precise absolute locations on earth
GPS
Position on Earth’s surface using the coordinate system of longitude/latitude
Absolute Location
ancient Greek scholar who calculated Earth’s circumference between Alexandria and Scyene.
Erastothenes
A philosophy of geography that stated that human behaviors are a direct result of the surrounding environment.
Environmental Determinism
areas organized around cores, focus point and diminishes in importance outward.
Functional (Nodal) Regions
The art and science of map making
Cartography
the increasing connection of economic, cultural, and political characteristics across the world
Globalization
Cultural attributes built by humans used to define a place
Cultural landscape
A rectangular pattern for land survey using straight lines.
Grid Pattern
(uniform) or homogenous region area within which everyone shares in common one or mare distinctive characteristics
Formal Regions
an imaginary circle that lies exactly half way between the North and the South Poles
Equator
the standard time at the prime meridian
Greenwich Mean Time
