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Human Geography
Unit 1 Review
Question | Answer |
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Mercator Projection | Navigation Chart (AKA flat paper grid) |
Robinson Projection | Shows the entire world circle |
Longitude / Prime Medidian | Run in a north - south direction |
Latitude / Equator | East - West direction (parallel) |
Formal Region | A cultural linkage or a physical characteristic |
Uniform Region | An area defined by one predominant or universal characteristic throughout its entire area |
Functional Region | an area centered on a node, focal point, or central hub surrounded by interconnecting linkages |
Perceptual Regions | feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true |
Vernacular Region | An area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity |
Node | a central point in a functional culture region where functions are coordinated and directed. Verancular region. |
Contagious diffusion | The process of an idea being spread rapidly throughout the population |
Stimulus Diffusion | when it spreads to a new location and changes in its new location or context |
Hierarchical diffusion | Involves the spreading of culture from one or a few to many people |
relocation diffusion | when the people move or relocate, they spread idea along with them |
Migrant Diffusion | innovation originate and enjoys strong but brief adoption in a palace |
Map Scale | The relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance in the ground 1/10,000 or 1:10,000 |
focus of physical geography | Study of four shapes (lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biospehere) |
Primary assumption of environmental determinism | The physical environment may set limits on human actions |
Latitude is used to determine | Measures how far a point is, North or South of the equator |
Longitude is used to determine | Measures how far a point is, East or West of the equator |
Map projections with degree of distortion | we cant display 3D surfaces perfectly in two dimension |
the "why of where" refers to | the depiction of a regions physical feature |