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Unit 1 Test
APHUG NOTES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| geographic method | using geographic information to describe the earth |
| geographic perspective | a geographic grid through which information is interpreted |
| 4 levels of GIP "Geographic Investigation Process" | Level 1: What? Where? When?Level 2: Pattern IdentificationLevel 3: Why there? How did it get there?Level 4: Prediction.. so what? What if? |
| 2 purposes of maps | 1. A tool for storing reference material2. A tool for communicating geographic information |
| Thales | applied principles of geometry to measure land area |
| Hecateus | first geography book |
| Aristotle | first to demonstrate earth was a sphere |
| Eratosthenes | first to use the word "geography", calculated the circumference of the earth to .5% accuracy |
| Thematic map | tells a story |
| Reference map | location |
| Choropleth map | colors |
| Dot map | use dots |
| Graduated circle map | point symbol >>> bigger = more |
| Isoline map | line symbols |
| cartograms | not really maps, drawn to scale |
| mathmatical location | coordinates |
| place names | toponyms |
| site | physical characteristics that determine location |
| situation | relative location |
| distribution of features | small scale, local and national |
| globalization | a force or process that makes something worldwide in scope |
| language | meaning within culture, signs, sounds, and guestures |
| cultural ecology | the study of human environment relationship |
| Environmental Determinism | "outdated", "racist", the physical environment determines social development |
| Environmental Possibilism | "emerging", environment limits some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment |
| Koppen system | divides the world into 5 main climate regions identified by letters a-e |
| Four major plant biomes: | Forest, Savannah, Grassland, Desert |
| Soil | the soil classification system has ID'd more than 12,000 soil types |
| geomorphology | the study of earth's landforms and their effects on people |
| Effects of globalization | *Uniform Cultural Landscapes - ex: McDonalds everywhere you travel*Integrated Economies: transnational corporations*Interdependent Economies: global trade & sharing of labor*Specialization of Regional Labor: primary, secondary, and tertiary job distributi |
| Density | the frequency something occurs in space |
| Concentration | the extent of a features spread over space (how they use space) |
| Pattern | geometric arrangement of objects in space |
| archetype | the original model from which similiar instances derive |
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