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human geo unit 1
unit one test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when was the great leap forward? | 50,000 years ago |
| what is the radiation theory? | that humans (our anscestors) first lived in africa |
| when was the agriculture revolution? | 10,000 years ago |
| when and where was the industrial revolution? | 1750 in england |
| what did Aristotle prove? | 1. the earth was spherical |
| who was the first person to use the word "geography"? | eratosethes |
| how many climate regions does the earth have? | 5 |
| what did Ptolemy do? | wrote and eight volume guide to geography |
| another word for latitude? | parallels |
| another word for longitude? | meridians |
| the u.s land ordinance of 1785 divided country up in to what three things? | 1. townships 2. ranges 3. sections |
| what is distribution mean? | where is it right now |
| what does density mean? | how many per area |
| what is something that happens regularly? | a pattern. |
| what is concentration? | where is it within an area |
| what are 4 types of distortion? | 1. shape 2. distance 3. relative size 4. direction |
| why does distortion happen? | because you have to cut, tear, and stretch the size to make it a map. |
| what kinds of distortion are on a mercator? | stretching at the poles |
| what kinds of distortion are on a robinson? | direction is off |
| what ways can map scale be written? | as a ratio (fraction), a written statement, or a graphic bar scale. |
| the smaller the scale.. | the more you see of the map |
| name some contemporary tools? | gis, gps, remote sensing. |
| what does contemporary mean? | current, now |
| what is gis? | a computer that can capture, store, analyze, and display geographic data. |
| what does gps stand for? | global positioning system |
| what is remote sensing? | collecting surface data by a satellite orbiting earth. from a distance. |
| what does bio mean? | life |
| what does geo mean? | earth |
| what is a place? | unique location of a feature |
| what is a toponym? | name of a place |
| what is site? | a physical feature of a place. |
| what is situation? | location of a place relative to other places. |
| what is another word for absolute location? | mathematical location |
| how many degrees is the international date line? | 180 degrees |
| as you go west... | it gets earlier |
| what does gmt-5 mean? | Greenwich mean time |
| what are the u.s time zones | pacific, mountain, central, eastern. |
| when you cross the international date line.. . | add or subtract a whole day |
| name some map types | reference, THEMATIC: isoline, choloropleth, proportional symbol (level), dot (cluste, denseness) |
| what are some combinations of cultural landscape? | cultural features,economic features, and physical features. |
| what are three types of region?. | formal, functional, vernacular. |
| what is a formal region? | uniform region, "borders", you can draw a line around it. example: state, country |
| what is a functional region? | node or a focal point, and fades as you go away, example: shopping mart, airport |
| what is a vernacular region? | a place people believe exists, as apart of cultural identity.. example: religious matters |
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