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Finals study
Nature & Perspectives of Geography
Question | Answer |
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Human Geography | study of human activities from spatial context |
All places have... | location, direction and distance w/ respect to other places |
Places may be... | large or small---scale is important |
Places have both... | physical structure and cultural content |
Characteristics of places... | develop and change over time |
Elements of places | interact with other places |
Content of places is... | rationally organized |
Places ma be classified into... | regions w/ similarities & differences |
Location | postion on Earth's surface |
Absolute location | exact position of space |
Longitude and latitude | used to describe a point on earth in reference to degrees, minutes and seconds |
Relative location | position of place in relation to another place ...conveys interconnection and interdependence b/t different places |
Site | describes physical and cultural characteristics of location |
Situation | describes where location is in reference to surrounding features in larger region |
Scale | relationship b/t size of feature as depicted on a map and the size of feature in actuality |
Map | 2d rep. of variables on earth's surface |
Spatial tradition | -Emphasis on movement and location -Deals w/ shape of land |
Mental map | an image in one's mind about an area, location or environment |
General Purpose/references maps | display variety of variables in an area |
Region | an area w/unifying characteristics |
Formal region | and area that can be identified by its homogeneous cultural or physical characteristics |
Functional region | an area in which there is a center from which social or economic activities spread |
Perceptual region | an area not defined by any set of physical data, but by human conception of the area |
thematic map | rep. single variable over an area... -dot, choropleth, isoline, and symbol |
4 Traditions of geography | American perspectives |
Spatial Tradition | -emphasis on movement and location -deals w/ shape of land |
Area studies Tradition | -emphasis on region, place and history\ -deals w/ physical and cultural characteristics |
Man-land tradition | -emphasis on relationship b/t external conditions and human actions -overlaps w/ Area Studies Tradition |
Earth Science Tradition | -emphasis on geology -deals with how physical systems affect humans...hydrological cycle, wind patterns...etc. |