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Grade Saver 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spatial Perspective | considers arrangements of phenomenon studied |
| Absolute location | precise spot |
| Latitude | Distance north or south |
| Longitude | Distance east or west |
| Equator | Imaginary line halfway of poles |
| Prime Meridian | Imaginary line pole to pole |
| International date line | Imaginary line 180 degrees from Greenwich |
| Relative Location | Description where something is |
| Connectivity | Degree of linkage |
| Accessibilty | How quickly and easily people interact |
| Place | Refers to physical and human characteristics |
| Region | Formed group of places |
| Site | Physical/cultural characteristics |
| Situation | Refers location of a place relative surroundings |
| Sense of place | State of mind |
| Toponym | Place name |
| Distance | Measurement of how far |
| Proximity | Indicates nearness |
| Time-Space-Compression | shrinking time distance bc improved methods |
| spatial interaction | refers to contact/movement/flow |
| friction of distance | indicates farther apart-less connected |
| distance-decay | effects of distance |
| distribution | the way a phenomenon is spread |
| density | specific area |
| concentration | spread of a feature |
| pattern | general arrangement |
| spatial association | matching patterns |
| human environment interaction | connection/exchange of humans/natural world |
| cultural ecology | study humans adapt environment |
| environmental determinism | belief landform/climate most powerful forces |
| possibilism | view acknowledges limits |