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Grade Saver 1
Question | Answer |
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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 |