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Unit 1 Vocab Part 1
1.1, 1.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Physical Geography | The study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment such as landforms, plants, animals, and climate. |
| Human Geography | The study of the events and processes that have shaped how humans understand, use and alter Earth. |
| Spatial perspective | A way of thinking about how and why physical features or processes are positioned in geographic space. |
| Ecological perspective | The relationship between living things and their environments. |
| Cartographer | A map maker |
| Toponym | A place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature. |
| Globalization | The expansion of economic, cultural and political processes on a worldwide scale. |
| Infrastructure | Structures, systems and facilities serving the economy of a business, industry, country, city, town, or area; including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function. |
| Cognitive (Mental) Map | Any visual representation of a person's mental model (how they remember) a given place on earth’s surface. |
| Reference Map | Designed for people to refer to for general information about places about a place. Two common types: political and physical. |
| Political Map | Shows political boundaries like state and national borders and capital and major cities. |
| Physical Map | Shows the Earth’s identifiable natural landscape features, including: mountains, lakes, rivers (natural places). |
| Thematic Map | Shows spatial aspects of information or of a phenomenon. Data about a place. Several different types. |
| Absolute Distance | A distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length. |
| Relative Distance | Distance is measured in terms of time or money. |
| Absolute Direction | The cardinal directions North, South, East, and West. |
| Relative Direction | "Go up the street and then take the next left followed by a quick right." This would be considered Relative Direction. |
| Clustered | Objects that are close together. A form of distribution. |
| Dispersed | Movement of individuals or things away from centers of high population density or the origin. A form of distribution. |
| Elevation | Distance above sea level. |
| Absolute Location | The exact location of an object or place. |
| Relative Location | A description of where a place is in relation to other places or features. |
| Site | This refers to a place's absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the landforms, climate, and resources. Where you are. |
| Situation | Refers to a place's location in relation to other places or its surrounding features. How you describe a place once you get there. |
| Space | An area between two or more things on Earth's surface. |
| Place | Location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics. |
| Distributed | The arrangement of a feature or data point within a given space. Look for patterns. |
| Pattern | Patterns that can be found in how things are arranged in a particular space. |
| Density | The number of things in a specific area. |
| Distance Decay | The principle that states that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have. |
| Time-space compression | The process causing the relative distance (perceived distance) between places to shrink. |
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