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unit 1 vocab test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absolute location | geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for a specific location. |
| example of absolute location | Example: Your address or the school's address |
| cartography | creating a map |
| census | official count of people in an area |
| contagious diffusion | the spread of ideas, contagious disease, or forest fire, which spreads without regard for hierarchy, contact with people |
| clustering | tightly bunched areas on a map |
| dispersal | areas on a map that are spaced apart or spread apart |
| distance decay | contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears |
| elevation | distance above sea level |
| environmental determinism | the belief that the physical environment causes social development |
| environmental possibilism | the belief that the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people can adjust to their environment. |
| formal (uniform) region | uniform region, shares one or more common characteristics |
| functional (nodal) region | nodal region, region organized around a node or point |
| geographic information system (GIS) | software used for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on the earth's surface. |
| global positioning system (GPS) | a series for 24 satellites that orbit the Earth's surface twice daily and transmit up-to-date tracking on online maps |
| global scale | a scale that encompasses the entire world |
| globalization | process in which businesses develop international influence, trading is global, and economies are connected by technology and the internet |
| human environment interaction | describes the complex relationship between people and their surroundings, encompassing how humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the environment. |
| local scale | the smallest geographical level, focusing on a specific place like a city, town, or neighborhood. |
| map distortion | the reason that a flat map cannot accurately display the world, which is round, which leaves all maps with some distortion. |
| prime meridian | the zero-degree longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England. |
| qualitative geographic data | focuses on understanding subjective experiences and concepts through non-numerical data like interviews and observations. |
| quantitative geographic data | focuses on numerical data |
| reference map | a map that shows geographic locations on Earth's surface, such as cities or oceans |
| region | an area of earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics |
| relative location | describing the position of a place as compared to (or relative to) another landmark |
| remote sensing | scanning of earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft to obtain information |
| scale | relationship between the portion of the Earth being studied and the Earth as a whole |
| site | physical character of a place |
| situation | relative location of a place. |
| spatial pattern | the placement or arrangement of objects on Earth's surface and the space between the objects |
| sustainability | use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that ensure resource availability in the future |
| thematic map | a map that emphasizes the spatial patterns of geographic statistics or attributes and relationships between them. |
| time-space compression | broad phenomenon of the world seemingly shrinking due to techological advances and faster interconnectedness of global citizens. |
| Mercator projection | a true conformal cylindrical map projection, it is particularly useful for navigation because it maintains accurate direction |
| vernacular (perceptual) region | defined by people's shared beliefs, feelings, and attitudes about a place, rather than by formal boundaries or specific criteria. |
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allyce