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BAG Vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.Human Geography | the branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface. |
| 2.Physical Geography | the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes. |
| 3.Map | Typically a 2-D representation of our Earth in which you can see where people, places, and things are located |
| 4.Place | A theme in geography that allows us to describe the physical and human characteristics of a location |
| 5.site | When describing a place you use Site. Site is what you see on the landscape |
| 6.location | Identifying WHERE a place is located. Location can be Absolute, relative, and mathematical |
| 7.Situation | Identifying a place’s location using other places (SVH is behind Publix, across from Brusters, etc |
| 8.Region | An AREA with one or more common features that makes it different from surrounding areas. |
| 9.Formal Region | A region delineated on the basis of one or more identifiable trait which sets it apart from other regions |
| 10.Functional Region | a region that has a defined core that retains a specific characteristic that diminishes outwards. |
| 11.Vernacular Region | An area defined by subjective perceptions that reflect the feelings & images about key place characteristics. |
| 12.Space | The expanse of everything on Earth |
| 13.Connections | a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else |
| 14.Cartography | The study of maps and map making3 |
| 15.Thematic map | A Special Purpose map that displays information around a theme (phenomenon)3 |
| 16. Map Scale | The tool on a map that allows you to measure real distance 3 |
| 17. Map Projection | The process by which we display the round Earth on a flat surface 3 |
| 18. GPS | Global Positioning System: a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel. |
| 19. GIS | A geographic information system, or GIS, is a computerized data management system used to capture, store, manage, retrieve, analyze, and display spatial information. |
| 20. Remote sensing | the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it. |
| 21. Meridians | a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles. |
| 22. Parallels | each of the imaginary parallel circles of constant latitude on the earth's surface. |
| 23. Coordinate System | any method that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like. |
| 24. Equator | the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. |
| 25.Prime Meridian | A meridian at which the longitude is defined to be 0 degrees. |
| 26.Cultural Landscape | The combination of the physical and human features on a landscape. |
| 27.Mental Map | The map-like image everyone carries in their head. |
| 28.Culture | All the features of a people's way of life. |
| 29.Spatial Perspective | A way for geographers to identify and explain patterns of human activities and physical activities across earth. |
| 30.Spatial Association | The perspective geographers use to explain relationships between different phenomenon. |
| 31.Spatial Diffusion | The process by which information and ideas spread across earth. |
| 32.Absolute Location | A place's absolute location is its exact place on earth, often told in latitude and longitude. |
| 33.Relative Location | Relative location refers to the position of a place or entity based on its positive with respect to other locations. |
| 34.Concentration | How close or far away things are to each other. |
| 35.Pattern | Pattern refers to whether several geographical events are similar or related. |
| 36.Generalization | The act of everyone becoming more alike. |
| 37.Resources | A stock or supply of any material |
| 38.Globalization | The processes by which the world's countries and people become more alike, interdependent,and interact, regardless of country borders. |
| 39.Distribution | The spread of a feature over Earth |
| 40.Density | Measures how much of something there is |
| 41.Arithmetic Density | The total number of people / area of land |
| 42.Space-time Convergence (Compression) | The reduction in time it takes for people and things to interact and connect due to increased access to technology and transportation advancement.ts |
| 43.Uneven Development | The result of increased globalization has created a gap between the wealthiest (more developed regions) and the poorest (less developed regions) across earth |
| 44.Visualization | The tools in geography that allow us to understand and explain where and why |
| 45.First Law of Geography | EVERYTHING is related to everything else, BUT closer things will interact more than things farther away |
| 46.Scale (not the same as map scale) | The ZOOMING in or out on earth's surface, in which we can study the relations between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole. |
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