Geog Quiz 1
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| Contour Lines | define escalation
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| sematic maps | political maps
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| topographical maps | landscape/geographic maps
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| Scale | shows a comparison between a map and the real physical space it's meant to represent
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| Three types of Scales | Graphic, Written, Representative Fraction
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| Graphic Scale | and image indicating a certain amount of space on the map represents a certain amount of space in the real world
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| Written Scale | 1" = 1 Mile
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| RF (Representative Fraction) | One unit on the map is equivalent to so many units in the real world
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| Geoid | earth-shaped
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| Geoid Map | use projection techniques to render 3D objects into 2D images
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| Distortion | Occurs when 3D spheres cannot be turned into 2D shapes without changing the structure of the original object.
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| Tissotindicratix | The rate of distortion
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| Latitude | the angle of distance north/south of the equator.
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| Longitude | The angle of distance east/west of the prime meridian
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| Great Circle | the arch line of the Earth (the shortest distance between two places on a sphere)
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| Spatial Perspective | looking at the physical space and object or place takes
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| area | surface a region occupies
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| bountary | natural or political
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| location | absolute v. relative
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| operation scale | the scale at which social/natural processes operate (studying patterns of ethnic segregation, wealth distribution, etc)
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| regional concept | when we use a criterion to establish a spatial zone.
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| homogeneity | human or physical "sameness" that can demarkate a region
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| Regions as Systems | like the European Union, functional integration can demarkate a region.
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| Transition Zones | regional interaction that continually reshapes borders and are often conflict zones.
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| Criteria for being a Region | 1. Physical and Human
2. Functional
3. Historical
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| Regional Concept | areas that are smaller and more specific than geographic realms.
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| Alfred Wegener | Continental Drift
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| Cultural Landscape | How the environment has been modified by mankind.
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| Culture Hearsts | places were ideas/culture originated. (Meso America, the Indus River,etc)
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| Gini Coefficient | The degree of economic dispersion 0.0 - 1.0
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