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| 10588413832 | map projection | the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map | 0 | |
| 10588430433 | 3 ways in which distortion may occur on a map projection | shape of an area distance between two points could be increased or decreased Relative size may be altered, they may appear larger on map | 1 | |
| 10653764956 | Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of using a mercator map projection | Shape if distorted very little and its relative size is grossly distorted toward the poles, making it bigger than they are | 2 | |
| 10653774748 | Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of using a robinson map projection | Useful for displaying information across oceans and land areas are much smaller than on interrupted map of the same size | 3 | |
| 10653900184 | Geospatial Data | Information about physical objects that can be represented by numerical values in geographical coordinates system. | 4 | |
| 10653943342 | Remote sensing | A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the area or object of study. | 5 | |
| 10653986605 | Quantitative data | Data that can be measured in numbers e.g the amount of people who listen to a radio station and In an entire school there are 523 students | 6 | |
| 10653987922 | Qualitative data | measurement expressed not in terms of numbers, but rather by means of a natural language description e.g Softness of skin and color of eyes | 7 | |
| 10654009617 | Region | An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. | 8 | |
| 10654026636 | formal region | An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics e.g schools | 9 | |
| 10654098482 | nodal region | An area organized around a node or focal point. (Ex. Area a TV station broadcasts to) | 10 | |
| 10654105774 | vernacular region | an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity e.g St. Charles, Illinois | 11 | |
| 10654120245 | Difference between spatial organization and spatial interaction | spatial organization - interactions between people and their environments spatial interaction - all kinds of movement and flows involving human activity | 12 | |
| 10654141121 | friction of distance | The farther away two groups or places are from one another, the less likely they are to interact | 13 | |
| 10654145964 | Distance Decay | created by friction of distance, which weakens, or decays, the connection between two groups or places e.g France is more likely to have a closer and fore frequent relationship with Germany than it is with China and going to grocery store that is closer to home | 14 | |
| 10654160016 | Culutral Ecology | the geographic study of human-environment relationships •how people adjust to their environment how people modify their environment | 15 | |
| 10654207007 | enviromental determinism | nineteenth-century theory stating that physical features cause cultures to develop and behave as they do e.g People living in extremely cold environments tend to have slow thinking processes | 16 | |
| 10654212687 | Possibilism | modern theory claiming that the environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment based on their culture e.g living in cold place would limit your possibilities of warmness | 17 | |
| 10654225609 | Possibilism as a legitimate geographic theory | that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by social conditions | 18 | |
| 10654227132 | resource | A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use. | 19 | |
| 10654230971 | renewable resource | Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans e.g Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy | 20 | |
| 10654269338 | Non-renewable resource | Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans e.g Fossil fuel and coal | 21 |
