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| 4781801597 | What is contemporary geography the study of? | The location of people and activities and reason for their distribution | 0 | |
| 4781801598 | What makes globalization easier? | Technology and easier communication and force people to have greater cultural and economic interactions with each other | 1 | |
| 4781801599 | Why is local diversity a problem? | Globalization is making most of the world seem homogeneous so people are trying to bring back unique features of the landscape | 2 | |
| 4781801600 | What two trends underlie global problems? | Globalization and Local Diversity | 3 | |
| 4781801601 | What are the effects of globalization? | Homogeneous landscapes and need for local diversity | 4 | |
| 4781801602 | What is human geography? | Where and why human activities are located where that are | 5 | |
| 4781801603 | Map | 2D flat scale model of earth or a part of the earth | 6 | |
| 4781801604 | Place | Specific point on earth | 7 | |
| 4781801605 | Region | Area of earth with multiple unique features | 8 | |
| 4781801606 | Choropeith map | Map where shading of a region changes by region depending on presence of the variable | 9 | |
| 4781801607 | Dot map | Demonstrates distribution of a variable in an area | 10 | |
| 4781801608 | Line map | Map used for elevation | 11 | |
| 4781801609 | Proportional map | Map with symbols whose size change with presence of variable | 12 | |
| 4781801610 | Symbol map | Map that uses symbols to represent the presence of a variable | 13 | |
| 4781801611 | Cartogram | Map whose size changes based on variable presence | 14 | |
| 4781801612 | What explains why similarities aren't coincidences? | Scale, space, and connections | 15 | |
| 4781801613 | Scale | proportion between the portion of the Earth projected and the actual size of the area | 16 | |
| 4781801614 | Space | gap between 2 objects | 17 | |
| 4781801615 | Connections | relationships among people across the barrier of space | 18 | |
| 4781801616 | Cartography | science of mapmaking | 19 | |
| 4781801617 | Hat two things are important in maps? | scale and projection | 20 | |
| 4781801618 | What are 2 purposes of a map? | storing reference material communicating geographic information | 21 | |
| 4781801619 | Who used the word geography first? | Eratosthenes He also calculated the circumference of the Earth with 0.05% accuracy, made one of the earliest maps with a torrid zone (equator) two fridgid zones at either end and two temperate zones in between | 22 | |
| 4781801620 | What is the disadvantage of large maps? | Details are lost but you get the big picture | 23 | |
| 4781801621 | What is the disadvantage of small maps? | Big picture is lost, but you get details | 24 | |
| 4781801622 | What are the most accurate maps? | Globes | 25 | |
| 4781801623 | Why do maps lie? | 2D scales models of the Earth distort the spherical shape | 26 | |
| 4781801624 | What are the types of distortion? | Shape, Distance, Relative Size, Direction | 27 | |
| 4781801625 | Equal Area Projection | gives accurate relative sizes but N and S pole are distorted |  | 28 |
| 4781801626 | Robinson Projection | Uninterrupted (E&W hemispheres aren't split) Useful for ocean maps. Official National Geographic map. Lower distortion at high latitudes. Attempts to balance several possible projection errors. It does not maintain area, shape, distance, or direction completely accurately, but it minimizes errors in each. |  | 29 |
| 4781801627 | Mercator Projection | Latitude and longitude is 90* to each other. Good for navigation. Rectangular map. Distortion towards the poles |  | 30 |
| 4781801628 | Polar Projection | Projects Earth from N pole (Think UN Flag) Highlights major countries |  | 31 |
| 4781801629 | Mollweide Projection | A type of map in which the surface of the Earth is shown within an ellipse. Lines of latitude are parallel to the equator, but lines of longitude are curved in such a way that area distortion is minimal. The distortion is greatest at the edges of the ellipse. |  | 32 |
| 4781801630 | US Land Ordinance of 1785 | Divided US up into 6*6mi squares (townships) to distribute land for settlers in the west | 33 | |
| 4781801631 | GIS | Geographic information system. Makes maps extremely accurate and provides lots of info | 34 | |
| 4781801632 | Remote Sensing | Acquisition of data from sattelites | 35 | |
| 4781801633 | GPS | Global positioning system. Tracks location and gives directions | 36 | |
| 4781801634 | Place | a point on Earth | 37 | |
| 4781801635 | Region | an area with 1+ unique features | 38 | |
| 4781801636 | Features of a place | helps explain similarities and differences and change. make a place unique | 39 | |
| 4781801637 | Location | position of something on earth | 40 | |
| 4781801638 | what are 4 ways to identify a place? | Name, site, situation, mathematical location | 41 | |
| 4781801639 | Toponym | Name of a place | 42 | |
| 4781801640 | Site | physical features of a place | 43 | |
| 4781801641 | What WAS site important for? | choosing where to live Not so important anymore because it can be modified | 44 | |
| 4781801642 | Situation | position of a place relative to other places helps locate and understand importance of places | 45 | |
| 4781801643 | Mathematical Location | Exact location according to the latitude and longitude system | 46 | |
| 4781801644 | What does Longitude help calculate? | Calculate time and distance from E to W | 47 | |
| 4781801645 | 0* Long goes through where? | Greenwich England | 48 | |
| 4781801646 | How far apart are Longitude lines? | 15* | 49 | |
| 4781801647 | Prime Meridian | 0* long, GMT | 50 | |
| 4781801648 | Cultural Landscape | combo of cultural features that define an area | 51 | |
| 4781801649 | Regional Studies | Contemporary cultural landscape approach | 52 | |
| 4781801650 | Carl Sauer | believed: cultural landscape: area fashioned from nature by a cultural group (Possibilism) | 53 | |
| 4781801651 | Possibilism | Modern approach that humans can adapt and survive in their environment | 54 | |
| 4781801652 | Environmental Determinism | View that people are forced live according to their environment | 55 | |
| 4781801653 | Formal Region | uniform region (has a shared feature) | 56 | |
| 4781801654 | Functional Region | area organized around a focal point that diminishes in importance as it goes out. Must have a flow of transportation, people, and/or information | 57 | |
| 4781801655 | Vernacular Region | place people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity | 58 | |
| 4781801656 | What affect how a region is perceived? | Size | 59 | |
| 4781801657 | Culture | body of customary beliefs, material traits, social forms that are distinct to a group of people | 60 | |
| 4781801658 | Nation | group people in an area that shares something | 61 | |
| 4781801659 | State | Political entity with boundaries | 62 | |
| 4781801660 | Language | Signs, gestures that have meaning | 63 | |
| 4781801661 | Religion | Beliefs and practices of a group of people. Organized | 64 | |
| 4781801662 | Ethnicity | language, religion and cultural values and physical traits of a person | 65 | |
| 4781801663 | MDC | More developed country North America (US Canada) Europe, Japan. Manufacturing and mostly services | 66 | |
| 4781801664 | LDC | Less Developed Country Sub Saharan Africa, Middle East, East Asia, etc. | 67 | |
| 4781801665 | Periphery countries | developing countries India Brazil, S Africa mostly manufacturing | 68 | |
| 4781801666 | Cultural Ecology | study of human environment relationships | 69 | |
| 4781801667 | Environment (Cultural Perspective) | collection of resources in an area | 70 | |
| 4781801668 | What influences how we adapt? | Religious, cultural, political beliefs and wealth | 71 | |
| 4781801669 | What are 4 important physical processes? | Climate, vegetation, soil, landforms | 72 | |
| 4781801670 | What is the Modified Köppen System? | Divides world into 5 climate regions: a Tropical b Dry Climate c Warm Mid- Latitude Climate d Cold Mid- Latitude Climate e Polar Climates | 73 | |
| 4781801671 | Globalization | force/process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope | 74 | |
| 4781801672 | What makes Globalization easier? | Technology and communication | 75 | |
| 4781801673 | Transnational Corporation | Corporation that functions and serves in multiple countries | 76 | |
| 4781801674 | Specialization & comparative advantage | Focus on production of 1 product. Usually what you can produce the most for the least amount of money | 77 | |
| 4781801675 | Uniformity of culture | people adopt culture, products, housing (becoming more western) | 78 | |
| 4781801676 | Common Language | English. Soon to be surpassed by French | 79 | |
| 4781801677 | Connectivity | TV and internet spreading ideas and connecting people faster than ever | 80 | |
| 4781801678 | Distribution | How stuff is arranged in an area | 81 | |
| 4781801679 | Density | Frequency of an event in space | 82 | |
| 4781801680 | Arithmetic density | # of people/area | 83 | |
| 4781801681 | Physiological Density | # of people/ area of arable land | 84 | |
| 4781801682 | Concentration | extent of spread clustered vs. dispersed | 85 | |
| 4781801683 | Pattern | arrangement of objects in space | 86 | |
| 4781801684 | Space Time Compression | reduction of time it takes for something to move | 87 | |
| 4781801685 | Distance Decay | contact decreases as distance increases and slowly ends | 88 | |
| 4781801686 | Hearth | origin of an innovation | 89 | |
| 4781801687 | Relocation Diffusion | people move taking the thing with them | 90 | |
| 4781801688 | Types of expansion diffusion | Hierarchical Diffusion Contagious Diffusion Stimulus Diffusion | 91 | |
| 4781801689 | Expansion Diffusion | when a characteristic spreads in a snowballing effect | 92 | |
| 4781801690 | Hierarchical Diffusion | when a characteristic goes from a person of authority to a person of less authority | 93 | |
| 4781801691 | Contagious Diffusion | rapid widespread diffusion from person to person | 94 | |
| 4781801692 | Stimulus Diffusion | Underlying principle diffuses but it can be modified | 95 |
