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| Science of Mapmaking | ||
| The relationship of a features size on a map to it's actual size on earth | ||
| ways of transferring locations on the earth's surface to a flat map | ||
| a law that divided much of the US West into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers | ||
| what acronym "GIS" stands for | ||
| A computer system that can layer geographic data for analysis | ||
| The acquistion of data from a satellite or other long distance method | ||
| Technology using satellites that determines the precise position of something on earth. | ||
| Proper name given to a place | ||
| Physical characteristics of a place - location | ||
| Location of a place relative to other places | ||
| the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian, used to determine absolute location | ||
| lines that run parallel to the equator, used to determine absolute location | ||
| Imaginary line which passes through Greenwich england, 0 degrees longitude | ||
| Follows about 180 Longitude (opposite side of the earth from prime meridian) | ||
| entire body of beliefs, social mannerisms, and material traits that together consitute a group's distinct tradition | ||
| Area in which everyone shares a common characteristic, specific boundaries (like a state) | ||
| Area that is organized around a center or focal point (like a radio station) | ||
| Another Name for a formal region | ||
| A functional region, a region where it is based around a focal point or one idea. An example would be a rock radio station. | ||
| An area that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity. | ||
| Another Name for a Vernacular Region | ||
| Study of humans' interaction with the environment | ||
| a landscape that has been changed by human beings and that reflects their culture | ||
| A course of thought that taught that the physical environment caused ALL social development. Not a belief of modern geographers, used to support racist beliefs. | ||
| Belief that the physical environment may set limits on human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment in MANY ways or change the environment to meet their needs. Belief of Modern Geographers | ||
| Substances that are useful to people | ||
| Making something world-wide in scope | ||
| These organizations conduct all types of business in many countries, not JUST where its headquarters or major shareholders are located. | ||
| Arrangement of a feature in space | ||
| Frequency with which something occurs in a defined space | ||
| The extent of a features spread over a defined space. | ||
| Geometric arrangement of objects in a defined space | ||
| The arrangement of something across Earth's surface. | ||
| the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area | ||
| the extent of a feature's spread over space | ||
| arranged all together. "The people were ___________ together under the umbrella" | ||
| Spread out over an area. "When the bell rang, the class _________ in every direction." | ||
| Reduction in time it takes for an item/information to reach another place. Technology driven. | ||
| the reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems | ||
| Diminishing importance or eventual disappearance of a phenomenon as distance increases | ||
| the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction | ||
| the process by which a characteristic spreads from one place to another | ||
| Place from which an innovation/culture originates (center or node) | ||
| Spread of an idea through physical movement of people. | ||
| The 3 types of this are Hierarchical, Contagious and Stimulus. | ||
| The spread of a feature from one place to another in a "snowballing" process. | ||
| Subtype of expansion diffusion the spread of an idea from persons/nodes of AUTHORITY to others (top-down) | ||
| Rapid, far-reaching spread of an idea or characteristic (spreads like a disease - all directions) | ||
| The spread of an underlying idea even though the exact characterisitc itself does not spread or dies out (walkmans lead to I-PODs) | ||
| the distribution of one phenomenon is spatially related to the distribution of another. "The why of where" | ||
| Center or Middle; in Human Geo refers to world's economics and the MDC's as being the center of the wealth. | ||
| Outer edge; in Human Geo refers to world's economics where LDC's are on the "outside" of the world's wealth. | ||
| Increasing gap in economic conditions between core (MDC's) and the periphery (LDC's) | ||
| The physical landscape or environment htat has not been affected by human activities | ||
| Shape of the earth; a lumpy sphere | ||
| The concept of using the earth's resources in such as way that they provide for people's needs in the present without diminishing the earth's ability to provide for future generations. |
