Unit 1 vocab

Question 1

possibilism

Answer 1

The belief that any physical enviroment offers a number of wats that humans can find ways to overcome enviromental challenges

Question 2

Robinson projection

Answer 2

a map projection that attempts to create most visually appealing representation of earth by keeping all types of distorition by keeping all types of distortion relatively low over most of the map

Question 3

toponym

Answer 3

the names given to places

Question 4

sustainability

Answer 4

the group of practices that meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their needs

Question 5

relative distance

Answer 5

a measurement of the level of social, cultural, or economic similarity between places despite their absolute distance to each other

Question 6

formal region

Answer 6

a geographical area inhabited by people who have one or more traits in common

Question 7

GPS

Answer 7

a system of 24 satellites that orbit earth twice daily and transmit radio signals towards earth, the basis for many apps that provide directions

Question 8

cartography

Answer 8

the practice of drawing maps

Question 9

environmental determinism

Answer 9

the belief that the physical enviroment is the dominant force shaping cultures and that humanity is a passive product of its physical surroundings

Question 10

plat map

Answer 10

shows property lines and details of land ownership

Question 11

site

Answer 11

an absolute location of a place on earth

Question 12

cartogram

Answer 12

sizes of places are shown according to a stat

Question 13

density

Answer 13

how often or how much something occurs within a space

Question 14

vernacular

Answer 14

An area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity

Question 15

qualitative

Answer 15

data associated with a humanistic approach to geography

Question 16

distance decay

Answer 16

the theory that the interaction between two places decreases as the distance between them increases

Question 17

functional region

Answer 17

a geographic area that has been organized to function politically, socially, culturally, or economically as one unit

Question 18

political map

Answer 18

a map that shows the spatial organization of the countries and territories on the entire globe at a given time

Question 19

time-space compression

Answer 19

the decreasing distance between places, as measured by travel time or cost; often summarized by the phrase “the world is shrinking”

Question 20

peters

Answer 20

shows all landmasses but distorts their shape

Question 21

locator

Answer 21

illustrations used in books and ads to show specific locations

Question 22

mercator

Answer 22

useful for navigation because the lines connecting points on a map represent the true compass direction; however the farther away from the equator the more distorted the land masses are

Question 23

quantitative

Answer 23

data associated with mathematical models and stat techniques

Question 24

remote sensing

Answer 24

scanning earth by satellite to obtain info

Question 25

absolute location

Answer 25

a precise location on earths surface