Chapter 1

Question 1

Cartography

Answer 1

The science of map making

Question 2

Equator

Answer 2

0 degrees latitude

Question 3

GIS

Answer 3

Geographic Information System: A computer system that captures, stores, queries, analyzes, and displays geographic data. Can be used to produce maps that are more accurate and attractive than those drawn by hands

Question 4

GPS

Answer 4

Global Positioning System: The system that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth

Question 5

International Date Line

Answer 5

Follows 180degrees longitude. If you head east, the time goes back 24 hours. If you head west, the clock goes up 24 hours

Question 6

Latitude

Answer 6

The numbering system that indicates the location of the parallels.

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

A numbering system that stretches to the poles. Helps identify the location of meridians.

Question 8

Map Scale

Answer 8

The level of detail and the amount of area covered on a map

Question 9

Mercator Projection

Answer 9

A map that has very little distortion in shape, a consistent direction, and a rectangular map. The only disadvantage is the distorted scaling on the poles

Question 10

Prime Meridian

Answer 10

The meridian that passes through Greenwich England which is at 0 degrees longitude

Question 11

Projection

Answer 11

The scientific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map

Question 12

Remote Sensing

Answer 12

The acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting earth or from other long-distance methods

Question 13

Robinson Projection

Answer 13

useful for displaying information across oceans. Its disadvantage is is that the land areas are much smaller due to the increased size of the ocean. (Oval Shaped map)

Question 14

Time Zones

Answer 14

The time of each area on a map, there are 24 timezones, some include: PCT, UT, EST,

Question 15

Region

Answer 15

An area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics

Question 16

Culture

Answer 16

The body of customary belief, material traits, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of traditions of a group of people

Question 17

Cultural Landscape

Answer 17

A combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features and industry, and physical characteristics such as climate and vegetation.

Question 18

Formal Region

Answer 18

An area within which everyone shares a common one or more distinctive characteristics

Question 19

Functional Region

Answer 19

Nodal region: an area organized around a node or focal point.

Question 20

Location

Answer 20

The position that something occupies on earths surface

Question 21

Place

Answer 21

A specific point on Earth distinguish by a particular characteristic

Question 22

Site

Answer 22

The physical characteristic of a place

Question 23

Situation

Answer 23

The location of a place relative to other places

Question 24

Spatial Association

Answer 24

locations and values of samples or observations vary across space

Question 25

Toponym

Answer 25

A name given to a place on earth

Question 26

Vernacular Region

Answer 26

perceptual region: an area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. Also known as a mental map.

Question 27

Connection

Answer 27

refers to relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space

Question 28

Concentration

Answer 28

the extent of a features spread over space is its concentration

Question 29

Contagious Diffusion

Answer 29

the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population

Question 30

Density

Answer 30

The number of things in a certain area

Question 31

Diffusion

Answer 31

the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from on place to another over time

Question 32

Distance Decay

Answer 32

contact diminishes with increasing

Question 33

Distribution

Answer 33

the arrangement of a feature in space

Question 34

Expansion Diffusion

Answer 34

The spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive process

Question 35

Globalization

Answer 35

A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope

Question 36

Hearth

Answer 36

a place from which an innovation originates

Question 37

Hierarchial Diffusion

Answer 37

The spread of an idea through persons or nodes of authority or power to one persons or places.

Question 38

Pattern

Answer 38

third property of distribution: The geometrical arrangement of objects in space.

Question 39

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 39

The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another

Question 40

Uneven Development

Answer 40

The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core and periphery that results from the globalization of the economy

Question 40

Scale

Answer 40

the relationship between the portion of the earth being studied and the earth as a whole

Question 40

Space

Answer 40

refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects

Question 40

Stimulus Diffusion

Answer 40

The spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse.

Question 41

Map

Answer 41

A two dimensional or flat-scale model of earths surface, or a portion of it

Question 42

Meridian

Answer 42

An arch drawn between the North and South poles

Question 43

Parallel

Answer 43

A circle drawn around the glove parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.

Question 44

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Answer 44

Also known as Universal Time (UT) which is also the time at the prime meridian, is the master reference of time for all points on earth

Question 45

Geographic Information Science (GIScience)

Answer 45

Involves the development and analysis of data about earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies