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Chapter 1- Basic Concepts Flashcards

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What is Physical geography

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Where and why natural forces occur where they do

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What is human geography?

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The study of where and why human activities are located where they are

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Projection-

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The scientific method of transferring locations on earths surface to a flat map

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4 types of distortion from projection-

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Shape, distance, relative size, direction

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The Robinson projection-

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Information across oceans

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Mercator projection-

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Info of lands

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Land ordinance of 1785-

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Divided much of the country into townships

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Land ordinance of 1785 adopted by-

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The continental congress under the articles of confederation

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Land ordinance of 1785 was proposed by-

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Thomas Jefferson

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Problem of LO 1785-

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It did not have set guidelines as to how land would be a state, how ppl would settle, or how they would be governed

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Solution to LO of 1784-

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Will create LO Of 1785 which will have guidelines for selling and settling to create townships

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LO of 1785 was significant for public schools-

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In created guidelines for public school funding

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Townships-

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A square that is 6miles x 6miles

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Principal meridians-

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North-south lines separating townships

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Baselines-

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East-west lines

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Remote sensing-

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

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Toponym-

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The name given to a place

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Site-

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The physical character of a place

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Situation-

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The location of a place relative to other places

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Mathematical location has to do with-

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Meridian
 longitude 
prime meridian
Parallel
Latitude
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Longitude -

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Horizontal, location of each Meridian

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Meridian-

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Arc between North and South

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Prime meridian-

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0° longitude

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Latitude-

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Vertical ,indicate location of parallel

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Cultural landscape-
Combination of cultural features
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Examples of cultural landscape-
Language religion economic features agriculture climate and vegetation
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Regional studies-
And approach to the geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in an area
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Regional studies was initiated by-
Paul Vidal de la Blache in France
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Formal region-
Uniform or homogeneous region, | Everyone shares common characteristic
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Greenwich mean time-
Time zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0° longitude
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Functional region-
Nodal region | Dominates at Central focus and diminishes in importance as goes out words
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Vernacular region-
Perceptual or a.k.a. Stereotype | Place people believe exists part of their cultural identity
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Cultural ecology-
Human relate to environment
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Culture-
Body of customary believes material traits and social forms Distinct tradition of group of people
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Environmental determinism-
Physical environment causes social development. How people behaviors Are influenced by their surroundings
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possibilism-
Environment may pose limits on human actions but can choose to modify their environment to fit needs
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Forest biome-
When trees continuously canopy over the ground. Covers a large percentage of earths surface
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savanna biome-
When trees do not canopy over the ground lack of shade allows grass to grow
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Grassland biome-
when land is covered by grass rather than trees. Few trees grow because of low precipitation
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Desert biome-
Region disperse patches of plants adapted to dry conditions vegetation is often sufficient for survival of small number of animals
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Polder-
Piece of land that is created by draining water from an area
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Dikes-
Dutch have Dikes into major locations
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Globalization-
Force or process that involves entire world making something worldwide in scope
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Transnational Corporation-
A.k.a. multinational corporation's these conduct research operate factories and sell products in many countries
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distribution-
arrangement of feature in space
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Density-
Frequency with which something occurs in space
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Arithmetic density
Total number of objects in area Distribution comparing of population in different countries
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Physiological density
Number of persons Per unit of area suitable for agriculture
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Agricultural density
The number of farmers per-unit area of farmland
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Concentration
Extent of the features spread over Space example clustered or disbursed
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Space time compression
Describe the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place
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Distance decay
The farther away is a group is from the other the less likely the groups are to interact
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Diffusion
Process by which something spreads across space from one place to another
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Expansion diffusion
A.k.a. snowball | Develops in a hearth and stays strong in the center while spreading outward
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Contagious diffusion
Form of expansion diffusion in which the rapid spread of characteristic that will effect all population
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Hierarchical diffusion
Spread of ideas or concepts from persons or authority of power
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Stimulus diffusion
Spread of underlying principle even though a certain characteristic may fail to defuse due to cultural reasons or economic reasons
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Relocation diffusion
Spread of a culture and it's ideas and customs through the physical movement of people

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