Chapter One

Question 1

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 1

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

Question 2

Expansion Diffusion

Answer 2

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process.

Question 3

Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 3

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

Question 4

Contagious Diffusion

Answer 4

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

Question 5

Environmental Determinism

Answer 5

A 19-20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws thought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment cause human activities.

Question 6

Possibilism

Answer 6

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

Question 7

Formal Regions

Answer 7

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

Question 8

Functional Regions

Answer 8

An area organized around a node or focal point.

Question 9

Geographic information systems

Answer 9

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyses, and displays geographic data.

Question 10

Remote sensing

Answer 10

The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.

Question 11

Prime Meridian

Answer 11

The meridian, designated as 0 longitude, that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.

Question 12

International Date Line

Answer 12

An arc that for the most part follows 180 longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When crossing heading east, the clock moves back 24 hours, when going west, the calendar moves forward a day.

Question 13

Latitude

Answer 13

The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.

Question 14

Longitude

Answer 14

The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.

Question 15

Parallels

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Meridians

Answer 16

An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles

Question 17

Map scales

Answer 17

The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface.

Question 18

Projections

Answer 18

A system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map.

Question 19

Site

Answer 19

The physical characters of a place

Question 20

Situation

Answer 20

The location of a place relative to another place.

Question 21

reversed prompt

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

Answer 21

Relocation Diffusion

Question 22

reversed prompt

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process.

Answer 22

Expansion Diffusion

Question 23

reversed prompt

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

Answer 23

Hierarchical Diffusion

Question 24

reversed prompt

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

Answer 24

Contagious Diffusion

Question 25

# reversed prompt A 19-20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws thought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment cause human activities.

Answer 25

Environmental Determinism

Question 26

# reversed prompt The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

Answer 26

Possibilism

Question 27

# reversed prompt An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

Answer 27

Formal Regions

Question 28

# reversed prompt An area organized around a node or focal point.

Answer 28

Functional Regions

Question 29

# reversed prompt A computer system that stores, organizes, analyses, and displays geographic data.

Answer 29

Geographic information systems

Question 30

# reversed prompt The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.

Answer 30

Remote sensing

Question 31

# reversed prompt The meridian, designated as 0 longitude, that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.

Answer 31

Prime Meridian

Question 32

# reversed prompt An arc that for the most part follows 180 longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When crossing heading east, the clock moves back 24 hours, when going west, the calendar moves forward a day.

Answer 32

International Date Line

Question 33

# reversed prompt The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.

Answer 33

Latitude

Question 34

# reversed prompt The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.

Answer 34

Longitude

Question 35

# reversed prompt A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.

Answer 35

Parallels

Question 36

# reversed prompt An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles

Answer 36

Meridians

Question 37

# reversed prompt The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.

Answer 37

Map scales

Question 38

# reversed prompt A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.

Answer 38

Projections

Question 39

# reversed prompt The physical characters of a place

Answer 39

Site

Question 40

# reversed prompt The location of a place relative to another place.

Answer 40

Situation