Geography

Question 1

what does SPIG stand for?

Answer 1

Spacial Significance
Patterns and Trends
Interrelationships
Geographic Perspectives

Question 2

What is Spacial Significance

Answer 2

Importance of a place, or region. (unique characteristics or natural/human relationships in this location.)

Question 3

What is Patterns and Trends

Answer 3

Characteristics that are similar and repeat.

Question 4

What are Interrelationships

Answer 4

Connections between environments (P/H, P/P, H/H) that form a system.

Question 5

What are geographic Perspectives

Answer 5

Analyzing an issue from a social, political, economic, and/or cultural perspectives.

Question 6

What does SPEEC stand for

Answer 6

Social
Political
Economic
Environmental
Cultural

Question 7

Social-

Answer 7

issues that affects the welfare of the population

Question 8

Political-

Answer 8

issues that involve governing bodies and institutions

Question 9

Economic-

Answer 9

issues that deal with the economy

Question 10

Environmental-

Answer 10

issues that are created by or impact the physical world

Question 11

Cultural-

Answer 11

issues that centre around a community’s cultural traditions

Question 12

Spacial Significance procedure-

Answer 12

1. where it is located
2. what is naturally occurring
3. identify important human activities
4. why is it important

Question 13

Paterns-

Answer 13

The way something is spread out or arranged over a geographic area. Most easily seen on maps.

Question 14

Types of patterns;

Answer 14

dispersed
concentrated
clustered
linear
outlier
absent

Question 15

Trends

Answer 15

A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.

Graph shows trends well.

Question 16

Types of trends;

Answer 16

increasing
decreasing
unchanging/static
fluctuating
unpredictable

Question 17

interrelationships-

Answer 17

A connection or relationship between two or more patterns or trends

Question 18

types of interrelationships;

Answer 18

natural-natural
natural-human
human-natural
human-human

Question 19

perspective-

Answer 19

your own personal point of view or the way you see a situation, topic, event, or issue.

Question 20

facts-

Answer 20

a thing that is known or proved to be true that we use as evidence to support our perspectives.

Question 21

opinions-

Answer 21

a view or judgement not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

Question 22

bias-

Answer 22

the action of supporting a particular perspective by default

Question 23

social/cultural

Answer 23

impact on people’s lives and everyday living, language, tradition, and religion.

Question 24

environmental

Answer 24

impact in the environment, ecosystems, and organisms

Question 25

political

Answer 25

impact on government decisions, plans, laws, and choices.

Question 26

economic

Answer 26

impact on jobs, income, wealth, and MONEY

Question 27

what is a stakeholder?

Answer 27

someone connected to the issue that has something to gain or lose.