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What is scale?

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Ratio between map size and and actual size

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Projection

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Transferring location on Earth’s surface to a flat map

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True or False: Although it is difficult, it is possible to make an completely accurate 2D map

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False, distortion makes it impossible to make a 2D map accurate

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Name the 5 different types of climates from the Koppen System

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  1. Tropical climate
  2. Dry climates
  3. Warm Mid-Latitude Climates
  4. Cold Mid-Latitude Climates
  5. Polar Climates
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Is small scale when you zoom into a map or when you zoom out?

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Zoom out

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Is large scale when you zoom into a map or zoom out?

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Zoom in

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What are the pros and cons of the Mercator projection?

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Pros - Direction is constant and has a rectangular shape

Cons- The area is distorted around the poles

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What is remote sensing?

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Using satellites to get surface info

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What is Triangulation?

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A global positioning system that uses satellites to code information.

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What is GiS?

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A geographic Information System. It is a computer system that captures images that can be divided into different layers of info

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Place

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The unique location of a feature

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Location

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The position of something on Earth’s surface

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Another word for the name of a place?

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Topynym

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What is site?

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The physical character of the place

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What is situation?

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The relation between one place and another

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Name 4 ways to identify a Place

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  1. Topynym
  2. Site
  3. Situation
  4. Mathematical Location
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What is relative location?

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Location described on it’s relation to another place.

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Is the following example relative or absolute location?

The Empire State Building is 365 kilometers (227 miles) north of the White House.

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Relative location

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What is absolute location?

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The location’s exact place on Earth.

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Is the following example absolute or relative location?

The Empire State Building is located at 40.7 degrees north (latitude), 74 degrees west (longitude).

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Absolute location

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Where is the prime meridian?

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Greenwich, England

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Each 15° move East or West is a _____ difference?

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1 hour

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When you move west do you minus or add the hours?

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You minus the hours.

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When you move East do you minus or add the hours?

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Add

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What is 90° North?
The North pole
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What is 90° south?
The south pole
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0° North or South is?
The equator
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What is cartography?
The science of map making
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Who is Aristotle?
A Greek Philosopher who attempted to prove the world is Spherical.
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Where do some of the oldest maps come from?
The Babylonians.
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What are maps?
A 2D flat model of the Earth's surface.
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What is culture?
Body of customary beliefs, traits and social forms that distinguish a group.
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What is convergence?
When things become similar
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What is globalization?
Process involving the entire world with econ/politics/culture
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What do you call a region with a specific boundary
A formal/uniform region
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What do you call a region with a specific function or purpose?
Functional/Nodal Region
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Whats a vernacular/perceptual region?
Regions based on what people perceive
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Define Diffusion
Idea/characteristics spread across space over time.
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Define Hearth
Place of origin for the idea
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What is space?
Where things are
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what is distribution?
The arrangement in a space
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What is density?
The frequency something occurs
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Path
Channels by which people move along
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Edge
Dividing lines between 2 phases. Ex: seashores
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District
Medium/Large section of the city, with wealthy area
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Landmark
Point of reference
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Nodes
Strategic spot where extra focus is given
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What does a gravity model do?
Helps predict how much interaction one place will have relative to another
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Will higher distance cause higher or lower interaction?
Lower interaction
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Will lower distance cause higher or lower interaction?
Higher interaction
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Bigger population means more or less interaction?
More
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Smaller population means more or less interaction?
Less
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pros and cons of Robinson Projection
- Good: Display info across ocean | - Bad: Land area smaller
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Pros and Cons of Fuller (or Dymaxion) Projection
- Good: Less distortion of area size/shape | - Bad: Must be laid out, still has distortions
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What is time determined by
Longitude
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Divergence
When things move away or split apart
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Name 3 Concentration Patterns
1. Clustered 2. Uniform 3. Dispersed.
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Relocation Diffusion
Movement of people bringing ideas from one place to another
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What are the 3 styles of Expansion Diffusion?
1. Hierarchical 2. Contagious 3. Stimulus
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Define hierarchical diffusion
Spread ideas from persons in power to others
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Define contagious diffusion
Spread idea immediately in population
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Define stimulus diffusion
Spread underlying principle even though a characteristic of it fails to spread
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Explain the concept of Environmental Determinism
The theory that physical geographic features have a strong influence on cultural factors and human activity
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Explain the concept of Environmental Possibilism
The theory is that people can adjust or overcome an environment.
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Distance decay
the phenomenon the further apart they are, the less likely it is that they will interact very much.
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Space-Time Compression
the compression of geographic space by means of faster transport and communication.
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Name two purposes for maps.
1. As reference tool. | 2. As a communications tool.
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Who was the first person to use the term "Geography?"
Eratosthenes
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Name one contribution of Eratosthenes.
He prepared one of the earliest maps of the known world.
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What advantage that a large-scale map has over a small-scale map?
Since it shows a small portion of the Earth, it can display more information about a place.
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What advantage that a small-scale map has over a large-scale map?
Since it shows the entire globe, it can communicate processes and trends that affect everyone across the world.
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List 4 things that typically get distorted in a projection?
1. shape 2. distance 3. relative size 4. direction
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What is latitude?
Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.
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What is Longitude?
Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.
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How are longitude and latitude used?
They are used together to identify locations.
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What is the name for the line drawn at 0 degrees longitude?
meridians
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How many degrees of longitude is the Earth divided into?
360°
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What is a meridian
an arc drawn between the North and South poles.
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What degree longitude does the International Date Line follow?
180° longitude.
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True or False: Although most countries follow the international Date Line of 180° longitude, there are a few exceptions.
True, Kiribati, Samoa, and the islands belonging to them moved the International Date Line several thousand kilometers east.
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How many timezones are there?
24 time zones.
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How is longitude divided into timezones?
Every 15° band in the 360 degrees of longitude is assigned to a timezone. 360/15 = 24 timezones.
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Who is John Harrison?
An English clockmaker who won several million dollars for inventing the first clock.
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Identify four ways in which places can receive names
1. named after a person 2. . name associated with a religion 3 name that indicates the origin of its settlers 4. name deriving from features of a physical environment
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What is cultural ecology?
The geographic study of human-environment relationships
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What are the 3 pillars of sustainability?
1. The environment pillar 2. The economy pillar 3. The society pillar
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The Environment Pillar.
The sustainable use and management of Earth's resources.
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The Economy Pillar
Natural resources acquire monetary value through an exchange in the marketplace
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The Society Pillar
When consumers make choices that support sustainability.

Ap Human Geography (3 decks)

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