Test 1 Flashcards

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What is the definition of the word “geography”?

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“earth” and “written description”

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What are the five themes of geography?

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  1. Location
  2. Place
  3. Human-Environment Interaction
  4. Movement
  5. Region
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3
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What are the tools of geography?

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Globes and Maps

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4
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What are the two dissections of maps?

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Mental and Physical Maps

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5
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What do most maps use to be created?

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Cylindrical Projection

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What maps flattens like an orange peel and has cuts and gaps in it?

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Goode’s Projection

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What map has everything distorted but only by a little?

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Robinson’s projection

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This projection is used by placing a cone shaped piece of paper on an imaginary and traces the shadow onto the cone?

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Conic Projection

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9
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Where is the conic projection most accurate?

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Where the cone touches the line

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10
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This is also known as the planar projection

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The Azimuthal Projection

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Where is the azimuthal projection most accurate?

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In the center and becomes more and more distorted near the edges

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12
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Explain what a mental map is and when it would be used

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Answer may vary but should include to communicate directions to a person

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13
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What are moderns maps the result of?

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GIS

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14
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What is GIS

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Geographic Information System

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15
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What share the three basic types of symbols

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Point Symbols
Line Symbols
Area Symbols

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Define each of the symbols

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Point- cities, builds, wells,
Line- roads, railroads, rivers
Area- bodies of water, glaciers, swamps

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17
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Where are the meaning of the symbols shown?

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In a legend located in the corner of a map

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18
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What are helpful features of a map?

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Scale and Compass Rose

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What are relief maps?

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Maps that show specific changes in elevation

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What do cartographers use to iodinate points on a map that have the same altitude

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Contour lines of various colors

21
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What is a thematic map?

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Record gathered information about a region.
Climate, population, resource, political parties, etc.

22
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What is a culture

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The system of customs and traditions and habits o f a group of people;e use to makes something of their world?

23
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True or False
Culture is man’s response to creation

24
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What does culture include?

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technical knowledge
Social structures
Religion
Philosophy

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What is a positive aspect of culture
Any aspect that align's with God's principles for creation
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What is structure in regards to culture?
The way that God has intended aspects of culture to be
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What is direction?
Movements towards or away from God's original intent
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What resulted in cultural diversity?
The Tower of Babel
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Was man a cultural being between the period of the fall of man and the Tower of Babel?
Yes. Man has been a cultural being but became diverse at the Tower of Babel
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What is multiculturalism?
All cultures are equally valid and no culture is better than another
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Do Christians align with multiculturalism?
No
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What is the major problem with multiculturalism?
There is no absolute truth and everyone truth is relative.
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What Bible verse did we use to combat multiculturalism?
John 17:17
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What are the five themes of CULTURE
Religion Instituions Social Groups Aesthetics Physical Environment
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What is the definition of religion?
The human s response to God's revelation
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Is religion tied to culture? Why?
Yes, because it is closely related to the Creation Mandate
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What are institutions?
Elements of culture that develop around rules. design, and structure
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What are some examples of institutions?
Marriage, government. economics
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What are social groups?
Any grouping of people who share a common characteristic?
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What is the foundational social group?
The family
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What are some examples of social groups?
Church relationships Family relationships Political relationships
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What is the definition for aesthetics?
Property or characteristics of a person, place, or thing.
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Why are aesthetics important to Christians?
We need to be able to look and see the beauty God has given to us in the physical world and in cultures as well
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Where do we see wise stewardship of the physical earth?
In the Garden of Eden when God told Adam and Eve to tend to the garden.