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three main types of map projections
- Robinson
- Mercator
- Mollweide
a system of imaginary arcs drawn in a grid pattern on Earth’s surface.
geography grid
is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes
time zones
(Coordinated Universal Time) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time
UTC
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is is the standard time in Great Britain which is used to calculate the time in the rest of the world
GMT
the time as adjusted to achieve longer evening daylight summer by setting the clocks an hour ahead of the standard time.
Daylight saving time
- Location
- Place
- Human-Environment Interaction
- Movement
- Region
5 themes of geo
an area that is defined by clear delineated boundaries
formal region
a perceptional region which means it’s the way we see it.
vernacular region
an area where a newspaper circulates which is the city and the surrounding areas that have the same services
functional region
the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide
Globalization
The two facilitators of globalization
Communication and transportation
the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide
Cultural diffusions
an innovation or idea that develops in a source area and remains strong there, while also spreading outward to other areas. This can include hierarchical, stimulus, and contagious diffusion
Expansion diffusion
an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas, leaving behind its origin or source of the cultural trait
Relocation diffusion
an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influenced by social elites
Hierarchical diffusion
an idea or innovation that spreads based on person-to-person contact within a given population
Contagious diffusion
an idea or innovation that spreads based on its attachment to another concept
Stimulus diffusion
