Unit 1

Question 1

Reference map

Answer 1

Shows general information/navigation/location. Ex: political, physical, road

Question 2

Thematic map

Answer 2

Communicate information about a place - spatial aspects - what is it like?

Question 3

Chloropleth map

Answer 3

Use various colors/shades to show location/distribution of spatial data

Question 4

Dot-density map

Answer 4

Each dot represents a specified quantity of spatial characteristic (same size)

Question 5

Graduated proportional symbol map

Answer 5

Use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of variable

Question 6

Cartogram map

Answer 6

The sizes of countries are shown according to specific variable. Area distorted to show variable.

Question 7

Isoline map

Answer 7

Use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in data across space. Ex: weather, elevation.

Question 8

Absolute location

Answer 8

Exact location (coordinates)

Question 9

Relative location

Answer 9

Location in relation to other object

Question 10

Absolute distance

Answer 10

Exact distance

Question 11

Relative distance

Answer 11

Distance in relation to other things

Question 12

Absolute direction

Answer 12

Exact direction

Question 13

Relative direction

Answer 13

Direction in relation to other things

Question 14

Clustering

Answer 14

Density: the number of something in defined area

Question 15

Dispersal/distribution

Answer 15

The way something is spread out in an area

Question 16

Patterns and spatial associations

Answer 16

Indication that 2 or more phenomena may be related

Question 17

Map projection

Answer 17

The process of a cartographer showing the curved surface of the earth on a flat map

Question 18

Mercator projection

Answer 18

Purpose: sea navigation
Area is distorted near poles

Question 19

Peters equal area projection

Answer 19

Purpose: area of landmasses accurate
Shapes inaccurate near poles

Question 20

Robinson projection

Answer 20

Purpose: no major distortions
All aspects of map slightly distorted

Question 21

Field work/observations

Answer 21

Physically visiting location to gather data. Ex: US census

Question 22

GIS

Answer 22

Computer software that stores and analyzes and displays info from multiple maps/data sets

Question 23

GPS

Answer 23

Satellites orbit the earth and communicate local information

Question 24

Arial photography

Answer 24

Professional images captured from planes/drones

Question 25

Remote sensing

Answer 25

Sensors on aircraft/satellites collect images of earth’s surface

Question 26

Sense of place

Answer 26

Factors that contribute to uniqueness of location

Question 27

Cultural Landscape

Answer 27

Human created artifacts

Question 28

Placelessness

Answer 28

A location without a sense of place

Question 29

Toponym

Answer 29

Location’s name, reflective of cultural history of place

Question 30

Regionalization

Answer 30

The process geographers use to categorize spaces into smaller areas

Question 31

Distance decay

Answer 31

Interaction between you laces declines as distance between places increases

Question 32

Time-space compression

Answer 32

The increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity seems to bring people that are far apart closer together

Question 33

Diffusion

Answer 33

The process where characteristics spread across space

Question 34

Cultural ecology

Answer 34

The study of how humans interact or adapt to their environment

Question 35

Determinism

Answer 35

Belief that climate and landforms are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and society/cultural development

Question 36

Possibilism

Answer 36

Acknowledges the limitations imposed by the natural environment, but ficuses on the role of human culture to modify and respond the the environment to better fit human needs

Question 37

Scales of analysis

Answer 37

Zooming in and out to tell a story

Question 38

Small scale maps

Answer 38

Large area with small amount of data

Question 39

Large scale maps

Answer 39

Small area with large amounts of data

Question 40

Regions

Answer 40

Places that have one or more unifying characteristics (human or physical) or patterns of activity

Question 41

Formal region

Answer 41

United by one or more specific traits

Question 42

Economic region

Answer 42

Same currency

Question 43

Social region

Answer 43

People of same culture

Question 44

Political region

Answer 44

Formal boundaries (states)

Question 45

Environmental region

Answer 45

Separated by environmental factors

Question 46

Functional region

Answer 46

Organized around a central node, relationship is typically based around economics, travel, or communication

Question 47

Perceptual/vernacular region

Answer 47

Based on a person’s perception of location Informal, boundaries vary