unit 1

Question 1

location

Answer 1

where something is

Question 2

place

Answer 2

location distinguised by its features

Question 3

region

Answer 3

an area on earth that is distinct from others

Question 4

semi-periphery country

Answer 4

on the verge of periphery and core

Question 5

periphery country

Answer 5

low wealth, low eduction, less tech

Question 6

hearth

Answer 6

starting point

Question 7

core country

Answer 7

drives globalization

Question 8

movement

Answer 8

relocating within a country

Question 9

human-environment interaction

Answer 9

how we interact with the envrio and how it interacts with us

Question 10

distance decay

Answer 10

further you go, less frequent stuff becomes

Question 11

diffusion

Answer 11

the spread of something

Question 12

biosphere

Answer 12

all living organisms on earth

Question 13

absolute location

Answer 13

the exact location in coordinates

Question 14

spatial perspective

Answer 14

refers to where something occurs

Question 15

space

Answer 15

distance between two things

Question 16

situation

Answer 16

a location in relation to other places or surrounding features

Question 17

scale of analysis

Answer 17

the area of the worl being evaluated

Question 18

relocation diffusion

Answer 18

moving from one area to another

Question 19

relative location

Answer 19

in relation to other things

Question 20

possiblisim

Answer 20

humans have more control then enviro

Question 21

physical geography

Answer 21

natural features of earth

Question 22

pattern

Answer 22

how things are arranged in a particular space

Question 23

node

Answer 23

focal point of a functional region

Question 24

network

Answer 24

a set if interconnected nodes without a center

Question 25

hydrosphere

Answer 25

all of the water on earth

Question 26

human geo

Answer 26

study of the ways in which people use, adapt to, and change earth, as well as how they're influenced by it

Question 27

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 27

from one person to surrounding peeps, to their surrounding peeps, to everyone

Question 28

globalization

Answer 28

the expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale

Question 29

functional region

Answer 29

defined as an area organized by its function around a node

Question 30

formal region

Answer 30

defined by shared traits

Question 31

expansion diffusion

Answer 31

expands the use of something or an idea

Question 32

environmental determinism

Answer 32

envrio determins what we can do

Question 33

ecological perspective

Answer 33

relatiosnhips between living things and their enviros

Question 34

distribution

Answer 34

where things are

Question 35

stimulus diffusion

Answer 35

changes slightly for diff peeps

Question 36

sustainability

Answer 36

keeping earth alive and maintaining resources

Question 37

sustainable development

Answer 37

developing without compromising future generations access to resources

Question 38

time-space compression

Answer 38

relative distance shrinks with globalization

Question 39

uneven development

Answer 39

gap between ability to meet the needs of the people

Question 40

vernacular region

Answer 40

undefined borders, the people decide whats included

Question 41

world systems theory

Answer 41

relationships betwen diff countries

Question 42

absolute direction

Answer 42

north, south, east, and west

Question 43

absolute distance

Answer 43

measurable in a standard unit of length

Question 44

cartogram

Answer 44

conveys info by making areas on the map proportional to the variable being mapped

Question 45

census

Answer 45

official count of the number of people in a defined area

Question 46

chloropleth map

Answer 46

use color or shading to display quantitive data

Question 47

dot map

Answer 47

dots show frequency of data

Question 48

geo-inquiry process

Answer 48

1. ask 2. collect 3. visualize 4. create 5. act

Question 49

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Answer 49

captures, stores, organies, and displays geographic data that can then be used to configure both simple and complex maps

Question 50

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Answer 50

network of satellites in the US that transmit location data to handheld receivers

Question 51

graduated symbols map

Answer 51

symbols used to represent data

Question 52

isoline map

Answer 52

lines ued to show characteristics

Question 53

topography

Answer 53

features of the land

Question 54

spacial association

Answer 54

relationship between phenomena that are in close proximity

Question 55

thematic map

Answer 55

have specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data

Question 56

remote sensing

Answer 56

gathering data without physical contact

Question 57

relative distance

Answer 57

measured in money/time

Question 58

relative direction

Answer 58

based on people perceptions

Question 59

refrence maps

Answer 59

generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location

Question 60

quantitve data

Answer 60

a number

Question 61

qualitive data

Answer 61

descriptions

Question 62

latitude

Answer 62

east to west

Question 63

longitude

Answer 63

north to south

Question 64

map scale

Answer 64

portion of the world that is shown

Question 65

map projection

Answer 65

any method used to represent hte world in two-dimensions