unit 1 Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Absolute distance

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Distance that can be measured in feet or miles

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Relative distance

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Measures social, cultural, and political similarities or differences between two locations

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Absolute direction

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Cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)

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Relative direction

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Describes one location in reference to another

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Map scale

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Tells how distance on the map relates to distance in the real world

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Reference maps

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Display specific geographic locations

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Thematic maps

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Display geographic information

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Choropleth map

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Visualizes data from a specific geographic region in different colors

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Cartogram map

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Distorts the size of geographic shapes to display differences in data

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Graduated symbol map

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“Proportional map”. Symbols grow in proportion to the data represented

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Dot distribution map

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Uses dots to visualize the location of certain data points

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Isoline map

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Uses lines to depict changes in data

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Mercator projection

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Latitude and longitude meet at right angles. Distortion increases towards north and south poles.

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Peters projection

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Depicts continents according to true size of their landmass

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Polar projection

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View of the world from north or South Pole, obvious distortion as you move from the center

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Robinson projection

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Distributes distortion to all parts of the map; compromise between mercator and Peters

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Quantitative data

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Numbers based

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Qualitative data

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Characteristics or qualities

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Geospatial technology

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Hardware and software that can examine and measure geographical features on Earth

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

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Software which can manipulate geospatial data that can be used for research or problem solving

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Absolute location

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Indicates a precise geographical location on the Earth’s surface

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Relative location

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Describes one location in reference to another and usually measured in distance or time

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Place

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Describes the way humans modify a particular space to reflect who they are

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Distance decay

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The further apart two things are, the less connected they will be

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Time-space compression
Describes the decreased distance between two places measured by the time or cost it takes to travel between them
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Environmental determinism
Environment determines culture
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Possibilism
Humans determine culture
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Formal regions
Geographical areas linked by common traits like language, religion, economic prosperity, or some geographical feature etc.
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Functional regions
Organized not based on shared traits, but a shared function. What sets them apart is a type of central location around which the shared activity is carried out. Tend to have pretty clear borders but not always
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