Unit 1

Question 1

Two ways that maps are used and what are their uses

Answer 1

1. As a reference tool to identify objects absolute value and their relative locational.
2. As a communication tool to convey the distribution of human activities.

Question 2

What is cartography?

Answer 2

The science of map making.

Question 3

Describe the two ways geographers use maps.

Answer 3

Geographers use maps as a reference tool and a communication tool to convey the distribution off human activities.

Question 4

How do human geographers describe where things are?

Answer 4

Geographers use maps to describe where places are by using absolute location and a relative location.

Question 5

What are mental maps?

Answer 5

Mental maps are a personal visualization of a map inside someone’s brain.

Question 6

What are activity spaces?

Answer 6

Activity spaces are the area that you travel to go through your daily cycle.

Question 7

What are three ways to use mental maps.

Answer 7

You can use mental maps to get a firm understanding of what we don’t know about the world. The other use of mental maps are visualizing areas. Also it causes you to ponder ideas and how to visualize maps.

Question 8

What is human geography?

Answer 8

Human Geography is a branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities and their interactions with the environment.

Question 9

Define Geography

Answer 9

Is a field of science devoted to the study of lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the earth.

Question 10

Physical geography

Answer 10

Is the study of physical features on the earth.

Question 11

What does human geography focus on

Answer 11

How people make places, how people organize space and society, how people interact with each other and how we make sense of ourselves and others.