Unit 1 (key q 3&4)

Question 1

Explain the difference between thematic maps and reference maps

Answer 1

Reference maps show absolute location and geographic features

Thematic maps show and tell stories or information about a movement of a geographic phenomenon

Question 2

How do global positioning systems work?

Answer 2

Work by allowing us to locate features on earth accurately by navigating us to places and considering all conditions while doing so

Question 3

Explain how Fredericksburg, Virginia has changed its relative location

Answer 3

The place around Virginia changed due to war and other conditions

Question 4

How are mental maps formed

Answer 4

Through our studies and information we take in

Question 5

Which of our mental maps are most accurate

Answer 5

Mental maps within our activity spaces (places that we travel daily to)

Question 6

Define terra-incognita

Answer 6

Unknown lands that are off limits

Question 7

What are toponyms

Answer 7

Place names

Question 8

Define remote sensing

Answer 8

Collected by satellites and aircraft. That monitor earth’s surface from a distance and collects information and observations about it

Question 9

Define geographic information systems (GIS)

Answer 9

Compare spacial data by creating digital images of the environment to create maps with patterns and processes

Question 10

How can GIS lead to lucrative jobs

Answer 10

Training in GIS technology branches over a wide variety of fields

Question 11

How can GIS aid in the fight against disease

Answer 11

Can map out the probability of spread in order to make predictions on where it will spread

Question 12

how does scale affect observation

Answer 12

scale affects observation by determining how much detail can be seen or observed. At different scales, we can also see different patterns that mean different things depending on how you look at it

Question 13

how is the local map that shows the median family income in Washington D.C. more accurate than the map that shows the median family income by state & province

Answer 13

the median income by state is representative of the whole state and does not include particular small details such as neighborhoods. Specific neighborhoods may be way below or way above the median, so looking at the scale of the state as a whole is not very representative, and therefore, more inaccurate

Question 14

how have some Americans altered their definition of the perceptual region “The Middle East” since the terrorist attacks of 9/11

Answer 14

Before 9/11, Americans thought that the middle east region included Iraq and Iran, but didn’t go more east than that. However after 9/11 occurred, the perception of the Middle East changed to include Afghanistan & Pakistan

Question 15

what methods did Wilbur Zelinsky use when constructing his map of the 12 major perceptual regions in the U.S.

Answer 15

analyzed telephone directories of areas in the U.S. & Canada. noting the frequency with which businesses used regional or locational terms in their listings.

Question 16

how is culture a system of meaning?

Answer 16

its characteristics are maintained through communication and learning.

Question 17

how can two regions act as a cultural hearth for the same idea or invention?

Answer 17

they can act as independent inventors where a cultural trait develops in more than one place independently

Question 18

how can cultural taboos inhibit the spread of an idea?

Answer 18

they can pose as cultural barriers, preventing the spread of ideas (prohibiting alcohol, certain meats)

Question 19

hearth

Answer 19

where a cultural trait originates

Question 20

explain how “under armor” spread

Answer 20

through hierarchical and contagious diffusion as it diffused from college and professional football players to lacrosse players to normal athletes to just regular people.

Question 21

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 21

a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to (or are already adapting) what is being diffused.
» ex. Under Armor diffused from college and professional football players to lacrosse players and other athletes who were friends of the football players, and eventually it became a trend

Question 22

CONTAGIOUS DIFFUSION

Answer 22

distance-controlled spreading of an idea through a local population by contact from person to person

Question 23

STIMULUS DIFFUSION

Answer 23

when an idea diffuses from its cultural hearth, but the original idea is changed by the new adapters.