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1
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What is human geography?

A

the distribution, processes, and effects on human population. It’s the study of cultural aspects found around the world and how they relate the places and spaces on Earth.

2
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What are ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions into the world?

A

technology

3
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What are the 3 different types of maps?

A

Physical, political, and thematic maps.

4
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How do geographers describe where things are?

A

Geographers use absolute location and relative location, toponym, site, situation, and longitude and latitude.

5
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What is cartography?

A

The creation of maps.

6
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Are all maps accurate?

A

No

7
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What are mental maps?

A

personal visualizations of spatial information

8
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Identify the progression of early world maps.

A

The first map of the world was by a European who mapped Europe and Asia. Europe was accurate but Asia was not because of mountains that blocked it off from them.

9
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What is a cartographer?

A

A person who creates maps.

10
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what is cultural diffusion

A

the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.

11
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toponym

A

name of location

12
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site

A

physical characteristics

13
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situation

A

relative location

14
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what is a region?

A

A collection of universal or shared characteristics.

15
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Mercador projection

A

does not give a good feel for the oceans

16
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Robinson projection

A

the go to map, most accurate.

17
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Geographic grid

A

A system of geographic lines across the Earth.

18
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Longitude

A

lines and degrees east and west of equator

19
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UTC

A

Coordinate Universal Time

20
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Functional Region

A

A central point with define boundaries

21
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Formal region

A

country, county, continents

22
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Standard deviation

A

changing the time by an hour every 15 degrees between longitudes.

23
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meridians

A

lines of longitude

24
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prime meridian

A

zero of longitude

25
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latitude

A

lines of degrees north and south of the equator

26
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Daylight Savings Time

A

The clocks switch back an hour in the fall and back up to normal in the spring.

27
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map scale

A

how to measure distance on a map

28
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How many time zones are there in the world?

A

24

29
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vernacular region

A

perceptual regions with almost imaginary boundaries.

30
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mercator projection

A

bad feel for the ocean

31
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Robinson projection

A

Most used map