Unit 1 Test Review Flashcards
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what is human geography?
human geography is the branch of geography that deals with people and their communities, economics, culture and interactions with the environment.
what is geography?
geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, inhabitants, features, and the phenomena of the Earth and planets.
what is physical geography?
physical geography is the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes.
what is a political map?
a political map show the boundaries of states and countries, they also show the location of major cities.
what is a physical map?
a physical maps show things like oceans, rivers, valleys, mountains, plateaus
what is a thematic map?
a thematic map shows a particular theme connected in areas.
what is a map?
a map is a two-dimensional or flat-scale model of earth’s surface, or a portion of it.
what is cartography?
cartography is the science of mapmaking.
what is absolute location?
absolute location is described using longitude and latitude.
what is relative location?
relative location is the portion of something bases on its surroundings.
what 2 purposes do maps serve?
- The first purpose is as a reference told to identify an objects an objects absolute and relative location. We consult maps generally to learn where something is located.
- The second reason is as a communications tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features.
what was the early progression of early world maps?
The first world map prepared by Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C.) The improvements in world maps were later made by Ptolemy. The earliest maps were reference tools and a simple navigation device to show a traveler how to get from place to place.
what is a mental map?
a mental map is a personal visualization a spatial information. Its a map inside our minds.
why do we use mental maps?
- finding our way from point A to point B
- organizing and storing information for future reference. - a way to make a meaning, mental maps provide people with essential means of making sense of the world and recalling different information about human features and patterns of the Earth.
what is a map scale?
a map scale is the level of detail and the amount of area covered on the map depend on its map scale.
how are map scales presented?
- ratio or fraction scale
- graphic scale
- written scale
what is a map projection?
a map projection is a systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes from the surface of the sphere into the locations on a plane, maps cannot be created without map projections.
what is a meridian?
a meridian is a circle of a constant longitude passing through a given place on earth’s surface and the terrestrial poles.
what is longitude?
longitude is the geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth’s surface.
what is latitude?
latitude is the geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position on the Earth’s surface, latitude is the angle that ranges from 0 degrees at the equator to 90 degrees.
what are parallels?
parallel is the imaginary circle around the Earth’s surface formed by the intersection of a plane parallel to the plane of the equator.
what is a prime meridian?
prime meridian is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0 degrees.
what is the purpose of map projections?
the purpose of a map scale is to level out the detail of area covered on the map and the purpose of projections is to transform the longitudes and latitudes from the surface of the sphere into the locations on a plane. Without projections, maps could not be created.
what is a time zone?
a time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.
