unit one

Question 1

cultural diffusion

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Relocation diffusion

Answer 2

an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas.

Question 3

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 3

is an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places.

Question 4

what is human geography

Answer 4

Is the branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place.

Question 5

what is geography

Answer 5

Geography is a field of science specifically on land , features, inhabitants and phenomena for planets and where we live now the earth.

Question 6

three maps geograhphers use

Answer 6

physical maps , political maps and finally thematic maps

Question 7

what is cartography

Answer 7

cartography is the science of map making

Question 8

what is absolute location

Answer 8

Absolute location is when you find the coordinate and exact location

Question 9

what is relative location

Answer 9

relative is the opposite in that its brief like to the south of so and so.

Question 10

what is longitudinal

Answer 10

scale is that the longitudinal line is the the up and down Lines

Question 11

what is latitude

Answer 11

line go from left to right.

Question 12

what is globalization

Answer 12

process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.

Question 13

facilitators of globalization

Answer 13

which are trading goods and providing services, as well as the economic resources of capital, technology, and data

Question 14

cultural diffusion

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Columbia exchange

Answer 15

which was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Question 16

modern example of diffusion

Answer 16

like restaurants and technology which was cool but over there was a lot of stuff we learned.

Question 17

what is formal region

Answer 17

a region whose boundaries are formally defined.

Question 18

what is functional region

Answer 18

this means a more focused area with boundaries and networks of transportation and communication network and people and goods and. ideas within the system.

Question 19

vernacular region

Answer 19

is when places in the world share unifying characteristics.

Question 20

region

Answer 20

this means An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic.

Question 21

true or false the study of human geography includes elements of physical geography

Answer 21

true

Question 22

true or false human geography concern themselves with were people are found

Answer 22

true

Question 23

what is a two dimentional or flat scaled model of the earth.

Answer 23

map

Question 24

t or f geographers use map as a primary tool

Answer 24

true

Question 25

every place occupies a unique location , or position, on earths surface

Answer 25

true

Question 26

the first complete map of the world appeared in what century

Answer 26

16th century

Question 27

site

Answer 27

he actual location of a settlement on the Earth, and the term includes the physical characteristics of the landscape specific to the area.

Question 28

situation

Answer 28

the location of a place relative to its surroundings and other places.

Question 29

biome

Answer 29

a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

Question 30

equator

Answer 30

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0

Question 31

ecosystem

Answer 31

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 32

toponym

Answer 32

a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

Question 33

scale name

Answer 33

distance measurement between each landmark.

Question 34

the most popular map projection used today

Answer 34

mercator

Question 35

a mathematical process for transferring locations from one globe to a flat map is

Answer 35

projection

Question 36

meridian

Answer 36

a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.

Question 37

Greenwich mean time is measured from

Answer 37

0 degrees longitude

Question 38

how many times zones are there

Answer 38

24

Question 39

in standard deviation every hour equals how many degrees of movement

Answer 39

15 degrees