34 questions
What is Absolute location?
A place you're certain you're at
description of the position of a place in a way that never changes, such as latitude and longitude.
a map in which the projection and scale are distorted in order to convey the information of a variable.
What is Cartogram?
its a kind of cart that you bring to go to the grammy awards.
a map showing the elevation and landscape of a region.
a map in which the projection and scale are distorted in order to convey the information of a variable.
What is a Choropleth Map?
a map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the variable.
a map in which it shows man made features like mines, railroads, cities, etc.
a map that focuses mostly on one region and the animals/harvest around. Helps people for hunting, and harvesting.
What is Concentration?
The spread of something over a given area.
thinking hard, brain storming, or focusing.
A hand game to play with friends when you're bored.
What is Cultural Ecology?
an approach that mainly focuses on peoples jobs and environments offerings.
A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environmental relationships.
an approach on a(n) environments economy and wealth in harvest.
What is Cultural Landscape?
a landscape that's very dry and terrible for harvesting crops.
an approach to the way of people living, showing their habits, and language.
An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.
What is Culture?
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition.
Culture is a kind of food sold in street markets, its a meat that's enriched with spices.
What is Density?
Frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
the weight of an object
What is Distance Decay?
Diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
Slowly dying as distance/time goes on.
What is Distribution?
Arrangement of something across Earth's surface.
to give something out.
What is a Dot Distribution Map?
a map that depicts data that consists of discrete observation . Each symbol represents a predetermined number of observations.
a map that is decorated in dots to look more appealing to the viewer who is studying the map.
What is environmental determinism?
A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities.
the environments death, for example, Global Warming.
What is a Formal or Uniform Region?
Area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristic.
a region where you have to either where a uniform to school/work or not.
What is Functional or Nodal Region?
Organized around a node or focal point.
a region that focuses mainly on the environments well being.
What is the Geographic Information System (GIS)?
Computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
a group of geographers who go around regions by plane and map the regions man made resources (bridges, wind mills, etc)
What is the Global Positioning System (GPS)?
System that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
something you use to track down animals during hunting season.
What is Graduated sy?
a map that displays symbols that change in size according to the value of the variable.
a kind of cultural celebration people do when there youngs have graduated.
What is Isoline map?
a map that connects places of a particular value by lines.
a map that isolates one area in particular and focuses on its man-made resources.
What is Latitude?
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.
The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.
What is Longitude?
The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.
What is Map Scale?
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
the size of the actual map you have to analyze.
What is a Mental Map?
A representation of a portion on Earth's surface based on what an individual knows about a place that contains personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located.
A map usually used online. A map that reads to the viewer online about whats on the map.
What is a Pattern?
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a particular area.
a design used on most designed clothes. very important in cultural outfits.
What is a Place?
Specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic.
an area you stay located at for rest, also known as a home.
What is Possibilism?
A Theory that the physical environment may limit on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.
A region located near Asia. Holds most of the rarest species in the planet, called Possiblare. Region named after species.
What is a Projection?
System used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.
a map being shown on a digital screen.
What is Remote Sensing?
Acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.
A remote used specifically for mapping. Used to design and organize maps.
What is a Scale?
Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
a scale is a mathematic and scientific tool to measure certain objects.
What is Site?
Physical characteristics of a place.
you being able to view things.
What is Situation?
Location of a place relative to another place.
a(n) incident, usually an issue putting you in a certain problematic situation.
What is Space Time Compression?
Reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems.
A map on the galaxy, usually compressing different galaxies together to compare.
What is Spatial Association?
Relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature.
An association that collects data to create and organize maps.
What is Toponym?
Name given to a portion of Earth's surface. Example: Texas
a map showing the political features.
What is the Vernacular or Perceptual Region?
Area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
a region usually near rain forests and plains.