Studied by 30 peopleWhat elements of study human and physical geography have in common
they are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do
which of the following is a reference map (K-plat, physical, road, ___)
all of the above
which map would have the largest scale
city
Scale is
relationship between the length if an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
Distortion is severe on
small scale map
a system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is
projection
what type of projection is the map above
robinson (the perfect one)
a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic info
GIS
This geospatial tech is used to monitor weather
remote sensing
science/art of making maps
cartography
situation identifies its place by
location relative to other objects
site or sense of place identifies a place by its
unique physical characteristics
New york cities…
situation
the na,e given to a portion of earth’s surface is known as
toponym
0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees longitude
on the equator
international date line
180 longitude
Greenwich mean time
0 degrees longitude
an area distinguished by 1 or more unique characteristics is
region
which isn’t a functional region
the south
study of how humans adapt to the environment
cultural ecology
Census Bureau is an Ex of a
formal region
Texas is best considered a formal region because
the same state laws apply everywhere in the region
the map above
cartogram
but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment
possibilism
use of air conditioning in intense desert heat
possibilism
living in the desert are lazy because of intense heat
environmental determinism
cultural landscape
modified the natural environment in any way
on reed’s expansion, south is what type of region
vernacular
tech provides real-time data to emergency call centers route police the shortest way possible
GIS
what best describes spatial pattern suggested at the table
relative distance between Europe and North America decreased
dif among table
scale of analysis
shrink functional space between place is called
space - time compression
what geographic principle explains the significance of snow’s research?
even in areas of urban land use there is a significant relationship between nature and society
physical location of a place using the Earth latitude longitude grid is
absolute location
(map) distortion of high latitude
mercator projection
why are map projection useful for navigation on surface of earth?
direction is constant across maps
concept of chart
distance decay
map distortion
all of the above (size, shape, area)
info able to be measured/recorded with numbers
quantitative data
sustainability
natural resources use should balance with the needs of the environment and future gens because resources are non renewable
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