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Five Themes
Mapping
Regions
Geographic Concepts
100
This is the study of human impact and interactions with the spaces we find ourselves in.
What is Human Geography?
100
This theme highlights how the geographical position of people and things on the earth's surface affects what happens and why.
What is location?
100
These show the locations of places and geographic features.
What are reference maps?
100
If this has visible uniformity, such as a desert basin, it is known as a _________.
What is formal region?
100
The further away you are from a cultural hearth, the result is known as this concept.
What is time-distance decay?
200
This is the study of the physical phenomena on earth.
What is Physical Geography?
200
This theme recognizes the relationship between humans and the physical world.
What is human-environment interactions?
200
These maps tell stories about a geographic attribute.
What are thematic maps?
200
This type of region is dependent on interactions and movement of various kinds.
What is a functional region?
200
These work against diffusion.
What are cultural barriers?
300
By analyzing how something is spread we can understand this concept.
What is spatial distribution?
300
Phenomena are not evenly distributed on earth.
What is a region?
300
These satellite based maps have become more popular in recent years.
What is global positioning system (GPS)?
300
These regions are intellectual constructs.
What is a perceptual region?
300
This pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
400
Analyzing the spread of an infectious disease is often referred to by this name.
What is medical geography?
400
All areas on earth are unique and have a sense of ______.
What is place?
400
Hikers use digital resources to do this outdoor activity.
What is geocaching?
400
This perceptual region is commonly known to fly a confederate flag.
What is the 'south'?
400
Human behaviour is strongly affected by the physical environment.
What is environmental determinism?
500
A good example of mapping the spread of a pandemic occurred when this disease spread through London in 1854.
What is Cholera?
500
The mobility of people and goods and ideas across the earth is known by this theme.
What is movement?
500
This concept describes a place in relation to other human and physical features.
What is relative location?
500
An area where cultural traits develop and then diffuse is referred to as this.
What is a cultural hearth?
500
The natural environment merely serves as a limitation to the range of choices available to a culture.
What is possibilism?
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