Introduction to Geography
Five Themes
Maps
Vocabulary
Technology
100
The study of people and places, including how people makes places, organize space and society, interact with each other in places, and make sense of our regions and the world
What is Human Geography
100
This theme describes the characteristics of a specific location
What is Place
100
what is the study of maps and mapmaking called?
cartography
100
explain the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic
pandemic- worldwide outbreak of a disease epidemic - regional outbreak of a disease
100
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
200
a set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and heightening interdependence
What is Globalization
200
This theme involves the mobility of people, goods, and ideas across the surface
What is Movement
200
Explain how John Snow used maps to investigate the cholera pandemic in the 19th century
He used maps of the city and plotted all of the Cholera deaths in the Soho district of London - was able to hypothesize the cause of the disease- contaminated water
200
the material character of a place, the complex of natural features, human structures, and other tangible objects
What is landscape
200
What does GIS stand for?
geographic information systems
300
What is the perspective that geographers use, involving how things are laid out, organized, and arranged on Earth
Spatial perspective
300
Explain the two types of location
absolute- coordinates, latitude & longitude relative - where a place is in relation to other places/landmarks...directions
300
Explain the difference between reference maps and thematic maps
reference maps - show locations of places, geographic features thematic maps - show the degree or some attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon, based around a particular theme
300
What does cultural landscape refer to?
the visible imprint of human activity on the land
300
this technology monitors the Earth at a distance, collects data via satellite, airplanes, balloons
remote sensing
400
What percentage/fraction of the world's population is significantly malnourished?
1/6
400
Give an example of human environment interaction
- drainage of the Everglades - deforestation - dams etc.
400
How do mental maps reflect our activity spaces?
activity space- places we travel to routinely, daily these places are more accurate and detailed in our mental maps than places we have never been
400
What are geographic questions?
asking "why", "how", and "so what" Why are some things found in certain places but not others? Why does it matter? What role does a place play in its region and the world? etc.
400
What do geographers use GIS for?
to compare a variety of spatial data to analyze data
500
Explain how so much of Kenya's population can be malnourished when they have some of the most productive agricultural land in the world
most of this land is owned by foreign coffee and tea corporations foreign income from exporting coffee and tea how would Kenyans be able to afford the crops if the land was converted what would the economic effect be? etc.
500
Name and define the three types of region
Formal region - one or more shared traits in an area Functional region - different places connected together by activity/interaction within particular area, often focused around a central point Perceptual region - based on individual impressions, attitudes, and experiences...these regions do not have specific boundaries
500
Why is scale an important concept of geography? - why are geographers concerned with scale
the scale at which we study something tells us what level of detail we can expect to see...changing scale shows us different patterns (distribution of income example)
500
Explain the term sequent occupance
refers to the sequential imprints of occupants in a particular place, whose impacts are layered one on top of the other Dar es Salaam example
500
How did Korine Kolivras use GIS in her Hawaii study?
She created a GIS model of mosquito habitat considering total precipitation, seasonal variations in precipitation, temperature, seasonal fluctuations in streams, population distributions....created a model of dengue potential areas
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