Basics
What is Greenwich?
The place where time zones were first adopted.
What is map?
A flat-scale (2-D) model of the earth's surface.
What is 0 degrees longitude?
The prime meridian.
What is relocation diffusion?
An idea is spread through people moving to new place.
What is situation?
The location of a place relative to other places.
Physical characteristics of a place
Site
What is the science of map making?
cartography
What is the time zones?
It is separated into 15 degrees longitude.
What is hearth?
Starting point of a trend
What is density?
The frequency with which something exists in a specific area, like for example population.
What is latitude?
Parallel lines defining location.
Satellites and receivers determine the exact position of something on earth
GPS
What is formal region?
An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics.
What is contagious diffusion?
Something spreads rapidly and is widespread throughout the population.
What is remote sensing?
This technology monitors the Earth at a distance, collects data via satellite.
What is Scale?
Big or small: level of details
Has very little shape distortion and is a rectangular shape, but it’s relative size is distorted near the poles.
Mercator Projection
What is nodal region?
The other name for functional regions.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
Something is spread from people of authority to others.
What is the Peters Projection?
Preserves relative size, but appears to be stretched horizontally and doesn't enlarge areas well.
Word for the name given to a certain place
toponym
What is GIS?
A computer system with geographic data.
What is a vernacular region?
A perceptual region. People believe it exists as part of a cultural identity.
What is stimulus diffusion?
The spread of an underlying principle/idea/concept.
What is the Robinson Projection?
Neither equal-area or conformal. Does not eliminate distortion in any area, but depicts a little distortion in all areas. Portrays the entire world.