Map Concepts
Regions
Place Concepts & Map Types
Distribution
Diffusion
100
A computer system with geographic data.
What is GIS (geographic information system)
100
An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics.
What is formal region?
100
The name given to a place on earth.
What is toponym.
100
The spread of something over a given area.
What is concentration.
100
An idea is spread through people moving to new places.
What is relocation diffusion?
200
A system that uses satellites to determine the exact position of something.
What is GPS (global positioning system)
200
It is separated into 15 degrees longitude.
What is the time zones?
200
The physical character of a place (mountains, rivers, etc.)
What is site.
200
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.
What is pattern?
200
Something is spread from people of authority to others.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
300
The size on a map related to its actual size on Earth.
What is scale.
300
The region from which innovative ideas originate.
What is a hearth.
300
The location of a place relative to other places.
What is situation.
300
Objects in an area are close together.
What is clustered?
300
Something spreads rapidly and is widespread throughout the population.
What is contagious diffusion?
400
Portraying the round earth on a flat surface.
What is projection?
400

A perceptual region. People believe it exists as part of a cultural identity.

What is a vernacular region?

400

This type of map uses different sized shapes such as circles in order to communicate information

What is a graduated symbol map?

400
Objects in an area are far apart.
What is dispersed?
400
The spread of an underlying principle/idea/concept.
What is stimulus diffusion?
500

A map in which distortion is found in the shape of land masses but their relative size, distance, and direction are preserved.

What is the Galls-Peters projection?

500
An area organized around a focal point or node.
What is a functional region.
500

This type of map distorts shape and size in order to communicate information

What is a cartegram? 

500
The frequency with which something occurs in space.
What is density?
500

This invention contributes to the rate of diffusion of cultural traits (such as TV, viral videos, and fashion) by way of space-time compression.

What is the internet?

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