Vocab Words
Geographic Concepts
Maps
5 Themes of Geography
Other
100

This is a computer system that shows geographic information in layers.

What is a G.I.S.

100

"The climate one lives in determines their behavior."

Environmental Determinism

100
This type of map uses dots that are all the same size.
What is a dot map
100
A concern for this theme is behind almost all geographic work.
What is location
100
An area in which a certain caracteristic is found throughout the area...
Formal Region
200
This is the line where each new day begins and is marked around the 180* Meridian.
International Date Line
200
i.e. The diffusion of veggie burgers to India is....
Stimulus Diffusion
200
This type of map uses dots or symbols, though they can change size.
What is a graduated/proportional symbol map
200
This theme considers the relationships between humans and the physical world.
What is Human - Environment Interactions
200
Region that people perceive, the believe it exists as part of their cultural identity
Vernacular Region
300
This is a name given to any place on earth... aka place name.
Toponym
300
When an innovation or idea begins in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
expansion diffusion
300
This type of map changes the size and shape of a political area according to the value of the data the map is representing.
What is a cartogram
300
All ___________ on the surface of the Earth have unique human and physical characteristics.
Places
300

What current conflict is most directly impacting the US?

Iranian War

400
This is the number of people per unit area of arable land... (hint it is a type of density)
Physiological Density
400

The reduction in time for something to diffuse from one place to another.

Space-Time Compression

400

What are the 4 areas of distortion in map projections?

size/area distance direction shape

400
This theme concerns how features tend to be concentrated in particular areas.
Region
400
What are the 3 major climate regions?
Tropical (Low Latitude), Temperate (Mid Latitude), Polar (High Latitude)
500

The multiple interactions and relationships between a human beings and the natural environment

Cultural Landscape

500
What are the 2 questions that geographers ask?
Where are things and why are they there?
500

This type of map is a compromise map projection that visually represents the entire world while balancing distortions in area, shape, and distance.

Robinson Projection Map

500

This type of line is drawn from north to south but measures east to west.

Longitude Lines AKA Meridians

500
The idea that farther away two groups are the less likely they will interact
Distance Decay
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