Vocab Words
Geographic Concepts
Maps
5 Themes of Geography
Other
100

describing where something is using the exact site on an objective coordinate system (Long. & Lat.)

absolute location

100
Name the 5 themes of geography.
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region
100

This type of map uses dots that are all the same size.

What is a dot map

100

Describes where something is on earth

What is location

100

How many multiple choice questions are there on the AP exam, and how long do you have to complete it?

60 questions in 60 minutes

200

a method of taking a 3D object and putting in on a 2D plane

Map Projections

200

Region based on a focal point

Functional/Nodal Region

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 described by characteristics people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

Vernacular/Perceptional Region

300

a physical material constituting part of Earth that people need and value

Natural Resources

300

Relationship between lenght on a map and the feature on a landscape

Scale

1:2,400

300

Map that uses lines to connet places that have particular values. 

Isoline

300
All ___________ on the surface of the Earth have unique human and physical characteristics.
Places
300

Geospatial technolgy that uses computer system to capture, store, and analyze geographic data

GIS (Geographic Information System)

400
i.e. "The climate one lives in determines their behavior."
Environmental Determinism
400
When an innovation or idea begins in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
expansion diffusion
400

Humans determine culture, Tech playes a big role vs environment. 

Possiblism

400
This theme concerns how features tend to be concentrated in particular areas.
Region
400

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is

relative location

500

You being able to watch and learn on YouTube is an example of what spatial concept?

Time-space compression

500
The reduction in time for something to diffuse from one place to another.
Space-Time Compression
500
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
500

There are the 4 areas of distortion in map projections, name 2?

size/area, distance, direction, shape

500

i.e. The diffusion of veggie burgers to India

Stimulus Diffusion

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