Maps, Maps, Maps
Type of map that shows borders and boundaries of governments
Political reference map
Theory develop by Wallerstein to explain uneven economic development of different countries and regions?
World System's Theory
Involves satellites sending precise location to a handheld receiver.
GPS
Refers to a place's location in relation to other places
Situation
Data that involves interpretation of data sources like interviews and field observations.
Qualitative data
Map projection that has the disadvantage of major distortion of size of landmasses near the poles.
Mercator projection
Those countries who have the least economic development, technology, and infrastructure:
Periphery
Count of the US population conducted every 10 years.
Census
Refers to a places exact location as well as its physical characteristics
Site
Data based on numbers with less subjective interpetation
Quantitative data
This type of map uses differently sized symbols to indicate quantitative data
Graduated symbols map
Countries with the strongest economies and therefore political influence:
Core
Can create complex maps through layering different points of data
GIS
Taking one hour to drive the 10 miles from JFK airport to downtown Manhattan is an example of
Relative distance
The idea that the farther apart two places are the less interactions they will have
Distance decay
The mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part of the real world it shows
Map scale
Countries of the world having become increasingly connected through expansions of economic, cultural, and political ties
Globalization
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations
Sustainability
Region organized around a central focal point or node
Functional region
Argues that human behavior is largely controlled by the physical environment
Environmental Determinism
This map projection better displays the relative size of the continents but the shape of the continents is distorted
Gall-Peters projection
A theory that argues environment's in which humans live offer challenges and opportunities and societies can react in different ways based on decisions they make, ingenuity, and technology available to them
Possibilism
Method of data collection that does not involve having to be physically present at the location
Remote sensing
Regions for which their are frequent disagreements about the exact borders, based on people's feelings rather than exact boundaries.
Perceptual or Vernacular Region
The cardinal directions like north, East, south, and West.
Absolute direction