History of Geography
5 Themes
Cultural Ecology
Globalization
Wild Card
100
The US conducts a census every _____
10 years
100
What is the physical character of a place?
site
100
What is the name of the system that divides the world into 5 climate regions?
Koppen
100
What feature is used to create time zones?
longitude
100
If a ship is at 0’ latitude, it is on the______
equator
200
What sort of questions do geographers ask?
where are things placed & why are they there?
200
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, Place, Human Environment Interaction, Movement, Region
200
What are the 5 too’s humans tend to avoid?
too hot, cold, wet, dry, high
200
What model has the more developed countries (MDC) clustered around the poles?
Core Periphery Model
200
Define hearth.
the birthplace of an event or idea
300
What are the 4 types of distortion that can appear in a map?
shape, size, distance, direction
300
Define region
area with similar traits or characteristics
300
Define cultural ecology. Define cultural landscape.
C.E =geographic study of human environment relationships and how physical geography develops culture C.L. = How humans shape the landscape - the forms superimposed by humans on the natural environment
300
What model states that larger cities have more in common that surrounding areas?
Gravitational Model
300
What are the 5 main map projections?
Mercator, Peters, Goode, Robinson, Azimuthal Equidisant
400
What are and define the three tools used by modern geographers?
1. GIS - Geographic Information System, storing information about a location in layers. Each layer represents a different piece of human r environmental information 2. GPS - Global Positioning System, accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth 3. Remote Sensing, the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long-distance methods
400
1. Define Possibilism. 2. Define Environmental Determinism. 3. What area did environmental determinist think had an advantage.
1. Humans can overcome any environmental problems 2. your environment determines how you live 3. temperate
400
What are the 4 factors that affect an areas climate?
Latitude, elevation, rainfall, ocean current
400
Define: a)Space-time compression b)Distance decay
a) the amount of time it takes to travel between two places b) the longer the distance, the less likely the contact/influence
400
Define a)Arithmetic density b)Agricultural density c) Physiological density
a) number of people in an area b) farmers divided by the amount of farmland availabe c) people divided by the amount of available farmland
500
1. What is the relationship between scale, distortion and area being covered? 2. Which map would have the larger scale, world map or a city map? 3. Which map would have more distortion?
1. the larger the area being covered, the greater the distortion the smaller the scale 2. city 3. world
500
What are and provide an example for the three types of regions geographers use to classify an area.
1. Formal - any region with clear identifiable boundaries 2. Functional - any area that a service covers 3. Vernacular - perceptual region, a place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
500
1. What are the 3 situation factors? 2. Who developed the theories of Cultural Ecology and Cultural Landscape?
1. Neighbors, Transportation routes, Natural resources 2. Carl Sauer
500
1. Define globalization. 2. What are two effects of globalization is having on culture?
1. a phenomena becoming worldwide in scale, emphasizing the interconnections of the entire world 2. development of uniform cultural prefrences and cultural landscape challenge for local cultures not to be overwhelmed
500
1. What is a Township? 2. What is a section? 3. What aspect of spatial distribution is the US land Ordinance of 1785?
1. a square that is 6 miles on each side 2. areas of a township 1 mile X 1 mile 3. pattern
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