Patterns & Trends
List three vocabulary words describing a trend
Ex; increasing, decreasing, static
What are the four interrelationships?
Human - Human
Human - Nature
Nature -Human
Nature - Nature
List the 4 geographic perspectives
1. Social
2. Environmental
3. Economic
4. Political
What are the 3 questions geographers ask?
1. What's there?
2. Why there?
3. Why care?
Lines of Latitude run...
Lines of Longitude run...
East <--> West
North <--> South
Houses built along a highway is an example of a ______ pattern
Linear
Give one example of a N-N interrelationship (Nature - Nature)
Ex; plate tectonics and earthquakes
The businesses in an area are what kind of perspective?
Economic
List two things naturally occurring in the Athabasca Oil Sands
Ex; oil deposits, sand
What is the difference between a small scale and large scale map?
Ex; small scale maps = large area in less detail
large scale = small area in more detail
Ex; ...... , :: :: , ::::
Human - Nature interrelationship
The government setting a curfew to keep residents safe is an example of what kind of perspective?
Political
List two human activities occurring in Cairo, Egypt
Ex; people residing there, tourism
The Prime Meridian is a line of...
Longitude
The average global temperature rising over the past 100 years is an example of a _____
Trend
Cutting down trees leads to lower air quality.
This is an example of a __ - __ interrelationship.
H - N
Describe Pickering, ON from a social perspective
Ex; roads, parks, schools, infrastructure, residential areas, tourism (?)
State the spatial Significance of Pickering, ON (ie; what makes pickering different from other communities?)
Power plant
List three things all maps must have
Ex; title, scale, compass, legend, borders
What do Patterns & Trends focus on?
Ex; How the characteristics of a location change over space or time
What do Interrelationships focus on?
Ex; Making connections between the events or factors that give a location its characteristics
What do Geographic Perspectives focus on?
Ex; Exploring what a place/issue means to different people and how it impacts them
Why do we study the Spatial Significance of a location?
Ex; to understand the importance of a location/place and why it matters
What geo-technology would be used in order to predict/track hurricanes?
Remote sensing