This would measure the distance north or south of the equator
What is latitutde
100
On a map, this is another term for a line of longitude
What is meridian
100
An area the shares a common feature, such as a language or a particular crop being grown would be this type of region.
What is a formal, or uniform, region
100
Name one physical and one non-physical barrier to diffusion
What are:
Physical--Oceans, Mountains, distance, Lack of connectivity via roads or modern communications networks
Non-physical: different cultural values between groups, language
100
This measure is ratio of cars within a predefined area
What is arithmetic density
200
When speaking of maps, small areas, such as neighborhoods or cities, are shown in this kind of map scale
What is a large scale
200
This is a system for transferring coordinates from a 3-dimensional surface to a flat map.
What is a projection
200
This type of region for would be based around a central point, business or service
What is a nodal, or functional, region
200
This is a type of diffusion in which migrants carry a trait from its hearth, usually leading to distance decay.
What is relocation diffusion
200
This is a tool that uses satellites to take highly detailed images of an area to help identify distribution patterns
What is remote sensing
300
According to this school of though the physical environment causes a culture to develop in a specific way.
What is environmental determinism
300
Which map shows more information about the oceans, and so it distorts land size
What is Robinson
300
A culture region, a type of formal region, would have a place from which a culture originated, also called this.
What is the hearth
300
This phenomenon causes traits to be less common the farther it is from the traits' hearth
What is distance decay
300
If items in a given area are located very close to one another geographers would say they are _____.
What is concentrated (have a high concentration)
400
Which areas would be most likely to experience tropical climate conditions under the Koppen model?
What are low latitudes
400
This type of map might show streets, land marks, road ways and/or toponyms
What is a reference map
400
This tradition or approach to geographic studies would deal with cultural AND environmental attributes in a given area/
What is the regional studies tradition
400
This would help a geographer to identify a vernacular region
What is a mental map
400
This type of thematic map would use color or shading inside a predetermined area, such as a state, county or zip code, to show the frequency of a characteristic
What is a chorpleth map
500
This measure is a good indication of how much pressure people place on the land to produce enough food
What is physiological density?
500
This map has latitude and longitude lines that intersect at right angles and distorts the size of land masses near the poles
What is the Mercator projection
500
This geographer was particularly interested in cultural landscapes and how groups of different regions impact their cultural landscapes
Who is Carl Sauer
500
As more culture traits and businesses globalize, many locations become very similar to one another. This is the geographic vocabulary for that phenomenon
What is placelessness
500
This geographic tool would be the greatest aid to spatial analysis because it allows for a computer to layer many types of data over a base map to help look for patterns