APHG 1
ESPEn or SPEED
Environmental, Social, Political, Environmental
or
Social, Political, Economic, Environmental, Demographic
Type of Reference Map
Political Map, Physical Map, Road Map
Scale of Analysis larger than city/local, but smaller than sub state
Something in the environment which is useful to people
Resource
State in southern US that Ms. S. does not believe should be looped in with the deep south
Hint: remember vernacular regions?
Florida-- Culturally/Socially much different than GA, MS, AL, etc.
Name a type of Thematic Map
Cartogram, Choropleth, Dot Density, Graduated Symbol
The "Compromise" Projection of Maps
A perceptual or vernacular region is based on ____________
Someone's perspective
Possibilism
An Environmental/Physical Region Example from class
Sahara Desert
Categorizing or dividing the world into smaller areas of analysis
Regions
Example of a Local (or National) toponym
Grand Junction, Colorado, Washington D.C., Georgetown... etc.
A force or process which makes something worldwide
Globalization
The use of Earth's resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future
Sustainability
Example of a functional/nodal region we talked about in class
NFL supporters, TV Markets, Flights, Subway Map NYC, Highway Map CO, etc.
Moving ideas, people, disease, or culture from one place to another
Diffusion
Zooming in and out in order to tell a story
Scale of Analysis
Type of map which distorts the size of certain areas based on quantitative data
Choropleth
Map Projection whose purpose was navigation upon its use which started in 1569
Mercator Projection
One layer of Geographic Data Collected in GIS
Customers, Streets, Parcels, Elevation, Land Usage, Real World
4 Formal Regions of the United States
West, Midwest, South, and Northeast
Type of Diffusion with 1 underlying principle that carries even if a characteristic is rejected...
Hint: Think Christianity
Stimulus Diffusion
Type of geographic data collection where aerial sensor is attached to a drone or satellite
Remote Sensing
According to the CollegeBoard World Region Map, how many different regions are in Africa?
Name them for an extra 100 points
5
North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa
The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another-- when people move, they bring their culture with them
Relocation Diffusion