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Map Concepts
Regions
Place Concepts and Cultural Ecology
Distribution
Diffusion
100
A computer system with geographic data.
What is GIS (geographic information system)
100

The Rust Belt is an example of what kind of region?

Vernacular

100
The name given to a place on earth.
What is place name.
100

This type of map has dots to show the quantity of something. More dots = more of that thing

Dot distribution map
100
An idea is spread through people moving to new places.
What is relocation diffusion?
200
A system that uses satellites to determine the exact position of something.
What is GPS (global positioning system)
200

1:15,000 is an example of what kind of scale? 

Fractional Scale

200
The physical character of a place (mountains, rivers, etc.)
What is site.
200

The art of mapmaking

Cartography 

200
Something is spread from people of authority to others.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
300
The size on a map related to its actual size on Earth.
What is scale.
300
A uniform region where everyone shares some characteristics.
What is a formal region.
300
The location of a place relative to other places.
What is situation.
300
Objects in an area are close together.
What is clustered?
300
Something spreads rapidly and is widespread throughout the population.
What is contagious diffusion?
400
Portraying the round earth on a flat surface.
What is projection?
400
A perceptual region. People believe it exists as part of a cultural identity.
What is a vernacular region?
400
The physical environment determines social development.
What is environmental determinism?
400
Objects in an area are far apart.
What is dispersed?
400
The spread of an underlying principle/idea/concept.
What is stimulus diffusion?
500

Which map would have the smallest scale of analysis?

Census Tract

500
An area organized around a focal point or node.
What is a functional region.
500

The physical environment can limit social development, but human can adjust to their situation. More relevant today!

What is possibilism?

500
The frequency with which something occurs in space.
What is density?
500
This is where an idea originates

Hearth