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Map Concepts
Regions
Place Concepts
Distribution & Misc
Vocab
100

A computer system with layered geographic data.

What is GIS (geographic information system)

100
A uniform region where everyone shares some characteristics.
What is a formal region.
100

Site charecteristic of Richmond,Va.

What is? Check with me

100

The three categories of the world systems theory.

What is core, semi-periphery, periphery?

100

set of processes that cause the relative distance between places to shrink, making interaction between distant locations faster and easier due to technological advancements in transportation and communication.

What is time-space compression?

200
A system that uses satellites to determine the exact position of something.
What is GPS (global positioning system)
200

a region defined by people’s feelings, attitudes, beliefs, and cultural identity rather than by objective, scientific data or official boundaries.

What is a vernacular/perceptual region?

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

China falls in this world sytems theory category because they provide cheap labor and raw material to countries around the world as well as distribute consumer goods and money globally.

What is semi-periphery?

200

geographical principle stating that the interaction between two locations decreases as the physical distance between them increases.

What is distance decay?

300

The cartographic scale for "Large Scale".

What is 1:25,000 / 1:24,000?

300
An area organized around a focal point or node.
What is a functional 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

is a measure of the connectivity between two locations based on time, effort, or cost, rather than physical units.

What is relative distance?

400
Portraying the round earth on a flat surface.
What is projection?
400

The EU would be categorized as this type of region.

What is formal 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 practice of using Earth’s resources in ways that meet current human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

What is sustainability?

500

A map in which distortion is in the polar regions but all lines of latitude and longitude meet at right angles, making it ideal for navigation.

What is the Mercator map?

500

The "Sunbelt" would be categorized as this type of region.

What is perceptual/vernacular region?

500
The physical environment can limit social development, but human can adjust to their situation.
What is possibilism?
500
The frequency with which something occurs in space.
What is density?
500

the exact spatial physical interval between two points on the Earth's surface, measured using standard quantitative units of length.

What is absolute distance?