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A computer system with geographic data.
What is GIS (geographic information system)
100

The frequency with which something occurs in space.

What is density?

100

The name given to a place on earth.

What is a toponym?

100

Creating maps is their job.

What is a cartographer?

100

When transporting an item takes less and less time using technology. For example, people used to move via a horse, then train, then car, then plane.

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

This is located between 30 degrees North and 60 degrees North

What is the midlatitude?

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

These isolines connect areas with equal elevation.

What are countour lines?

200

The social or cultural connectivity of places despite how far apart they are.

What is relative distance?

300

The relationship between the size of a feature on a map and its actual size on the Earth's surface .

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

When using a thematic map, geographers look for these to help make an assumption or generalization.

What is a pattern?

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 different levels at which geographic data or phenomena are examined, ranging from a local to a global perspective

What is scale of analysis?

500
A map in which distortion is in the polar regions but all lines of latitude and longitude meet at right angles.
What is the Mercator map.
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.
What is possibilism?
500

The concept that as the distance between two places increases, the interaction between those places decreases.

What is distance decay?

500

An example would be deforestation to build more homes and apartments.

What is human-environment interaction?