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Geographic Concepts
Maps
5 Themes of Geography
Other
100

This is a computer system that shows geographic information in layers.

What is a G.I.S.

100
i.e. "The climate one lives in determines their behavior."
Environmental Determinism
100
This type of map uses dots that are all the same size.
What is a dot map
100
A concern for this theme is behind almost all geographic work.
What is location
100
An area in which a certain caracteristic is found throughout the area...
Formal Region
200
This is the line where each new day begins and is marked around the 180* Meridian.
International Date Line
200

i.e. The diffusion of a veggie version of a McDonalds burgers to India is....

Stimulus Diffusion

200
This type of map uses dots or symbols, though they can change size.
What is a graduated/proportional symbol map
200
This theme considers the relationships between humans and the physical world.
What is Human - Environment Interactions
200
Region that people perceive, the believe it exists as part of their cultural identity
Vernacular Region
300
This is a name given to any place on earth... aka place name.
Toponym
300
When an innovation or idea begins in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
expansion diffusion
300
This type of map changes the size and shape of a political area according to the value of the data the map is representing.
What is a cartogram
300
All ___________ on the surface of the Earth have unique human and physical characteristics.
Places
300

What word describes the uniformity places around the world?

Globalization

400

What is a cultural landscape?

A combination of cultural features that give a place/region its sense of place. 

Ex: what kind of agriculture, religion, language, etc. there is

400

The reduction in time for something to diffuse from one place to another.

Space-Time Compression

400

What are the 4 areas of distortion in map projections?

size/area, distance, direction, shape

400
This theme concerns how features tend to be concentrated in particular areas.
Region
400
What are the 3 major climate regions?
Tropical (Low Latitude), Temperate (Mid Latitude), Polar (High Latitude)
500
The multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment
Cultural Ecology
500
What are the 2 questions that geographers ask?
Where are things and why are they there?
500
This type of map uses continuous lines that join points of the same value
Isoline Map
500

This type of line is drawn from north to south but measures east to west.

Longitude Lines AKA Meridians

500
The idea that farther away two groups are the less likely they will interact
Distance Decay