Projecting Maps
All maps are guilty of this practice where shape, area, distance, or direction is changed.
What is distortion
This system uses 31 satellites to track the user's absolute location on a map.
What is GPS
This phenomenon is classified as the expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact
What is globalization
This type of map is great at showing geographic areas but doesn't do much beyond that.
What is a reference map.
This map projection is focused more on the "look of the map" and is used as a general purpose tool.
What is the Robinson Projection
This "region" of the US is hard to define but it remains our largest Vernacular Region
What is the South
This environmental practice centers around the idea that society needs responsible management of natural resources to fulfill current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs
What is sustainability.
This music genre started in the US but had to change its message/meaning for the different cultures that it spread to
What is Hip Hop
This type of location can be figured out using meridians and parallels.
What is Absolute Location
Mr. Mercator made a decent map, but it sadly distorted size away from this invisible line.
What is the Equator
This landscape is the total sum of cultural, economic, and environmental forces.
What is a cultural landscape
This environmental philosophy states that choices made by a society depend on what its members need
What is Possibilism
Backlash to Globalization can be seen through one of these 2 things.
What is Intolerance or Political Conflict.
What is an Area Cartogram
This map has jagged edges but is foldable and shows contiguous landmasses.
What is the fuller projection.
This type of region discussed in class is centered around people's perception.
What is a Vernacular Region
This philosophy believed that the “most productive climates” were situated in western Europe and the United States
What is Environmental Determinism
John Lennon and his Beatles launched the British invasion which showcases this cultural phenominon.
What is cultural "splashback"
What is a Thematic Map
What is the Goode's Interrupted Projection
Although not physically connected to the Bible Belt, this state is lumped in due to it being the center of the LDS/Mormon Church
What is Utah
This system is a database that allows a user to create a digital map using data compiled from geographers.
What is GIS.
This company was able to connect the peripheral countries (LDC) and core countries (MDC) through a common agricultural good.
What is Starbucks
This denomination is the most popular form of Christianity found in America's Bible Belt Region
Who are the Baptists (SBC)