Geography in the Ancient World
used geometry to measure land area
Thales of Miletus
how objects are distributed across space
Distribution
system determining precise locations on Earth using satellites
Global Positioning System
substance in the environment that is useful to people
Resource
German cartographer, first to use label “America”
Martin Waldseemuller
Aristotle—used evidence to demonstrate Earth was a sphere
Aristotle
process by which a features spreads across space through time
Diffusion
relationship of a feature’s size on a map to its actual size on Earth
Map Scale
produced in nature more rapidly than consumed by humans
Renewable
father of Chinese cartography
Pei Xiu
wrote eight-volume Geographica, codified principles of mapmaking
Ptolemy
place from which an idea originates
Hearth
methods of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map
Projections
produced by nature more slowly than consumed by humans
Non-Renewable
Flemish cartographer, first modern atlas
Abraham Ortelius
claimed world was shaped like a cylinder
Anaximander
chain of communication that connects places
Networks
longitude, latitude intersecting
The Geographic Grid
group of living organisms and abiotic spheres in which they interact
ecosystem
described economic resources of provinces
Yu Gong
invented the world geography, calculated circumference of the Earth
Eratosthenes—
Person who buys goods or services
Consumer
Map Making
Cartography
long-term average weather conditions at a location
climate
wrote treatise on systematic geography
Bernhardus Varenius—