Five Themes
answers the question where is it
What is location?
stores layered information into a database
What is Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?
latitude, topography, jet stream, gulf stream, solar
What are conditions that contribute to climate regions?
two top indicators of culture
What are language & religion?
a political system that prioritizes the economy
What is an autocracy?
delves into the characteristics that make it unique
What is place?
measures north and south of the equator
What is latitude?
grassland, tropical rainforest, taiga, temperate forest, tundra, desert, savanna
What are examples of biomes?
two examples of abstract/unobservible characteristics of culture
What are religion, values, child rearing practices, etc.?
collect taxes, set up laws, language, resources
What are reasons for which boundaries are important?
branch of geography that studies mountains, rivers, climate, soils, water
What is physical geography?
measures east and west of the prime meridian
What is longitude?
tropical, arid, temperate, continental, polar
What are examples of different climate zones?
the spread of culture from one place to another by way of trade, migration, conquest
What is cultural diffusion?
the increasing connectedness of people and places
What is globalization?
branch of geography that studies culture, economies, diplomatic relations
what is human geography?
creates maps according to how people will use them
What is a cartographer?
total number of people living in an area
What is population?
the adoption or changing of new forms of culture
What is acculturation?
a political government system that prioritizes diplomacy, cooperation, and infrastructure development
What is a democracy?
considers the flow of people, goods, ideas, and information
what is movement?
beams location data to Earth
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)?
age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, income
What are ways demographers break down population into a more manageable group?
embedded customs based on male or female
What are gender roles?
traditional, command, free market, mixed
What are examples of economies around the world?