Geospatial technologies
What is GPS
Used for positioning, timing, and navigation.
What is physical geography?
The effects nature has on the environment.
What is a map?
Representation of a place
True or false, Urban land use models refer to what takes up the physical space of an area
True
True or false, Satellite remote sensing uses radiation to measure characteristics of an area.
True
True or false, Geography can affect settlements?
Yes
What is a political map?
Shows the state and national boundaries of a place.
Linkage of cities flow between what two kinds of places?
Urban and rural
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic information system
What is the name of trees, plants, and shrubs called?
Vegetation
What is a physical map?
Shows the physical features of a place.
What is a migration pattern?
Pattern of people going from one place to the next
Through this technology, we can view landscapes overtime
Aerial photography
What are natural resources?
Materials from the Earth that are used to sustain life.
This type of map features horizontal positions of features
Planimetric map
What is population density?
The amount of people within a certain area
What is google earth?
Computer program that renders 3D representation of Earth.
What is an example of a land formation?
Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains.
Two dimensional surface of a globe
Globe and map projection
What is cultural diffusion?
Exchange of goods, foods, religion, from one country to the next.