Location, Distance, and Scale
Relative distance between Mumbai and New York can feel smaller because they share a common global __________.
culture
A map of the different religious regions of a country would be what type of region?
Formal Region
What is distance decay?
The farther you are away from something the less of a relationship you will have with it.
What does GPS use to determine absolute location?
satellites
What is the theory helped support the ideas of colonialism that the place you live shapes the type of person you are?
environmental determinism
What are two ways to show absolute location?
Longitude and latitude or a street address.
Give an example of a functional region.
pizza delivery area, marta route, etc
Give an example of stimulus diffusion.
Changing the menus in McDonalds based on local culture.
GIS uses what to layer, store, and analyze geographic data?
computers
What type of map has the smallest scale and the least amount of distortion?
globe
Saying that Zaxbys is near the Target and Home Depot is explaining Zaxby's what?
Relative Location
The black death first started in India and spread throughout Europe from the fleas on rats on the ships. India would be an example of what what?
Hearth
Contagious diffusion spreads through direct __________ between individuals.
contact
What is used to observe and gather data and photos of the earth's surface?
remote sensing
What map projection makes Greenland and Africa look around the same size?
Mercator
The globe would have what type of map scale?
small scale
Sequent Occupance is how different cultures leave their what on a landscape over time.
Their imprint or mark
Give an example of someone who would spread something through hierarchical diffusion.
A celebrity or politician, or someone higher up with power.
When advances in transportation and communication make our world seem smaller, this is called what?
time space compression
What are examples of renewable and non renewable resources?
renewable- wind, sun, water, air
non renewable- fossil fuels, coal, natural gas
large scale
What is ecuneme?
Where people live! The habitable parts of the earth. Also the cutest word in AP HuG
What was the hearth of diffusion in the 1854 cholera epidemic?
the water!! Thank goodness for the rizzy Dr. John Snow and his use of geography!! swoon.
What is an intervening opportunity?
When a closer more attractive option presents itself.
a type of thematic map that intentionally distorts the size or shape of geographic regions (like countries or states) so that their area matches a specific data value—such as population, wealth, or votes—rather than their actual physical land area
cartogram