Introduction to Maps
Geographic Data
Spatial Concepts and Types of Diffusion
Scales of Analysis
Regional Analysis
100
A two-dimensional (flat) representation of a geographic area or place
What is a map?
100
In the United States, how often is a census taken?
What is every 10 years?
100
The pattern by which a phenonmenon spreads from one location to another.
What is diffusion?
100
The extent of the area(s) under investigation.
What is geographic scale?
100
A geographical unit based on one or more common characteristics or functions
What is a region?
200
A personal representation of a portion of Earths surface. Including what a person knows about a place, personal impressions of what is in that place, and where that place may be located.
What is a mental map?
200
What is a cheaper alternative than airplanes to provide aerial photography?
What is drones?
200
Diffusion of American slang from large cities to medium cities to small towns represents...
What is hierarchial diffusion?
200
The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
What is a scale?
200
A personal representation of a portion of Earths surface. Including what a person knows about a place, personal impressions of what is in that place, and where that place may be located.
What is a mental map?
300
A department store that uses customer zip codes to map sales data most likely uses...
What is a GIS
300
The U.S Census Bureau is an example of what type of organization?
What is a government entity?
300
Someone who believes in possibilism most likely rejects...
What is environmental determinism?
300
If you have not been to a place, but have developed negative feelings about it based off of what you heard in the news or from a friend, you would be using:
What is perceptions of place?
300
Where a person goes and what he or she does on a day-to-day basis
What is an activity space?
400
The map above represents what kind of projection?
What is Robinson projection?
400
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the...
What is site?
400
Many american television shows have been recast and broadcast in different countries with similar story lines and characters. Which form of diffusion does this example illustrate?
What is stimulus diffusion?
400
Geographic scale that identifies and analyzes geographic phenomena within a state or province, a city or town, or a neighborhood
What is a local scale analysis?
400
Unlike other regions, _______ ______ must have borders
What is formal regions?
500
What civilization was the first to coin the term geography?
What is Greek?
500
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
What is cultural landscape?
500
Yellowstone National Park is approx. 30 miles North of Grand Teton National Park. This is an example of what geographic concept?
What is relative location?
500
McDonald's is creating the Maharaja Mac burger in India, which consists of a chicken patty instead of a beef patty. What is an example of a geographic concept?
What is glocalization?
500
Made up of a central place and surrounding areas affected by it. Often, this is a metropolitan area that consists of a major city and lots of smaller towns or cities that surround it.
What is a functional region?