Unit 1 Test Review

Woodrow

100

How objects are arranged in space is called what?

Pattern

200

The farther away one place is from another, the less interaction those two places will have with one another is called what?

Distance Decay

300

Informational maps that often displays physical and man made features are called what?

Reference maps

400

This type of map uses colors or shading to represent quantifiable data

Choropleth Map

500

WHat are the 5 toos?

Too hot, Too cold, Too dry, Too wet, Too mountainous 

Wilson

100

The ways that different people interact with each other is called what?

Flows

200

This type of location tells me exactly where something is.

Absolute Location

300

What determines the level at which we analyze geographic data?

Scale

400

Natural factors alone to determine the cultural attributes of human societies is called what?

Environmental Determinism 

500

What are the 5 specific purposes for land use?

Agricultural

Industrial/Commercial

Residential

Transportational

Recreational 

Wildcats

100

When things on the map are in a group or high density, what is that called?

Clustered

200

This type of map places a dot representing a value in its approximate location

Dot Map

300

This type of region has some unifying physical or human characteristics

Formal

400

This type of map features symbols proportional in size to the actual value of the data.

Graduated Symbol map

500

What does the acronym ESPN stand for?

Economic

Social-Cultural

Political

eNvironment 

1928

100

Actions that provide immediate benefits while also preserving resources for future use are called what?

Sustainability 

200

This type of location tells me where something is by telling me places close by.

Relative Location 

300

These maps often tell a story and will be used as visual stimuli

Thematic maps

400

The ability for humans to have choices and harness technologies to overcome environmental limitations is called what?

Possibilism 

500

What are the 4 types of Map projections?

Mercator, Gall-Peters, Robinson and Goodes

1913

100

When things on the map are spread out or low density, what is that called?

Dispersed

200

The reduction of time it takes for something to get from one place to another is called what?

Time Space Compression 

300

This type of region has a center of activity

Functional 

400

This type of region is defined differently by each person based on their ideas or perceptions 

Perceptual 

500

What is defined on the basis of one or more distinctive characteristics?

Region