Mapping
These symbols show the extent of a given class of phenomena over a given area.
Area
This state in the United States was formed by volcanism.
Hawaii
Name a population trend/migration in the United States?
rural to urban
movement west
black exodus
movement south
These types of regions exist only in the perceptions of the population.
Perceptual/Vernacular
Who are the Nacirema?
Americans
These types of maps add a 3rd dimension
Contour
This city was practically leveled in 1906 due to a strong earthquake.
San Francisco
The displacement of lower income residents by upper income residents
Gentrification
Judging other cultures (group) from the perspective of one’s own culture (group).
Ethnocentrism
The study of spatial patterns in the human and natural world
Geography
These maps depict linear movements between places
Flow-line map
Which city has had a population decline of 50% in the last 50 years (1.8m. to 900k)?
Detroit
The process of denying services to areas based upon racial composition
Redlining
A region with distinct boundaries constructed using one specific trait
formal
The term describes distinctive climatic areas created by variations in elevation from place to place.
Altitudinal zonation
These are area maps that show how the quantity/amount of something varies in space.
Choropleth maps
This canal connects two oceans and is a financial center.
This area is the first US Megalopolis.
East Coast: From Boston to Washington D.C.
What is one problem with studying world regions and realms?
No region/realm is homogenous throughout.
Their borders are often fuzzy.
Their borders are not hard lines but transition zones.
They are often portrayed by stereotypes.
The art, design, and science of producing maps.
cartography
The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as that map's ______.
Scale
What area within the Caribbean contains the majority of the population?
Greater Antilles
The American Manufacturing Belt is now known as
Rust Belt
The subjective and emotional attachments people have towards specific places
Sense of Place
Where do the majority of the worlds earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
tectonic plate boundaries