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APHG Lesson 1.1
The Cultural Landscape, James M. Rubinstein, AP Edition, Chapter 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Place | A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic |
| Region | An area distinguished by one or more distinctive characteristics |
| Scale | The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole |
| Space | The physical gap or interval between two objects |
| Connection | Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space |
| Map | A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it |
| Cartography | The science of making maps |
| Geographic Information Science (GIScience) | Analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies |
| Geographic Information System (GIS) | A computer system that captures, stores, queries, and displays geographic data |
| Photogrammetry | The science of taking measurements of Earth's surface from photographs |
| Remote Sensing | The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) | A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers |
| Geotagging | Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates |
| Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) | Creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals |
| Citizen Science | Scientific research by amateur scientists |
| Participatory GIS (PGIS) | Community-based mapping, representing local knowledge and information |
| Mashup | A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service |
| Map Scale | The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface |
| Projection | A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map |
| Meridian | An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles |
| Longitude | The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridian drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°) up and down |
| Parallel | A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians. |
| Latitude | The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator (0°) <> |
| Prime Meridian | The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England |
| Isolene Map | A map that connects places of a particular value by lines |
| Dot Distribution Map | A map that depicts data that consists of discrete observations. Each dot represents a predetermined number of observations, which could be one or many |
| Chloropleth Map | A map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the variable |
| Graduated Symbol Map | A map that displays symbols that change in size according to the value of the variable |
| Cartogram | A map in which the projection and scale are distorted in order to convey the information of a variable |
| How are history and geography related? | Both subjects focus on and or follow the activity of humans. They also both ask the question of "why" when studying things and know that one thing can cause other actions to come about. They also ask similar questions and have similar procedures |
| How are history and geography different? | - a geographer can travel almost anywhere in the world to study the Earth whereas a historian can't study different time periods in person - ask similar questions and procedures - Geographers usually focus on where and historians usually focus on when. |
| What two things do maps serve as? | - Communication tools - Reference tools |
| What does "reference tool" mean, as of maps? | - helps us find the shortest route between two places and avoid getting lost along the way -consult maps to learn where in the world something it found - especially in a relationship to a place we know, such as a town, body of water, or highway. |
| What does "communication tool" mean, as of maps? | It depicts the distribution of human activities or physical features, as well as for thinking about reasons underlying a distribution. |
| What does the GPS in the United States use to do its job? | Two dozen satellites in predetermined orbit; a series of tracking stations monitor and control the satellites; and receivers that compute position velocity, and time from the satellite signals |
| What two decisions must a cartographer make to make a map? | - How much of the Earth's surface to depict on the map (map scale) - How to transfer a spherical Earth to a flat map (projection) |
| What are the four types of distortion? | - relative size - shape - distance - direction |
| Winkel Projection | - relative sizes of the landmasses on the map are the same size as in reality - projection minimizes distortion in the shapes of most landmasses - Areas toward the North and South poles, such as Greenland and Australia become more distorted |
| Merator Projection | - Shape is distorted very little - direction is consistent - the map is rectangular - relative size is grossly distorted near the poles, making high latitude places like Antartica look much larger than they actually are |
| Goode Homolosine Projection | - Separates the Eastern/Western Hemispheres into two pieces (separation) - More prominence to land masses - meridians and parallels do not form right angles like they do on a globe |
| Gall-Peters Projection | - Does not distort relative size - distorts shape |
| Where does the Prime Meridian pass through? | Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England |
| How can specific locations be found using latitude (parallels) and longitude (meridians)? | Specific locations can be identified as the point where a parallel intersects a meridian |
| How does time relate to longitude? | There are 360 imaginary meridians, and every 15th degree of longitude is a time zone, so there are 360°/15°, or 24 time zones. Depending on which time zone you're in, or what meridian you fall under, that will affect the time it is where you are. |
| International Date Line | -imaginary line in the gap between east Asia and the west US -separates the world from one calendar day to another. -cross west over the line, toward Asia, calendar moves ahead one day -cross east, towards the US, then you will move behind one day. |
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