Unit 1 Thinking Geographically - Vocabulary and Definitions
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Absolute distance | show 🗑
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| Projection | show 🗑
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| show | maps that emphasizes the location of places (without data attached)
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| show | describing the distance between locations using qualitative terms or non-traditional measurements of distance (one hour north of)
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| Spatial distribution | show 🗑
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| Spatial Interaction | show 🗑
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| show | a map that displays not only locations but maps a topic or theme of information with the location
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| show | detailed observations that provide insight into a group of people in a specific area
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| Census | show 🗑
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| GIS (Geographic Information Systems) | show 🗑
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| GPS (Global Positioning System) | show 🗑
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| Qualitative data | show 🗑
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| Quantitative data | show 🗑
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| Remote sensing | show 🗑
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| Geospatial | show 🗑
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| Absolute location | show 🗑
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| show | the idea that the interaction between two places declines as the distance between them increases
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| Friction of distance | show 🗑
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| show | describing the position of a place as compared to (or relative to!) another landmark
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| Time-space compression | show 🗑
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| Environmental determinism | show 🗑
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| show | the belief that a physical environment plays a role in the development of a society, but is NOT the ONLY factor at work
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| show | a physical material constituting part of Earth that people need and value
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| show | the goal of the human race reaching equilibrium with the environment; meeting the needs of the present without while also leaving resources for future generations
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| Scale | show 🗑
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| show | how zoomed in or out you are when looking at geographic data
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| show | a region that is based quantitative data data (that can be documented or measured) - all government areas are this because they share a government
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| Functional region | show 🗑
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| show | a place larger than a point and smaller than a planet that is grouped together because of a measurable or perceived common feature
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| show | an area that shares a common qualitative characteristic, it's only a region because people believe it's a region
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| Density | show 🗑
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| show | the social heritage of a group or their way of life - major components are language, religion, ethnicity, food, and gender roles
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| Cultural Landscape | show 🗑
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| show | when a cultural trend is transmitted from person to person from an original source to numerous others, similar to a virus or viral video
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| show | a feature or idea that is spread from its originating place, outward - the 3 types are contagious, hierarchical, and stimulus diffusion
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| show | a trend is spread from its originating place, outward
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| Hierarchical diffusion | show 🗑
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| Relocation diffusion | show 🗑
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| Stimulus diffusion | show 🗑
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| show | worldwide integration and development which results in the expansion of international cultural, economic, and political activities
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| show | a source of culture (where a culture began)
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| Toponym | show 🗑
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| show | unequal distribution of people, resources, and wealth within a region
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| Gravity Model of Spatial Interaction | show 🗑
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| Infrastructure | show 🗑
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| Temporal | show 🗑
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| show | density, concentration, and pattern
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| Capitalism | show 🗑
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| show | the science of drawing maps
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| show | a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats short of open warfare
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| Cold War( Upper case) | show 🗑
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| show | an economic system in which all (or nearly all) trade and industry are collectively owned by the state and not by individual citizens - near total control of the economy by the government
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| Concentration | show 🗑
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| show | a chain of communication, transportation, or ideas that connects places
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| Socialism | show 🗑
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| show | it's not as complicated as it sounds - a fancy word for describing how things are organized in space
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