Chapter1 Quiz
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| two questions @ the heart of geographic inquiry? | show 🗑
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| show | 1. human- study of where & why human activities are located where they are 2. physical- study of where & why natural forces occur as they do
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| two main features of human geography in which our book is divided? | show 🗑
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| 5 basic concepts geographers use to help explain the world? | show 🗑
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| show | specific point on eath distinguished by a particular character; occupies a uniqua location or position on earth
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| describe region. | show 🗑
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| describe scale. | show 🗑
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| describe space. | show 🗑
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| show | relationships among people & objects across the barrier of space.
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| show | 2D/flat-scale model of earth's surface
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| show | science of map-making
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| two people who have contributed two cartography & how? | show 🗑
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| show | relationship of a feature's size on a map compared to on earth.
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| show | fraction, ratio, written statement
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| what is a large scale map? | show 🗑
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| show | more area, less detail; world map
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| define projection. | show 🗑
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| four types of distortion that can result in making a map of earth? | show 🗑
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| show | more elongated or squat
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| show | b/w two points, can be increased or decreased
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| show | one area may appear larger than another on a map but in reality be smaller
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| describe direction. | show 🗑
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| show | the aquisition of data about earth's surface from a satellite orbiting earth or from other long-distance methods
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| define geographic information systems (GIS). | show 🗑
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| show | system that determines accurately the precise position of something on earth
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| show | place name, site, situation & mathematical location
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| define toponym & give an example. | show 🗑
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| show | physical character of a place; climate
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| show | location of a place relative to other places; directions.
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| show | arc drawn b/w north & south poles
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| parallel? | show 🗑
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| longitude? | show 🗑
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| show | merididna that passes through the Royal Observatory @ Greenwich, England, 0 long.
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| show | time @ the prime meridian
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| International Date Line? | show 🗑
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| show | a combination of cultural, economic & physical features
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| show | region drives its unified character from cultural landscape
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| show | are w/in which everyone shares one or more distinct characteristics
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| show | area organized around a node or focal point
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| vernacular region? | show 🗑
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| show | the body of customary beliefs, material traits & social forms that form the tradition of a group of people
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| show | to care about- to adore/worship something to take care of- to nurse or look after something
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| what is cultural ecology? | show 🗑
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| environmental determinism? | show 🗑
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| show | idea that physical environment may limit some actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment
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| how have the Dutch modified their environment? | show 🗑
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| show | piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.
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| how have Floridians modified their environment? | show 🗑
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