Geography Matters (Unit I)

Which term best describes this map

____ includes the costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places

An Example would be: city has a surrounding region within which workers commute to the downtown

What term best describes this?

Exact location of a place on a mathematical grid

Sense of connection that brings people closer together even though their distances are the same

The exact measurement of distance on the surface of the Earth

Ratio of the distance on the map to the distance on the ground

The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features

Cartographic scale refers to

What pattern type is this?

Which term best describes what type of map this is?

An area with an uneven distribution of temperature, or other resources can cause _____

Intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena

What is the "Red Line"?

An example of this would be: Similar language or religion - French speaking part of Canada

A region that observes uniform time and is divided along meridians

Highlights particular features or a single variable such as temperature on city size

What term best describes this picture?

_____ is the name given to a place on earth

The measure of the capacity of a location to be reached by, or to reach different locations

___ in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement

Degree of linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network

Maps in which the shapes are deliberately distorted to show a disease in an area

Branch of geography focuses upon natural landforms, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth

A real pattern of sets of places and the routes (links) connecting them

It categorizes a variable into classes & depicts each with different shading patterns or colors

The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted. This is

Shown by those features and patterns reflecting human occupation and use of natural resources

What is the "red line" called?

the art & science of making measurements of the earth using ___ on airplanes or satellites

Which term best describes this map type?

Maps in our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of

A ____ is a relationship among locations marked by concentration.

the degree of linkage between locations in a network) among places

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:

Processes that increase interactions, deepening relationships and heightening interdependence

What term best describes this picture?

What term best describes this map type?

The concern of geography with space puts _________ at the center of its agenda.

Which is a good example of a functional region?

To map the surface of the earth, geographers use different projections because

Lack of alcohol in Islamic regions illustrates the effect of ___ on cultural diffusion

Study of human cultures and their ability to adapt within a particular physical environment

A good example of a formal region would be a:

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows

Spread of ideas, cultural traits, knowledge from their place of origin to other areas

Given a topographic contour map, which pattern of contour lines would show the steepest slope?

In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates

What refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion

An example would be: Chicago is on lake Michigan

The concept of culture is closely identified with:

A good example of a functional region would be:

On a Mercator projection map, where are the landmasses most exaggerated in relative size?

Locates place surface accurately