World Geography Unit 1 Vocab

a system where choices about production and distribution of goods and services are made by a central authority

Which term means physical objects that humans create? (aka "stuff")

Which direction do lines of longitude(meridians) go in?

Which direction do lines of latitude (parallels) go in?

What type of map emphazies a single idea or a particular kind of information about an area?

What term describes ideas, traditions, or beliefs that people in a certain area have?

Which term describes the spread of people, goods, and ideas to other cultures?

What term describes the exact position of a place on the earths surface?

Which term describes any technique used to gather data without actually touching the object(s) under observation?

Which term means a person who draws or creates maps?

What means culturally modifying of a person, or group of people by adapting to or borrowing traits from other cultures?

Which line of longitude is at 0 degrees?

What is LANDSAT comprised of?

Which term describes the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group?

Which term describes the height of a land surface above sea level?

What does GPS stand for?

Which term describes location in relation to other places?

Which term describes a central place and the surrounding territory linked to it?

Which term describes a way of looking at the human and physical patterns on earth and their relationship to one another?

Which economic level provides a business or service?

What term describes where important ideas, innovation, and technology begin and spread to other cultures

Which term describes the belief in a higher power, god, or gods?

Which term describes a resource that can be replenished?

Which term describes a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data?

Which term describes a mathmatical formula that represents the curved surface of the earth on the flat surface of a map?

Which term describes a region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of a product?

What is an economic system based on free enterprise, where businesses and resources are privately owned?

What does GIS stand for?

These types of maps are often used by explorers and sailors.

What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?