Human Geography Unit 1 Galluzzo/Quarters

show and label natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts

maps that people create in their minds based on experience and knowledge

He improved Eratosthenes' Map

the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations

Characteristic of absolute location

dependent on core countries for capital and have underdeveloped industries

Characteristic of relative location

Focal point, defined by activity that occurs across region, united by networks

sizes of countries, states, counties, etc. are shown according to specific statistics

uses colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show location of spatial data

increasingly uniform cultural preferences produce uniform “global” landscapes of cultural values.

He wrote the first known written map of Earth

shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals

Definition of situation

Distortion of Mercator Projection

Art and science of mapmaking

defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to

show and label property

points of equal elevation are connected

map projections contain which of the following distortion:

show and label highways and streets

World-Systems broken down in relation to technology access

Region defined by political borders

dominant capitalist countries which exploit the peripheral countries for labor, raw materials

Which of the following is a type of scale?

Spatial Thinking of Geography

Definition of site

Study of place names; affected by characteristics of location

Definition of sense of place

each dot represents a specific quantity

use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space

Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?