APHG: Chapter 01 - This is Geograpgy

Defined by Carl Sauer, it is the area of Earth modified by human habitation.  

First to demonstrate that Earth is spherical.

____ is the acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite, drone, or an airplane.

What map projection is this?

Place names in North America and Australia most commonly have _____ origins.

The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place.

______ is the name given to a place on Earth.

The spread of something rapidly through all levels of society, such a popular fads.

_______ is a circle drawn around the globe that runs east to west.

Innovations spread from the place they originated.

A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.  

____ is a system that determines one’s exact location on Earth .

The method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a map.

Modern means of communication like computers and the internet, has changed the world

A specific point of Earth distinguished by a particular character. 

Beliefs, material traits, and social forms that form distinct traditions of a group of people.

One’s perceived image of the surrounding landscape’s organization.

Place names in Brazil most commonly have _____ origins.

The spread of something through only certain or elite classes of society.

a climate with frequent variability in weather will lead to more determined, driven work ethics

a two-dimensional model of Earth’s surface, or a portion of it.

What map projection is this?

_______ refers to the physical character of a place.

An area within which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics. 

An area organized around a node or focal point.

The physical gap between two objects.

the longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.

The process by which a characteristic spreads across space.

What map projection is this?

The arrangement of a feature in a space.

The frequency with which something occurs.

The total number of people in an area.

The farther away one group is from another, the less likely the two groups are to interact.

The total number of farmers per unit of arable land.

The extent of a feature’s spread over space.

 The belief that the physical environment causes social development.

Jamaicans are relaxed, laid back and 'lazy' because they live on a tropical island

The first person to use the word geography.

The total number of people per unit of arable land.

Science or art of making maps

An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.

_____ refers to the position that something occupies on Earth’s surface.

A computer program that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data.

The relationship between a map’s distances and the actual distances on Earth.

Environment can limit certain actions of people, it cannot wholly predestine their development.

The geometric arrangement of objects in space.

The spread of an idea through the physical movements of people.

The geographic study of human-environment relations.

The location of a place relative to other places.

Invention of fertilizers and pesticides contributed to the high output of crops in agriculture

Piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.  

Is an arc drawn between the North and South poles.

Human Geography is the study of ___ and ___ of human activities are located where they are.

The time in that zero encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degree longitude.

What map projection is this?