Ch 1 -Fundamentals Of World Regional Geography

Front 1

Geographic knowledge has the power to __

Back 1

transform our lives and contribute to the welfare of our communities and our countries

Hint 1

p1

Front 2

What is geography?

Back 2

the description of the Earth, the study of the Earth as a home of mankind

Hint 2

p1

Front 3

The six essential elements of geography by the National Geographic Society are __

Back 3

The World in Spatial Terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, Uses of Geography

Hint 3

p3

Front 4

The World in Spatial Terms:

Back 4

studies the relationship among people, places, and environments by mapping information about them

Hint 4

p3

Front 5

Places and Regions:

Back 5

the identities and lives of individuals and peoples are rooted in particular places and in human construct called regions

Hint 5

p3

Front 6

Physical Systems:

Back 6

physical processes shape the Earth's surface and interact with plant and animal life to create, sustain, and modify ecosystems.

Hint 6

p3

Front 7

Human Systems:

Back 7

people are central to geography; human activities, settlements, and structures help shape the Earth's surface, and humans compete for control of Earth's surface.

Hint 7

p3

Front 8

Environment and Society:

Back 8

the physical environment is influence by the ways in which human societies value and use the Earth's physical features and processes.

Hint 8

p3

Front 9

The five themes of geography are:

Back 9

location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region

Hint 9

p3

Front 10

The collection of physical and human geographic feature on the Earth's surface is __

Back 10

landscape

Hint 10

p4

Front 11

The system of values, beliefs, and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior __

Back 11

culture

Hint 11

p4

Front 12

The major world regions are __

Back 12

Europe,
Russia and the Near Abroad,
Middle East and North Africa, Monsoon Asia,
Oceania,
Sub-Saharan Africa,
Latin America,
North America

Hint 12

p5

Front 13

A formal region is __

Back 13

one in which all the population shares a defining trait or set of traits

Hint 13

p6

Front 14

A functional region is __

Back 14

a spatial unit characterized by a central focus on some kind activity.

Hint 14

p6

Front 15

A vernacular region is __

Back 15

a region that exists in the minds of many people.

Hint 15

p6

Front 16

A map is __

Back 16

a representation of various phenomena over all or a part of the Earth's surface, usually rendered on a flat surface such as a paper or a computer monitor.

Hint 16

p7

Front 17

Cartography is __

Back 17

the science of making maps.

Hint 17

p7

Front 18

Reference maps are __

Back 18

concerned mainly with depicting the locations of various features both natural and human-made.

Hint 18

p7

Front 19

Two basic maps are __

Back 19

reference maps and thematic maps.

Hint 19

p7

Front 20

Thematic maps show __

Back 20

the spatial distribution of one or more attributes across a given area.

Hint 20

p8

Front 21

Thematic maps can be divided into two categories:

Back 21

quantitative and qualitative.

Hint 21

p8

Front 22

Quantitative thematic maps show __

Back 22

the spatial distribution of numerical information.

Hint 22

p8

Front 23

Qualitative thematic maps display __

Back 23

non-numeric data, such as the distribution of climates or languages).

Hint 23

p8

Front 24

The main elements in reading a map are:

Back 24

scale, coordinate systems, projections, and symbolization.

Hint 24

p8

Front 25

A map's scale shows __

Back 25

the actual distance on Earth given by a linear unit on the map. Large scale show a small area, and the small scale shows a large area.

Hint 25

p8

Front 26

Coordinate systems are used to __

Back 26

determine absolute location

Hint 26

p8

Front 27

Latitude and longitude are measured in __

Back 27

degrees, minutes, and seconds

Hint 27

p9

Front 28

Projections are __

Back 28

mathematical attempts to minimize this distortion

Hint 28

p11-12 (figure 1.8)

Front 29

Symbolization allows __

Back 29

us to get information, to see patterns of distribution, and to compare these patterns with one another.

Hint 29

p12-13

Front 30

Geographic information systems (GIS) create and use __

Back 30

layers of spatial data.

Hint 30

p14 (figure 1.9)

Front 31

Remote sensing or Earth observation is the __

Back 31

science of acquiring information about the Earth's surface without being in direct contact with it.

Hint 31

p15 (satellite)