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21 Cards in this Set
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What two Greek words were the basis of the word geography?
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Geo means earth and graphy means to write.
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Who is the founder of geography?
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Erastothenes is the father of geography.
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What is spaciality?
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Spaciality is where things are and why.
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Who is the father of cartography?
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Ptolemy is the father of cartography?
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What is a township?
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A township is a square six miles on each side
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What are principal meridains?
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Principal meridians are some of the north-south lines seperating townships.
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How many sections are townships divided into?
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Townships are divided into 36 sections.
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What is a toponym?
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A toponym is a name given to a place on earth.
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What is a place to geographers?
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A place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.
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What is a map?
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A map is a two-dimensional or flat scale model of Earth's surface.
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What is scale?
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Scale is the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
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What are connections?
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Connections are relationships among people and objectsacross the barrier of space.
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What is space to geographers?
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Space refers to the physial gap or interval between two subjects.
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What is cartography?
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Geographers working to perfect map marking.
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What is projection?
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The scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map.
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How did the US Land Ordinance of 1785 divide the US?
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It divided much of the country into a system of townships and ranges to facilitate the sale of land to settlers in the West.
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What does GIS stand for?
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Geographic information system
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What is GIS?
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A computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze and display geographic data.
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What is remote sensing?
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The aquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long distance methods.
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What does GPS stand for?
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Global positioning system
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What is GPS?
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A system that determines accurately the precise position of something on Earth.
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