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11 Cards in this Set
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What is geography?
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Study of Earth
Description of the Earth The Study of earth as the home of humankind |
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Six Essential Elements of Geography
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The world in spatial terms
Places and Regions Physical Systems Human Systems Environment and Society Uses of Geography |
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Formal (uniform or homogenous)
Region |
One in which all the population shares a defining trait or set of traits
-defined boundaries ex. country, states, cities |
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Funtional (nodal)
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Spatial unit characterized by a central focus on some activity. At the center, activity is most intense. Toward edges, activity diminishes.
Ex. radio locale, metropolis |
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Vernacular (perceptual)
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Region that exists in the mind of a large number of people and may play an important role in cultural identity but does not have official borders.
Ex. The South, The north, the country |
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Relative Location
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Defines a place in relationship to other places. Most basic reference tool
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Absolute Location
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Uses different ways to label places on the earth so that every place has it's own unique address.
Coordinate systems determine Absolute Location |
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Latitude
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Parellels of latitude
-denotes position with respect to the equator and the poles -Equator 0° Highest Latitude: -North Pole 90°N -South Pole 90°S low latitudes(close to equator): -Tropic of Cancer23.44°N -Tropic of Capricorn 23.44°S high latitudes(far from equator): -Arctic Circle 66.56°N -Antarctic Circle 66.56°S |
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Longitude
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Run from N to S poles. Further from each other at the equator than at the poles
-Prime Merdian 0° -International date line 180° |
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Map Projection
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depicting the curved surface of the earth onto a flat surface.
4 metric relationships on a globe: area, shape, distance, direction |
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3 Geometric developable surfaces
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Azimuthal-typically used for polar regions
Cylindrical - mostly for areas around the equator or to depict the whole world conic- common for middle latitude |
