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Unit 1 Review

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Quantitative Data

This is the concept of using math and statistics to analyze spatial data in geography

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Human Geography

The study of the spatial variation in the patterns and process related to human activity.

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Physical Geography

The study of where natural forces occur (landforms, climate, vegetation, etc.)

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Qualitative Data

This is examining data through more humanistic means (observations, interviews, etc.)

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Sustainability

This is the concept that of how humans use the Earth's resources so that there will be some available for future generations.

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Friction of Distance

This is the concept of how absolute distance affects the interaction between two places.

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Cartographic Scale

1/1,000, 1:10,000, or 1 inch equals 5,000 inches on Earth's surface

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Geographic Scale

Scale at which geographers analyze a particular phenomenon, for example: global, national, neighborhood, etc.

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Tobler's First Law of Geography

Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things

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What are the types of distortion on a map?

Shape, size, direction, distance

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GPS

set of satellites used to help determine location anywhere on Earth's surface

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GIS

A set of computer tool used to capture, store, transform, analyze, and display geographic data (creates thematic layers)

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What are choropleth maps

Thematic maps that use shades of a color to illustrate certain aspects of data

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On a Mercator projection map, where is there distortion?

Nearest the poles

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What is cartography?

The art / science of mapmaking

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Which would be a larger cartographic scale (city, country, or world map)?

City

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