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Quantitative Data
This is the concept of using math and statistics to analyze spatial data in geography
Human Geography
The study of the spatial variation in the patterns and process related to human activity.
Physical Geography
The study of where natural forces occur (landforms, climate, vegetation, etc.)
Qualitative Data
This is examining data through more humanistic means (observations, interviews, etc.)
Sustainability
This is the concept that of how humans use the Earth's resources so that there will be some available for future generations.
Friction of Distance
This is the concept of how absolute distance affects the interaction between two places.
Cartographic Scale
1/1,000, 1:10,000, or 1 inch equals 5,000 inches on Earth's surface
Geographic Scale
Scale at which geographers analyze a particular phenomenon, for example: global, national, neighborhood, etc.
Tobler's First Law of Geography
Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
What are the types of distortion on a map?
Shape, size, direction, distance
GPS
set of satellites used to help determine location anywhere on Earth's surface
GIS
A set of computer tool used to capture, store, transform, analyze, and display geographic data (creates thematic layers)
What are choropleth maps
Thematic maps that use shades of a color to illustrate certain aspects of data
On a Mercator projection map, where is there distortion?
Nearest the poles
What is cartography?
The art / science of mapmaking
Which would be a larger cartographic scale (city, country, or world map)?
City
How do geographers define the concept of "place?"
A location on the Earth's surface that has distinct / unique characteristics.
What are the four traditions according to W. D. Pattison?
Area-analysis, culture-environment, earth-science, and locational
What are the five themes of geography?
place, region, movement, location, human-environment interaction
Explain space-time compression?
As communication / technology improves, the time it takes to travel decreases making it seem as if places are closer
Explain the "why of where" concept.
Understanding why things occur where they do. This illustrates the fact that spatial patterns are important.
Explain scale of analysis.
Focuses on some type of data and its distribution across space (tracking a disease, trend, etc.)
What is a Formal / Uniform region?
Place where everyone shares at least one specific characteristic (language, economy, etc.)
What is a Functional / Nodal region?
Some characteristic dominates a specific area and diminishes the further it gets from the focal point (newspaper, radio station, etc.)
Explain Carl Sauer's Cultural Landscape theory.
Focuses on items placed on the landscape by people ("culture is the agent, the natural area the medium, the cultural landscape is the result")


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