Mile a Minute Unit 1: Basic Concepts

Round 1: Barrier to diffusion  Permeable  Absorbing

Round 1: Location  Absolute  Relative

Round 2:Notable Geographers  Al-Iridisi  Aristotle  Eratosthenes

Round 2: Notable Geographers  Ptolemy  Sauer, Carl  Thales

Round 3:: Major Geographical Concepts  Geography  Built environment  “Why of Where”  Location  Interaction  Globalization

Round 3: Major Geographical Concepts  Sense of place  Scale  Site  Situation  Pattern  Regionalization

Round 4: Regions  Vernacular  Formal  Functional  Node/Nodal region  Perceptual region  Regionalization  Time zones  Transition zone

Round 4: Thematic Maps  Cartography  Cartogram  Choropleth  Flow map  Isocline  Mental map  Preference map  Topographic map  Topography  Statistical map  Dot map  Proportional symbol

Round 5: Factors that Affect Climate  Elevation  Latitude  Proximity to large body of water  Temperature of ocean current  Rainshadow effect  Pressure cells

Round 5: Diffusion  Contagious diffusion  Hearth  Hierarchical diffusion  Independent invention  Relocation diffusion  Stimulus diffusion

Round 6: Friction of Distance  Time-distance decay  Accessibility  Connectivity  Technology

Round 6: Geospatial Technology  Geographic Information System (GIS)  Global Positioning System (GPS)  Remote sensing  Online maps

Round 7: Density  Arithmetic  Physiological  Arable land  Agricultural

Round 7: Sources of Geographical Information  The field  Census data  Online data  Aerial photography  Satellite imagery

Round 8: Projections +Distortions  Map Interruption  Mercator  Robinson  Shape  Distance  Size  Direction

Round 8: Physical Geography  Cardinal Directions  Coordinate system  Equator  Hemisphere  Latitude  Longitude  Meridians  Parallels  Prime Meridian  Quadrant

Round 9: Mish- Mash  Possibilism  Environmental Determinism  mental map

Round 9: Mish- Mash  Large scale map  Small scale map  Tobler’s law of geography