1. Unit 1 Ch 1 Geographic Thinking

2. Mapping
Geographic Basics
Vocabulary
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3. The first action you take before using a project pricer.
GPS
I consist of 24 objects that
transmit complex radio codes
back to earth. You can contact 4
Of my 24 objects at any time.
What am I?
The first action you take before using a project pricer.
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4. Give an example of cultural landscape
adobe ruins, the Coliseum, Eifel Tower, etc.
Give an example of cultural
landscape
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5. Which geographic theme would involve the study of the impact
Human-environment
Which geographic theme would
involve the study of the impact
of the drainage of part
of the Florida Everglades
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6. Regionalization is to geography as:
4 periodization is to history (it’s a type of classification)
Regionalization is to geography as:
1 Composition is to music
2 Description is to literature
3 Exploration is to geology
4 Periodization is to history
5 Characterization is to drama
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7. A straight line on a Mercator projection represents a line of
True
A straight line on a Mercator
projection represents a line of
Constant compass bearing.
True or False
Template.
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8. Define cultural diffusion
spread of an idea or innovation from its source
Define cultural diffusion
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9. The set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening
Globalization
The set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening
Relationships, and heightening
Interdependence regardless of
National boundaries are called
_____________ processes.
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10. Cultural ecology is the study
human societies and the physical environment
Cultural ecology is the study
Of what?
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11. Which map scale would be most
1:10,000
Which map scale would be most
Useful for studying details of
a landscape?
1:3,000,000
1:1,000,000
1:750,000
1:125,000
1:10,000
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12. Situation helps identify a place by…
showing the location relative to other places
Situation helps identify
a place by…
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13. on the Hudson River, approx. 100mi NE of Philadelphia and
Location
New York City’s ________ is
on the Hudson River, approx.
100mi NE of Philadelphia and
100mi SW of Boston.
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14. a location of region from which a phenomenon originates
What is a hearth?
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15. some degree of distortion?
Can’t map a sphere flat
Why does every map have
some degree of distortion?
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16. something over an area is called
Concentration
The extent or spread of
something over an area is called
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17. Representative fraction scale (RF)
1:24,000
Give me an example of a
Representative fraction scale (RF)
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18. A cartographer is mapping Dangerous crosswalks and uses
Symbolization and simplification
A cartographer is mapping
Dangerous crosswalks and uses
This image to indicate corners
With over 10 pedestrian
accidents per year. The use of this
Is an example of what 2 cartographic
Communications?
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19. A ship’s position is 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees
The equator
A ship’s position is 0 degrees
latitude and 27 degrees
west longitude. Where is it?
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20. Human Geographers focus
how people make places, how we organize space within society, how we interact with each other in places across space
Human Geographers focus
on what?
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21. Latitude and longitude may be used to determine what
absolute location
Latitude and longitude may be
used to determine what
Characteristic of a place?
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22. Which map has the smallest scale?
global
Which map has the
smallest scale?
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