Chapter 1 Study Guide
A ________location is the position of a place or thing in relation to that of other places or things
Relative
Site
the physical and cultural attributes of a place
Relative Location
the position of a place or thing in relation to that of other places and things
The concept of ________ describes the tangible and intangible ways in which places are connected
connectivity
The visible imprint of human activity on a place is referred to as the
cultural landscape
The physical characteristics of a place, such as its climate, are called the ____ landscape
natural
Not an example of relative direction
northwest
Physical characteristics that describe the natural landscape of a place?
-Climate -Slope steepness -mineral reasources
Which of the following are examples of the cultural landscape of a place?
-Land use -character of a neighborhood -a street pattern around a building
Which of these are examples of networks (the patterns of routes connecting sets of places)?
-Telephone -internet -highways
Examples of relative direction
-Up North -Middle East -back east -far east
Which of these are examples of networks (the patterns of routes conecting sets of places)?
-highways -the internet -telephone wires
T/F: Geographic analysis techniques such as mapping are only useful for studying physical systems
False: Techniques of geographic analysis are applied in all fields of geography
An area of essential uniformity for a single physical or cultural feature or a limited combination of physical and cultural features is called a _____region
Formal
The structure of geography as the study of both the physical and cultural aspects of place was developed by early ____ geographers
Greek
The Midwest and New England are examples of _________ regions
Perceptual
Match two major branches of geography with their main focus of study. -Physical -Human
Physical: Focus on the natural environment; land forms, climate, vegetation Human: Focus on people, culture, religion, cities
T/F: No two palces on the surface of the Earth can be exactly the same
True
A place's ____ is precisely determined by the use of an accepted system of coordinates
absolute location
While distance refers to how far one place is from another, _______ refers to the ease with which that distance can be covered
accessibility
Absolute direction
based on cardinal points of north, south, west and east
Food Chain
is a sequence of
Situation
refers to the relations between a place and other places
Absolute distance
refers to the spatial separation between two points on earth's surface
An area that displays internal uniformity and external differences from surrounding territories is referred to as a(n) _____
region
The term_________ refers to both the size of a unit studied and the relationship between an area on a map and the actual size of the mapped area on the surface of the Earth
scale
Geographers believe that recognizing _____ patterns is the essential starting point for understanding how people live on and shape the Earth's surface
spatial
Site
the absolute location concept (exact location of a place)
Absolute direction is based upon which of the following:
the cardinal points of north, south, east, and west
Which of the following is not an example of how the attributes of a place can change
the changing of the seasons
Relative Location
the position of a place or thing in relation to that of other places or things
_____ is a measure of how easy it is to cover a distance and get from one place to another
Accessibility
True statment
Although geography consists of a number of distinct fields of study, they are in fact closely related and interconnected.
What is geography?
The study of the earth, space, and how things change over a distance.
Which of the following are examples of spatial associations?
-incidences of asthma attacks in major cities compared to rural areas -the vegetation found in a particular climatic region -higher crime rates in areas with high population density
______ is the study of physical and cultural spatial patterns and how they evolve through time
Geography
Increasing interconnection of more and more peoples and parts of the world has allowed social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental processes to become international in scale and effect. This increases in the scale of spatial interactions is referred to as __________
Globalization
_______direction such as "out West" are culturally based and locationally variable
Relative
A core concept in geography is that of ______; understanding how natural and human phenomena are distributed on Earth's surface
Spatial patterns
Absolute location
is the identification of place by precise and accepted system of coordinates.
Absolute location
the identification of place by precise and accepted system of coordinates
Situation
the relations between a place and other places
