The study and practice of making maps.
cartography
The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population.
contagious diffusion
The geographic study of the multiple interactions of human- environmental relationships
cultural ecology
The body of customary beleifs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a groups distinct tradition
culture
The frequency which something exists within a given unit of area
density
The sustainable management of a natural resource
Concentration
Spread of a feature or trend from one place to another overtime
Diffusion
Diminishing in important and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
distance-decay
The arrangement of a feature in space/earths surface
distribution
the belief that the physical environment causes particular social and cultural features, such as distinctive clothing or food preferences
environmental determinism
The invisible line separating the world into northern and southern hemispheres
Equator
The spread of a feature or trend from one area to another in an additive process
Expansion diffusion
Area where everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
formal (Uniform) region
Area organized around a node or focal point
functional region (nodal region)
Computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data
GIS (Geographic Info System)
System that determines the location of something on earth with satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
GPS ( Global Positioning System)
Actions or processes that involves the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
Globalization
The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or authority to other people or places
hierarchical diffusion
The region from which innovative ideas originate
hearth
Arc that follows 180° longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross towards US you go back one day, when you go towards Asia, you go ahead one day
International Date Line
(parallel)number system that shows location on globe
Latitude
Horizontal; number system used to show location on globe
Longitude
Mix or fusion of disparate elements
Mashup
It is distorted very little, direction is consistent, in the map is rectangular, flat, and has a great look. Disadvantage is the land area is distorted. Towards the polls-look much larger than they really are
Mercator Projection
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
Pattern
Created by Dutch by draining water from an area
Polder
Theory that physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives
Possibilism
The median, designed as 0° longitude, that passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England
Prime Meridian
A system used to transfer locations from earths surface to a flat map
projection
The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another
relocation diffusion
The acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods
remote sensing
Robinson projection
Useful for displaying information across the ocean. It's disadvantage is that by allocating space to the oceans, the land areas are much smaller. World is presented with rounder look on edges
Probably the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole
scale
Physical character of a place
site
Location of a place relative to another place
situation
The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communication and transportation systems
space time compression
Type of analysis which seeks to explain patterns of human behavior and its spatial expression in terms of math and geometry
spatial analysis
The spread of an underlying principle even though specific characteristics are rejected
stimulus diffusion
Range of longitude where a common standard time is used
time zones
Name given to a portion of earths surface
toponym
One of them measures the distance north or south from the baseline; usually 6 miles in size. The other one measures east or west from principal meridian
Township and Range
The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy
uneven development
An area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity
vernacular (perceptual) region
North America
North America
Central America
What is picture showing?
South America
What is picture showing?
Pacific Ocean
What is highlighted in blue?
Atlantic Ocean
What is highlighted in blue?
Antarctica
What is outlined in green?
Southern Ocean
What is highlighted in blue?
Arctic Ocean
What is highlighted in blue?
Russian Federation
What is outlined in green?
Europe
What is outlined in green?
Asia
What is outlined in green?
Africa
What is outlined in green?
Sub-Saharan Africa
What is outlined in green?
Indian ocean
What is highlighted blue?
Oceanicia
What is outlined in green?
Canada
What is outlined in green?
United States
What is outlined in green?
Latin America
What is shown in the picture?
Caribbean
What is shown in the picture?
Brazil
What is outlined in green?
Siberia
What is outlined in green?
Eastern Europe
What is outlined in green?
East Asia
What is outlined in green?
Central Asia
What is outlined in green?
South Asia
What is outlined in green?
Middle East
What is outlined in green?
North Africa
What is outlined in green?
West Africa
What is outlined in green?
Central Africa
What is outlined in green?
Easy Africa
What is outlined in green?
Southern Africa
What is outlined in green?
Southeast Asia
What is outlined in green?
Micronesia
What is outlined in green?
Melanesia
What is outlined in green?
Polynesia
What is outlined in green?
Australia
What is outlined in green?
can be measured on a straight line: distance between point A and point B.
Absolute distance:
Defines a point or place on the map using coordinates such as latitude and longitude. Example: USA's capital building is 38° north of the equator and 77° west of the prime meridian
Absolute location
Uses simplified geometry's, shapes to represent real world places. Example: in order to show which countries of the world are the most populous, all countries of the world would be shrunk or enlarged according to their population size. India would be huge and bloated in size compared to shrunk in Canada. Mexico would be in long gated, stretched compared with little Spain
Cartogram
Express the geographic variability of a particular theme using color variations. There is a key/legend explaining what each color represents
Chloropeth Map
Use dots to express the volume and density of a particular geographic feature. The dots can represent the number of people in an area, or can express the number of events or phenomena that occurred in an area
Dot Distribution Map
When the length of distances become a factor that hinders the interaction between two points, this is known friction of distance
Friction of distance
Use lines of varying thickness to show the direction in volume of a particular geographic movement patterns
Flow-line maps
Study of where and why human activities are located where they are
Human geography
Calculate data values between points across a variable surface. Between point a and point B, a series of contour lines can be drawn to show the change in data between the two points
Isoline map
In order to maintain a relative accuracy of the areas on a map, some polygons/shapes are squished together
Lambert projection
(Key) explains the symbols or dots or classifications or colors on a map
Legend
Refers to the location of a place compared to a known place or geographic feature.
Relative location
the succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history
Sequent occupancy
a number of different map types can be grouped under this heading. Each one expresses a particular subject and does not show land forms for other features: chloropleth maps, isoline maps, dot distribution maps, flow-line maps, cartograms
thematic map
all places are interrelated, but closer places are more related than farther ones
Tobler's Law
Show of the lines of elevation, as well as the urban and vegetation surface with the road, building, river, and other natural landscape features. These maps are highly accurate in terms of location and topography. They are used for engineering surveys and land navigation, especially wilderness areas
topographic map
humanistic geography
a branch of human geography that explores people's perceptions of the landscape
Economy Geography
a branch of human geography that explores economic differences
behavioral geography
a branch of human geography which examines the psychological factors behind human actions
Cultural Geography
a branch of human geography which investigates spatial distributions and differences in culture.
Aristotle
said: earth's shadow is circular, matter falls to the center, earth is spherical, and stars move with travel
Eratosthenes
first coined "geography", found earth's circumference, and prepared earliest map of world with 5 principle regions
Pei Xiu
father of Chinese cartography"; produced an elaborate map of China
Al-Idrisi
he made world map and geography text in 1154 CE
Claudius Ptolemy
made book called Geography and designed longitude and latitude lines
Abraham Ortelius
designed the first modern atlas: Theatre of the World
George Perkins Marsh
first described how natural systems are impacted by human actions. Considered 1st modern environmentalist
Carl Sauer
argued that cultural landscapes are the interactions between people and their environment and people should focus on geographic study
Goode Interrupted
interupts east and west
Gal Peters
correct size relationship, but shapes are very distorted (stretched)
winkle triple
best projection, more sphere shaped
perceptive/conic/conical
projection made with a cone
planar/orthographic/azmuthal
projection made with a flat circle
lambert projection
A type of map projection that skews certain areas, particularly Canadian Islands