Geography and Society Unit Review – Flashcards
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Ecological Perspective
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The perspective in geography that examines locations on the planet based on their human impacts to the other objects around them
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Spatial Perspective
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The perspective in geography that examines locations on the planet based on their relative location to objects
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Define: "Space is to geography, what time is to history."
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Space is the lens which geographers use to look at the world, just as time is the lens which historians use to examine their work
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Cartography
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The science of creating maps
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Map Scale
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Ratio that allows large areas to be depicted as smaller units in a uniform way
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Four Cardinal Directions
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North, South, East, and West
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Create a Patrol Map
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Record the time it takes to travel between objects
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Latitude
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A measure of how far a given object is north or south of the Equator
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Longitude
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A measure of how far a given object is east or west of a given location
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How did people find their way before maps were widely available?
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They used the Moon and the stars at night as guides. In the daytime, they used rivers, mountain ranges, and cities as ways to find their way from one place to another.
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Absolute Location
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Describes the precise geographic location of a given location or object
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Geographic Minute
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Around 1 mile in length
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Geographic Second
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Around 100 feet in length
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Formal Region
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Defined by common human property, such as the presence of people who share a particular language, religion, nationality, political identity or culture, or by a common physical property, such as the presence of a particular type of climate, landform, or vegetation.
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Functional Region
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Defined by a node or focal point with the surrounding areas linked to that node by transportation systems, communication systems, or other economic association involving such activities as manufacturing and retail trading
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Perceptual Region
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Defined by human feelings and attitudes areas about areas and is therefore defined by people's shared subjective images of those areas.
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Main Strength and Weakness of Mercator Projection Map?
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Strength: It allows for easy navigation across large distances Weakness: It distorts the actual size and position of continents
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Main Strength and Weakness of Lambert Projection Map?
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Strength: It accurately depicts the size, shape, and position of continents Weakness: It cannot depict large areas
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Parts that all maps contain
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A compass rose, scale, and a key showing what symbols on the map mean
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Example of professions that use geographic skills and how they are used
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1. A land surveyor uses geographic skills to accurately map all of the topographic features of a given area, so that information can be passed on to architects and builders. 2. An airline pilot uses map reading skills to read maps that depict flight routes, key physical features of an area, to navigate around the world. 3. An environmental engineer uses the potential human impact on a given area to determine what steps must be taken to ensure that a given area can support a given industry or development.
