Unit 1: Physical Geography Quiz #1 – Flashcards
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Human Geography
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One of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes
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Globalization
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The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become Global in scale and impact. The processes of globalization transcend state boundaries and have outcomes that vary across places and scales.
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Physical Geography
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One of the two major divisions of systematic geography the spatial analysis of the structure, processes, and location of the Earth's natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals, and topography.
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Spatial Distribution
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Physical location of geographic phenomena across space.
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Medical Geography
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The study of health and disease within a Geographic context and from the geographical perspective. Among other things, medical geography looks at sources, diffusion routes, and distributions of diseases.
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Pandemic
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An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide.
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Epidemic
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Regional outbreak of a disease.
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Spatial Perspective
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Observing variations in Geographic phenomena across space.
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Five Themes
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Developed by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project (GENIP)
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Location
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The First theme of geography as defined by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project; the geographical situation of people and things
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Human-Environment
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The second theme of geography as defined by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project ; reciprocal relationship between humans and environment.
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Region
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The third theme of geography as defined by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project; an area on the Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon
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Place
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The fourth theme of geography as defined by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project; uniqueness of a location
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Sense of Place
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State of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and Emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character.
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Perception of Place
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Belief or "understanding" about a place developed through books, movies, stories are pictures.
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Movement
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The 5th theme of geography as defined by the Geography Education National Implementation Project; the mobility of people, goods and ideas across the surface of the planet.
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Accessibility
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The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations. Accessibility varies from place to place and can be measured.
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Connectivity
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The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport Network
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Landscape
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The overall appearance of an area. Most Landscapes are comprised of a combination of natural and human-induced influences.
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Cartography
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The Art and Science of making maps, including data compilation, layout and design. Also concerned with the interpretation of mapped patterns
