Unit 1 (Thinking Geographically) Review

Scale is…                                     

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
•  the difference in elevation between two points in an area
•  the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural: 

• diffusion
• simultaion
• adaptation
• movement

The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

• site
• situation
• relative location
• absolute location

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram

Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football.  He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?

• Formal
• Functional
• Perceptual
• Uniform

Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study.  What type of region would a corn field be?

• Perceptual
• Formal
• Functional
• Vernacular

Imaginary line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees

• latitude

• longitude

• relief

• scale

Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.

• Environmental Determinism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Cultural Determinism
• Cultural Environmentalism

The physical environment causes social and cultural development.

• Cultural Environmentalism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism
• Cultural Possibilism

This image demonstrates

• Regions
• Stimulus Diffusion
• Globalization
• None of the above