Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

classification of a country or region that has less wealth, lower education levels, and less sophisticated technologies and also tends to have an unstable government and poor health systems

• Semi-periphery.

• Core

• periphery

• Theory

a specific location on Earth that is distinguished by it's physical and human characteristics

• cluster

• (GPS) global positioning system

• Place

• Map Scale

• Large map scale

Geographers focuses on the

a large area of land that has common physical or human characteristics

• Site

• Sustainability

• Distance Decay

• Region

• Relative Location

map that focuses on the (information) location of places

• Isoline Map

• Reference Map

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

• Mental Map

the physical gap or distance between two or more objects

• Space

• Time Space Compression

• Spatial Analysis

• Remote Sensing

• Location

classification of a country or region that has qualities of both core and peripheral areas and is often in the process of industrializing

• Theory

• semi-periphery

• periphery

• Core

What type of map is this? 

• Physical

• Cartogram

• Choropleth

• Dot Distribution

Which is NOT an example of a functional region?

• the circulation area of a newspaper.
• the area of dominance of a local television station.
• the market area of a supermarket.
• the area dominated by a particular crop.

What does the term "Distance Decay" refer to in geography?

• The increase in cultural exchange as distance increases

• The decrease in interaction between two locales as distance increases

• The measurement of distance using latitude and longitude

• The diffusion of environmental features over a large area