Chapter 1 Vocab Quiz

Relative Location

• The way a place looks due to cultural influences

• the regional position or situation of a place using the position of other places

• Uses global information systems to determine location.

• Exact location of a place, using coordinates

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

• GPS

• Physical Mapping

• GIS

• Remote sensing

the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it.

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Remote Sensing

• GIS

the level of geography that describes the space where an individual lives or works; a city, town, or rural area

• Relative Scale

• Regional scale

• local scale

• national scale

the idea that some environments offer specific constraints/ opportunities

• Cultural Landscape

• remote sensing

• environmental Possiblism

• Environmental prejudice

The scale of this map is ________________, while the scale of analysis is __________________.

• local, global

• national, global

• global, national

• global, local

Compared to each other, Map A is _________scale, while map B is_________.

• large, small

• small, large

• both are small scale

• both are large scale

The scale of this map is _________, while the scale of analysis is_________.

• national, world

• local, regional

• national, local

• regional, national

The scale of this map is_________, while the scale of analysis is ______.

• national, local

• local, national

• world, region

• regional, national

What kind of region is the map indicating?

• Functional

• Perceptual

• Formal

• Continental