Geography Benchmark Terms - Vocabulary Questions

What is the definition of 'Geographic Patterns'?

• the design or arrangement of spatial data.

• the spread of people, ideas, technology, diseases, and products among places.

• the learned behavior of people, which includes their belief systems and languages.

• difficulty or intricacy.

What does 'Emerge' mean in geography?

• the natural structural features of the Earth's surface.

• geographic information that becomes apparent or evident or as a result of interactions.

• the mutually satisfactory exchange of raw materials.

• a community; human habitations, including rural or urban centers.

What is 'Hierarchy' in the context of geography?

• patterns at a detailed scale may be related to patterns at a more general scale.

• the course or method of operation that produces, maintains, or alters Earth's physical systems.

• lines that have been established by people to mark the limit of one political unit.

• production, distribution, and consumption of goods and resources.

What does 'Accessibility' refer to?

• the design or arrangement of spatial data.

• the relative ease with which a place can be reached from other places.

• systems formed by the interaction of all living organisms.

• difficulty or intricacy.

What is 'Diffusion' in geography?

• the spread of people, ideas, technology, diseases, and products among places.

• the learned behavior of people, which includes their belief systems and languages.

• the natural structural features of the Earth's surface.

• refers to the size of the area studied, from local to global.

What does 'Complementarity' mean?

• the mutually satisfactory exchange of raw materials, manufactured products, or information between two regions to fill the needs and wants of each.

• the design or arrangement of spatial data.

• the course or method of operation that produces, maintains, or alters Earth's physical systems.

• a community; human habitations, including rural or urban centers.

What is the 'Physical Environment'?

• the natural structural features of the Earth's surface, such as hills, plateau, mountain, river, lakes.

• the spread of people, ideas, technology, diseases, and products among places.

• the learned behavior of people, which includes their belief systems and languages.

• difficulty or intricacy.

What are 'Interconnected Systems'?

• ecosystems and the inter-relationships of all the elements within those systems.

• the design or arrangement of spatial data.

• the mutually satisfactory exchange of raw materials.

• lines that have been established by people to mark the limit of one political unit.

What are 'Ecosystems'?

• systems formed by the interaction of all living organisms (plants, animals, humans) with each other and with the physical and chemical factors of the environment in which they live.

• the learned behavior of people, which includes their belief systems and languages.

• the natural structural features of the Earth's surface.

• refers to the size of the area studied, from local to global.

What does 'Scale' refer to in geography?

• refers to the size of the area studied, from local to global.

• the spread of people, ideas, technology, diseases, and products among places.

• the mutually satisfactory exchange of raw materials.

• difficulty or intricacy.