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2024 PHYSCIAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY D199 INTRODUCTION EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 PHYSCIAL AND HUMANGEOGRAPHY D199 INTRODUCTION
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- the potential to
misinterpret the meaning of data if the geographical area to which the data
are aggregated, or assigned, is too big or too small
Place - CORRECT-ANSWERS- a location where humans use and adapt to the
environment to interact, build, and develop traditions
Human Environment Interaction - CORRECT-ANSWERS- direct connection
between one or more humans and the biological and physical world
What are maps used for? - CORRECT-ANSWERS- show an area larger than a
person can see
- present information concisely, especially the features of most interest to
the user
- demonstrate spatial relationships
- show things people cannot see directly, such as minerals below ground or
records of daily temperatures.
Reference map - CORRECT-ANSWERS- store data and show a variety of
features for a variety of uses.
- general storehouses of information
Thematic maps - CORRECT-ANSWERS- highlight specific themes
-goal is to focus the user's attention on specific features or characteristics
Literal maps - CORRECT-ANSWERS- show actual things and places
Figurative map - CORRECT-ANSWERS- show conceptual or imagined places
Analytical mapping - CORRECT-ANSWERS- used to explore the role of
location and space to answer questions
- Dr. John Snow, cholera outbreak
Gerrymandering - CORRECT-ANSWERSProcess of redrawing legislative
boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
,Physical Geography - CORRECT-ANSWERS- earth science, is the study of the
earth and all of its components: its lands, waters, atmosphere, and interior.
Spatial Data - CORRECT-ANSWERS- data that can be linked to a specific
location on Earth.
Non-spatial data - CORRECT-ANSWERS- data that cannot be specifically
traced to a specific location.
- the number of people living in a household, enrollment in a course, or
gender information.
global positioning system (GPS) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- key technology for
acquiring accurate control points on earth's surface.
Triangulation - CORRECT-ANSWERS- a way of locating an unknown point by
measuring the distance from two other known points.
Geographic Information System (GIS) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- A computer
system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
Political geography - CORRECT-ANSWERS- provides the foundation for
investigating what many people understand as geography: countries and
governmental structures
Unitary State - CORRECT-ANSWERS- the central government has the most
power.
Federal State - CORRECT-ANSWERS- has several (or many) regional
governments or self-governing states in addition to a national government.
Economic geography - CORRECT-ANSWERS- explore the spatial distribution
of economic activities
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- the value of all the
goods and services produced in a country in a given year
- GDP per capita = divide GDP by the number of people in a country
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- each country's currency
is adjusted so that it has roughly the same purchasing power as all other
countries'
Gross National Income (GNI) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- a way to measure a
country's economic activity that includes all the goods and services
produced in a country (GDP) as well as income received from overseas
, Globalization - CORRECT-ANSWERS- the interconnection of nations across the
whole planet, which includes both economic and cultural aspects
Location - CORRECT-ANSWERS- refers to the physical presence of a
geographic place or feature on the surface of the earth.
Absolute Location - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Exact location of a place on the
earth described by global coordinates
- EX: determine the absolute location of the Western Governors University
administration building in Salt Lake City, Utah
Relative location - CORRECT-ANSWERS- location of a place or feature
compared with the location of another place or feature
Geographical Information Science (GIS) - CORRECT-ANSWERS- use of
computers in mapping.
- excels at bringing together many layers of data for a location and
conducting a sophisticated analysis.
- allow investigators to store, manipulate, and analyze data on a large
variety of phenomena.
scale - CORRECT-ANSWERS- how map units relate to real-world units
Projections - CORRECT-ANSWERS- the methods and challenges around
turning a three-dimensional (and sort of lumpy) earth into a two-dimensional
map.
Map scale - CORRECT-ANSWERS- measures how much the features of the
world are reduced to fit on a map; or more precisely, map scale shows the
proportion of a given distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the
ground in the real world.
Representative Fraction - CORRECT-ANSWERS- map scale is shown as a ratio.
With the numerator always set to 1, the denominator represents how much
greater the distance is in the world.
Coordiantes - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Locations on the earth's surface are
measured in
- Cartesian coordinate system, simplest system, named after René Descartes
Geographical Coordinate System - CORRECT-ANSWERS- designed specifically
to define positions on Earth's roughly spherical surface
Longitude - CORRECT-ANSWERS- east-west scale
- ranges from +180° to -180°.
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