Geography and Settlement Concepts

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing fundamental geography terminology, geographic systems, settlement patterns, and Earth layers based on lecture notes.

GIS (Geographic Information System)

A computer system that analyzes geographic information.

GPS (Global Positioning System)

A satellite-based system that provides location data.

Remote sensing

Seeing or measuring something from a considerable distance, often from a satellite.

Telecommunications

Technology that involves the long-distance transmission of digital information.

Isodemographic map

A map that changes the sizes of places to represent their populations.

Rural settlement

A community in the countryside with relatively small populations and lots of open land.

Dispersed

A settlement pattern where houses are thinly spread out.

Concentrated

A settlement pattern where houses are grouped close together in an area.

Linear

A settlement pattern where houses are arranged in a line along a road, river, or coastline.

Earth's internal layers

Crust, mantle, and core.