unit 1

Flashcards covering key geographical concepts and theories related to physical geography and map interpretation.

Field Work

The collection of data through direct observation and interaction

Buffer States

A state place between two rivaling countries to maintain peace

Fecundity

Fertility

outsourcing

Company hires another company for the production of things

Conventional development

The opposite of sustainable development

NeoLiberal policies

Economic benefits

Micro lending

Providing small, amounts of money to start companies

Rostow’s Stages of economic growth

Economic Version of the DTM

Remote Sensing

Gathering info from satellite or plane ( ocean floor)

Toponym

Place name

Possibilism

people change environment

Absolute Location

The exact position of a place on the Earth's surface, usually expressed in coordinates.

Relative Location

in relation to other places.

Formal Region

Based on facts clearly defined .

Functional Region

An area organized around a node or focal point.

Vernacular Region

Fuzzy boundaries the south

World Systems Theory

Wallerstein the relationships between countries.

Thematic

Phenomenon

Isoline

Not actual boundaries color

Cartogram

Wrong size

Environmental determinism

Environment changes people

Time space compression

Tech makes space smaller

Distance decay

Less relationship further away

Scale

Area shown

Scale of analysis

Area studied

Large scale

Large amt of info

Small scale

Small info

Gis

Info abt people (crime)

GPS

Location by satellite

Semi peripheral

Kinda dependent

Peripheral

Dependent

Core

Not dependent

Globalization

Growing on a global scale

Reference Map

location

Choropleth Map

actual boundaries with color

Dot Map

bunch of same size dots to show amt

Graduated Symbol Map

different size dots

Mercator Projection

distorts size but preserves shape, commonly used for navigation.

Robinson

Circle no distortion

Peters

Distorts shape accurate size