world geography chapter 1: intro to geography

geography

the study of the earth

culture

the way people live

worldview

the philosophy that guides how a person views the world

naturalism

the false philosophy that teaches that only the physical world exsist

evolution

the theory that states that the earth and mankind developed by accident and evolved toward a better state over billions of years

creation

the start of the earth and heavens in the span of six days

the fall

when Adam and Eve rebelled against God

the flood

when God covered the earth with water killing all of the animals and mankind that were not on the ark

pangea

the idea that all of the continents were connected at one point in history

babel

the event that shaped human culture

ethnic group

a community of people who share common culture traits such as history, religion, customs, traditions, and often language

stewardship

the practice of managing something for someone else as a caretaker

the creation mandate

when God instructed Adam and Eve to subdue the earth and fill it with people

conservation

the perspective that advocates for safeguarding land and natural resources from waste while maintaining the land’s health and beauty

preservation

the prospective that advocates for significantly reducing human influence on nature, tending to view mankind only as disruptive or harmful presence

ecosystem

when an area with it’s unique environmental conditions, containing the organisms that live there and the relationship they share with each other and their environment

physical landscape

the combination of the natural, observable features of a place

cultural landscape

the combination of the observable cultural features of a place

relative location

a general idea of where something is located in relation to other locations or objects

absolute location

the exact area where something is located

physical systems

the physical characteristics of a place

human systems

focuses on a places cultural characteristics

environment and society

how the environment and people associate with each other

geographic tool

anything used to organize, analyze, or categorize content related to the earth and it’s inhabitants

globe

spherical representation of the earth. the most accurate tool for representing landmasses and for illustrating the distance between countries

map

flat representation of the earth

geospatial technologies

the digital tools geographers use to depict the earth

GPS

Global Positioning System

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPS

a satellite based system that can determine the precise location of receivers on the ground

GIS

a computer database the stores geographic information collected from sources

remote sensing

use of technology to gather information about a place without being in direct contact with that place

line graph

graph used to show data changes over time

bar graph

graph used to illustrate data that has been classified into categories

circle graph

graph that uses sectors of a circle to relate parts of a data set to the entire data set

pictograph

graph that uses symbols or pictures to make comparisons