Thinking Geographically

Absolute and Relative Location

cartography

census

contagious diffusion

cultural ecology (sustanibity)

culture

density

diffusions

distance-decay

distribution

environmental determinism

friction of distance/distance decay

GIS

GPS

Globalization

Gravity Model (distance decay but oppisite)

innovation (better way to do things) and hearth (diffusion)

Mercator projection

possibilism

projection

Proportional Symbol

Quantitative (numbers )and qualitative (people opianians)

Regions

-Formal

-Functional Region

-Perceptual/Vernacular Region

remote sensing (pictures)

Robinson projection

scale (large and small scale)

scale of analysis world to neighborhood)

situation

space-time compression

spatial analysis (why and where) where it is and why they need it

sustainability

toponym (name of towns)

Site Physical characteristics

BE ABLE TO

* Define geography and human geography and explain the meaning of a spatial perspective.

* explain the differences between concentration and pattern for distribution

*Explain how toponyms/toponymy can show the culture of an area

*Describe the advantages and disadvantages of Mercator and Robinson Projections

* Explain how the Gravity Model and Density Decay are different and similar.

* List different types (models) of diffusion and provided examples/illustrations of each in the real world.

* Distinguish between different types of mapped information (dot distribution, choropleth, etc.)

* Explain the difference between large scale and small scale maps and why they are used

* Define and discuss cultural ecology human-environment interaction, possibilism, and environmental