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Name: _______________________________________ Period# _____Chapter 1 ReadingThe Spatial PerspectivePages 2 – 11 All material in this chapter is fair game for quiz questions, which includes vocabulary. This means that you need to READ the whole chapter and not just answer the questions.The Spatial PerspectiveGeography is the WHY of WHERE.What distinguishes geography from all other fields?What is spatial approach?What are the SIX important considerations of spatial approach?123456Geography as a Field of StudyWhat is geography called?Word breakdown… GEOGRAPHYSubfields of GeographyWhat is physical geography?What is human geography?What is the concern of human geographers?What are the FIVE subfields of human geography?12345What is the most important tool of a geographer?What is cartography?What are FOUR geospatial technologies?1234Early History of GeographyWhat THREE river valley civilizations created early maps?123Who were the first TWO classical civilizations to formalize geography?12Who calculated the circumference of Earth first?Who was the first to study human – environment interaction?What TWO scholars advanced geography in the Muslim world?12Modern History of GeographyWhat Dutch geographer created the most used map?Who inspired the idea that the world was a connected whole?Who included human activity in geography?Concepts Underlying the Geographic PerspectiveHistorians look through the lens of _________________ to understand the ________________. Geographers look through the lens of ___________________ to understand ________________. LocationWhat is absolute location?What are the TWO global grid lines used to pinpoint absolute location?12What is latitude?What is equator?What degrees are the poles? Equator?PolesEquatorWhat is longitude?What is the Prime Meridian?What degree is the Prime Meridian?What is the International Date Line?What is relative location?What is connectivity?What is accessibility?Can relative location change?Can absolute location change?PlaceWhat is place?What is region?What is site?What are FOUR examples of site?1234What is situation?What is sense of place?What is placelessness?What are toponyms?The Importance of DistanceWhat is distance?What is proximity?Distance and TimeWhat is time – space compression?What example of technology shrinks travel time?What does time – space compression reduce?Name THREE different inventions, besides air travel, that allow people to be more interconnected?123Distance and ConnectionWhat is spatial interaction?In terms of human geography, what is an example of physical connection?What is friction of distance?What is distance decay?What THREE things reduce friction of distance?123What is less influential than it once was?Density and DistributionIn terms of human geography, what is density?How is population density calculated?What is distribution?What are linear phenomena?What are circular phenomena?What are geometric phenomena?What are random phenomena?What is spatial association?Human – Environment InteractionWhat is human – environment interaction?What is cultural ecology?What is environmental determinism?What is possibilism?Landscape AnalysisWhat is landscape analysis?Observation and InterpretationWhat TWO things do geographers do?What is field observation?What is spatial data?What is aerial photography?What happens to data once it is gathered?The Built EnvironmentWhat FOUR things is part of the natural environment?1234What is built environment?What are FOUR examples of built environment?1234What is cultural landscape?What are FOUR levels of analysis?1234 ................
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