geology exam 1
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What is geography?
The study of where things are found on Earth's surface and the reasons for their locations.
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What is cartography?
The science and art of mapmaking.
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What is a choropleth map?
A thematic map that uses shaded or patterned areas to represent statistical data.
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What is Mercator projection distortion?
It severely distorts size and shape near the poles, making high-latitude landmasses appear much larger.
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What is a place?
A specific point on Earth distinguished by particular physical and human characteristics.
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What is location?
The position that something occupies on Earth's surface.
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What is site?
The physical character of a place, including climate, topography, soil, vegetation, elevation, and water sources.
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What is situation?
The location of a place relative to other places and physical features.
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What is a toponym?
The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.
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What is a cultural landscape?
A combination of cultural, economic, and physical features that gives a region its character.
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What is a formal region?
An area where everyone shares one or more distinctive, measurable characteristics.
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What is a functional region?
An area organized around a node or focal point connected by transportation or communication networks.
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What is a vernacular region?
An area people believe exists as part of their cultural identity based on informal perception.
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What is space-time compression?
The reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place due to improved technology, travel, and communication.
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What is environmental determinism?
The belief that the physical environment directly causes and controls human social development and cultural actions.
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What is environmental possibilism?
The theory that the environment sets limits on human actions, but people can adapt and choose alternatives.
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What is NIR?
The percentage by which a population grows in a year, calculated as CBR minus CDR.
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What is CBR?
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
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What is CDR?
The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
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