Section 1 D199
Geographic/Spatial Inquiry - correct answer ✔connections among things
such as patterns, movement, migration, and trends
4 Step Geographic Inquiry Process - correct answer ✔1. Ask a geographic
question
2. Acquire Geographic resources
3. Explore geographic data
4. Analyze geographic information
2 Types of Data - correct answer ✔Spatial & Non-Spatial
Spatial Data (Geospatial Data) - correct answer ✔Data that CAN be linked to
a specific place on earth
Non-Spatial Data - correct answer ✔Data that CANNOT be linked to a
specific place on earth
Remote Sensing - correct answer ✔the ability to study objects without being
in direct physical contact with them
Global Positioning System (GPS) - correct answer ✔Type of geospatial
technology, that acquires accurate control points on earth's surface
Triangulation - correct answer ✔A mathematical process used to determine
the location of a GPS receiver on the earth's surface
, 4 Major Earth Systems - correct answer ✔atmosphere, hydrosphere,
Lithosphere, biosphere
Insolation - correct answer ✔The 4 systems are driven by this; Incoming
solar radiation
5 Themes of Geography - correct answer ✔"MR. G HELP"
Movement
Region
Geographic Scale
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Movement - correct answer ✔(Migration)
Amenity
Labor
Involuntary
Environmental
Region - correct answer ✔Formal
Functional
Perceptual
Human Environment Interaction - correct answer ✔direct connection
between one or more humans and the biological/physical world
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