GEA1000 Exam 1

The word geography means... - Answer- geo: earth, graphia: to write; description Five Themes of Geography - Answer- Location, Place, Human/Environment Interactions, Movement, Realms and Regions Location - Answer- Where are we? Where is it? Two types: absolute, relative Absolute location - Answer- A unique or exact position on the Earth's surface; coordinate systems, room numbers, street addresses Relative location - Answer- A position described solely with reference to another location; directions from a certain place, "soft" locations (near, next to, beyond, etc.) Place - Answer- What is it like there? What kind of place is it? All places have characteristics that give them meaning and character and distinguish them from other places on Earth; can be described in terms of human and physical characteristics Place-Human Characteristics - Answer- People, culture, language, religion, buildings and landmarks, economy, politics, cities Place-Physical Characteristics - Answer- Land forms and features, soils, climate, bodies of water, etc. Space - Answer- Structure in which physical and intangible processes flow through, often an abstract concept representing areas of movement between places Scale - Answer- Representations of real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization Human/ Environment Interaction - Answer- How do humans and the environment affect each other? People are MAD (Modify, Adapt to, Depend on the environment) Movement - Answer- How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place? Realms - Answer- Global neighborhood, basic spatial unit, defined in terms of synthesis of it