WGU C255 Intro to Geography Questions and Answers (Verified)
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WGU C201
Institution
WGU C201
Geography The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at individual
places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger spaces
physical geography Studies the characteristics of the physical environment. When geography
concentrates on topics such as ...
WGU C255 Intro to Geography
Questions and Answers (Verified)
Geography ✔✔The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at individual
places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger spaces
physical geography ✔✔Studies the characteristics of the physical environment. When geography
concentrates on topics such as climate, soil, and vegetation, it is a natural science
human geography ✔✔Studies human groups and their activities, such as language, industry, and
the building of cities; it is a social science
Remote sensing ✔✔Mapping Earth from satellites and aircraft
Geographical information systems (GIS) ✔✔Used for storing, displaying, and analyzing
geographic data
regional geography ✔✔Special geography that describes and analyzes places in terms of
categories such as local population, customs, politics, economy, and religion
topical geography (systematic geography) ✔✔The study of universal laws or principles that
apply to all places; topics may be as diverse as the geography of soils (pedology), of life forms
(biogeography), of politics (political geography), of economic activities (economic geography),
and of cities (urban geography)
, system ✔✔An interdependent group of items that interact in a regular way to form a unified
whole
site ✔✔Sescribes the exact location of a place and can be described either in terms of latitude
and longitude or in terms of the characteristics of the place
situation ✔✔The location of a place relative to other places
region ✔✔An area defined by one or more distinctive characteristics or features, such as climate,
soil type, language, or economic activity
area analysis ✔✔Analysis which integrates the geographic features of an area or a place. Focuses
on regions.
spatial analysis (locational analysis) ✔✔Analysis which emphasizes interactions among places.
Looks for patterns in the distribution of human actions, environmental processes, and
interactions among and between places or regions
geographic systems analysis ✔✔Analysis which emphasizes the understanding of physical and
human systems and the interactions among them
formal region ✔✔A region that exhibits essential uniformity in one or more physical or cultural
features, such as a climate type or language area
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