CSET Social Science: Principles Of
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Geographers - ANSWER✔✔study physical characteristics of the earth as well as
man-made boundries, and distribution of life on the planet.
Elements of the study of geography - ANSWER✔✔locations; regional
characteristics; spatial relations; natural and manmade forces that change elements
of the earth.
Physical Geography - ANSWER✔✔study of the physical characteristics of the
earth, how they relate to each other, how they were formed, and how they develop.
Cultural Geography - ANSWER✔✔the study of how the various aspects of
physical geography affect individual cultures.
Divisions of Geographical Study: Topical - ANSWER✔✔the study of a single
feature of the earth or one specific human activity that occurs world-wide
Divisions of Geographical Study: Physical - ANSWER✔✔the various physical
features of the earth, how they are created, the forces that change them, and how
they are related to each other and to various human activities.
Divisions of Geographical Study: Regional - ANSWER✔✔specific characteristics
of individual places and regions
, Divisions of Geographical Study: Human - ANSWER✔✔how human activity
affects the environment (political, historical, social and cultural activities).
Tools used in geography - ANSWER✔✔mapping, field studies, statistics,
interviews, mathematics, and specific instruments.
Eratosthenes - ANSWER✔✔Greek; mathematically calculated the circumference
of the earth.
Strabo - ANSWER✔✔wrote a description of the ancient world called
"Geographica" consisting of 17 volumes.
Cartographers - ANSWER✔✔mapmakers; must take into account the phenomenon
of distortion (due to earth being round)
Map projections: Cylindrical Projection - ANSWER✔✔created by wrapping the
globe of the earth in a cylindrical piece of paper, then using a light to project the
globe onto the paper. The largest distortion occurs at the outermost edges.
Map projections: Conical Projection - ANSWER✔✔the paper is shaped like a cone
and contacts the globe only at the cone's base. Most useful for middle latitudes.
Map projections: Flat-Plane Projection - ANSWER✔✔(aka. Gnomonic
projection); type of map projected onto a flat piece of paper that only touches the
globe at a single point. Best to map out Great-Circle routes or straight lines.
Most common type of Map Projections: Winkel tripel projection -
ANSWER✔✔most common projection used for world maps. accepted in 1998 by
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