Chapter 1 Introduction: Some Background Basics

________ is when a satellite or high- altitude aircraft scans the Earth to obtain data about it.

________ provide the setting within which human actions occur, they help shape how humans live.

________ is the art and science of map- making.

________ can be described by reference to its degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude.

The study of geography began in ancient Egypt, China, Mesopotamia, the Arab world, Greece and Rome.

Spatial Association: When certain features spatially correspond with each other.Counties in ________ where alcohol is legal, have a majority of Catholic residents, while so- called dry counties are more likely to have a majority of Protestant residents.

The vertical lines encode the longitude using E or W, the ________ in England is 0°.

Geography: the study of how ________ evolved through time.

The relative locations tell us that people, things and places exist in a world of physical and ________ that differ from place to place.

________: When certain features spatially correspond with each other.

________: the study of how observable spatial patterns evolved through time.

It includes all topics of geography that are not connected with the ________ such as cartography.

________ also modify environmental conditions because of the harmful agents they leave and emit due to their actions.

________ use size to show the larger magnitude.

The ________ tell us that people, things and places exist in a world of physical and cultural characteristics that differ from place to place.

________: how a feature is spread out within a defined area.

________ are defined by the beliefs of people.

________: It is the increasing interconnection of humans and societies in all parts of the world as the full range of social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental processes become international in scale and effect.

________ are seen all over the world, the distribution of towns along a railroad or houses along a street may be seen as linear.

________ are seen all over the world, the distribution of towns along a railroad or houses along a street may be seen as linear.

All humans are familiar with regions to describe places and areas and this is called the ________.

The forces and events that shape the physical and ________ are an important focus of geography.

The forces and events that shape the physical and ________ are an important focus of geography.

________ affect agriculture which connects with employment, trade, population and diets.

The ________ measured the Earth and drew the latitudes and longitudes of the planet.

________ are defined by the beliefs of people.They also have vague boundaries and differ from person to person.Ex.

________ transforms the linear measurements into more meaningful data for a relationship.

Street addresses precisely define accurately locate a building in an individual town but The ________ (UTM) uses a set of 60 longitude zones and is used in Geographic information systems (GIS)

Street addresses precisely define accurately locate a building in an individual town but The ________ (UTM) uses a set of 60 longitude zones and is used in Geographic information systems (GIS)

________ makes us better- informed citizens as it makes us aware of the realities of our society such as the economic, social and political systems around the world as the globe becomes more connected.

________: the measure of the number or quantity of a specific feature within a defined unit of area.

The ________ encode the latitude using N or S, the equator is at 0°.

Graduated ________ use circles of different sizes to show the magnitude of a variable.

________: It is the process of dispersion of an idea or an item from a center of origin to more distant points with which it is directly or indirectly connected.

________ show the actual number of data and are quite similar to a(n) ________.

________ is based on global or macroscopic features like north, south, east and west.