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Honors Study Guide: Unit 1
Define Geography:
Define each of the following then give 3 examples of what is studied in each.
Human Geography
Physical Geography
KEY ISSUE #1
Define a map. Why is it important?
Explain how each of the following explain the uniqueness of an area
Place
Region
Explain scale, space and connection and how they are related.
What is cartography?
Maps serve two purposes, what are they?
Draw a timeline of historical cartography.
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Define scale. Which of the following has the large scale? Which one has a small scale?
List and give an example of the three ways to present scales on a map.
What are projections? Why do they create distortion?
Define the four types of distortion:
Shape
Distance
Relative Size
Direction
What is the U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785? Why is it important? (Be specific!)
Define township and define range.
Define each of the following, state how they are created and give at least 2 uses for each.
Definition
How they’re created 2 uses
GIS
Remote Sensing
GPS
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KEY ISSUE #2
Fill in the following chart
Definition
Place
Example
Unique information
Site
Situation
Mathematical
Location
Label the following on the map provided: GMT, prime meridian, equator, International
Date Line
Explain why some countries in the Pacific resisted the use of time zones.
What is a region?
Describe the elements that compose the cultural landscape of an area.
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Fill in the following chart.
Type of Region Definition
Formal
Example
Other Interesting info….
Functional
Vernacular
What is a mental map? Why is it important?
Using a mental map, create a map of your bedroom in the space below.
Using the map on page 24, discuss importance of scale on cancer levels in the United
States.
What is scale? Why is it important?
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Define culture.
What are the two implications of the word culture? Fill in the chart below
Implication #1
Implication #2
Examples:
Examples:
Using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast Environmental Determinism and
Possiblism.
Possiblism
Define Climate:
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Environmental
Determinism
Fill in the following diagram by defining each type of climate then writing at least 3
places in the world that climate can be found and the major latitudes the climate is
located in.
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A
E
B
Climate
D
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C
Using pages 27-28, fill in the following chart.
Type of physical
process
Vegetation
Definition
Examples
Importance
Soil
Landforms
Define a polder then sketch a map of Netherlands showing approximations of how much
of the land is actually created by polders.
Explain difference between how people in the Netherlands alter the land versus how
Floridians alter land. Which do you think is more effective? Why?
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KEY ISSUE #3
What does the phrase “Think global, act local” mean? Do you agree? Why or why not?
What is globalization? Be very specific in this definition because this is word we will use
all year long and you need to know it!!!!
List the major causes of globalization with an explanation for how each causes
globalization.
Why are many local cultures trying to fight globalization? Do you think globalization is
a good or bad thing?
How does September 11 relate to globalization?
What does it mean to “think spatially?
What did Immanuel Kant compare geographers concern for space to? What does this
mean?
Define distribution.
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Using pages 33-35, fill in the following chart about distribution.
Type of Distribution Definition
Sub-groups
Density
Importance
Concentration
Pattern
What is “gender in space?” Give an example of it that is NOT from the book (one you
think of)
What is space-time compression? Give an example of it that you think of yourself, one
that is not in the book.
Using the figure 1-20 on page 37, give a historical timeline of space-time compression.
What has caused space-time compression in the modern world?
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What is distance decay? Why is it important?
Define diffusion. Why is it important?
What is a hearth?
What is relocation diffusion? Give an example of it then draw a diagram that represents
what you think it will look like.
Define expansion diffusion then fill in the following diagram about expansion diffusion
by defining each type and describing examples.
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Hierarchical
Expansion Diffusion
Stimulus
Draw diagrams representing how you think EACH of the three types of expansion
diffusion move through a society.
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Contagious
Explain how culture and the economy are interconnected.
What is uneven development? What causes it?
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