Five Themes Of Geography Mr. Help: Movement- Moving People, Goods, Ideas. Accesibility: Ability to reach physically via car, plane, boat, etc. Connectivity: Ability to reach via technology like radio, TV, etc.
Region-An are on eat marked by some degree of sameness. Functional Region: Defined by a system that functions with that region. Bus, radio signal, Gov. Services. Formal Region: Cultural or Physical Uniformity. Land, language, religion. Perceptual/verbacular region: Region based on opinion, perception.
Human-Enviorment Interaction- Humans adapt to Enviorment. Changes: Small; Modification Big; Conversion Enviormental determinism: A belief that the physical enviorment determine culture opposed to social or ideological beliefs. Enviormental Possiblism: A belief that the enviorment may limit a societies options, but human choices are the determining factor in advancement and improvement. Cultural Ecology: The study of a how a group adapts to it's enviorment. Political Ecology: The study of how the enviorment is both the result of political and social issues as well as a deciding factor in many social and political issues.
Location- Absolute: Exact location that never changes; Address or Longitude ⬆️Primeridian E-W, International Date line, 180 degrees⬇️ Latitude⬅ Equator N-S, 90 degrees️➡️ Relative: Where a place is in relation to another well-known place. Can change. Location Theory: Using Data to figure out the best Location for something.
Place- Physical and Human characteristic each location on earth has. Cultural aspects Sence of Place: Assosiating a place with emotions. Perception of Place: Our idea of a place because of the Media.
GIS: Geographic Informational System. Using maps for layers of data.
Cultural landscape: The imprint of human activity on a landscape
Sequent Occupance: Idea that groups leave their imprint on a place.
Cartography: The science of making maps.
Reference maps: maps used to find a location or a route.
Types: Mercator Projection: Goal was to create a map with true directions, but it distorts sizes further from the equator.
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Robinson Projection: It is like Mercator but rounded on the edges. It keeps latitude parallel, it's more attractive and accurate.
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