Module 1 Study Guide

Terms/concepts: Geography, special perspective, spatial organization, GPS, GIS, environmental determinism, cartography, remote sensing, simplification, compass rose, scale, toponyms, projection, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, Azimuthal Polar Projection, Conical Projection, Cylindrical Projection, Mercator Projection, Robinson Projection, Interrupted Projection, reference map, thematic map, cognitive map, chloropleth map, Isolene map, Proportional symbols map, flow line map, dot map, cartogram, visualization, physical features, human features, historical perspective, personal bias, cultural bias, space-time compression, map scale, relative scale, scale of analysis, 5 themes of geography, absolute location, meridians, parallels, longitude, latitude, relative location, trilateration, acumene, non- acumene, elevation, arable land, 5 climate zones, vegetation map, climate map, physical map, regions, cultural region, formal region, functional region, perceptual region, environmental perspective, possibilism, desertification, movement, distance decay, migration, push-pull factors, emigrant, immigrant, migrant, megacities, pandemic, transnational, diffusion, hearth, expansion diffusion, hierarchal diffusion, contagious diffusion, and stimulus diffusion.

Events: Great Migration

People: Copernicus, Ptolemy, Prince Henry, Alexander Von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, Carl Sauer,

Essential Questions:

1. How is the study of human geography relevant to everyday life and decision making?

2. Through what lens do geographers view the world, and what skills are needed to develop that lens?

3. What tools do geographers use in the practice of their craft?

4. What is a spatial perspective, and how can it be used to better understand phenomena and places on Earth?

5. How do maps represent different perspectives of Earth?

6. Why are some map types more effective than others at representing specific information about Earth?

7. What themes do geographers use to explain and analyze phenomena and places on Earth?

8. What makes a place unique?

9. What makes some places more desirable than others?

10. Is geography destiny? How does the environment impact societies? 11. How do people's actions affect the environment in which they live?

12. Why is human geography a relevant field of study?