1. Globalization is actions or processes that involve the entire world result in making something
worldwide in scope. Local diversity is the unique
... [Show More] cultural distinctions that can be found in the different
parts of an area. Ideas from these areas can result or lead to globalized ideas that become part of the
global economy. Correct Answer: What is the relationship between globalization and local diversity?
2. Human geography (who is there, why they are there, influences) is the study of the distribution of
humans and their activities on the surface of the earth and of the processes that generate these
distributions. Physical geography (natural factors) is something that relates to the actual landscape.
For example, how tall a mountain is or how deep is an ocean. Geography is the spatial variation
between objects. Correct Answer: What is the difference between human geography and physical
geography?
a 2-dimensional representation of an area on the globe.
A map can be used as a reference tool to find locations and routes without carrying a globe around.
Can also show information such as density or topography. (shows statistics) Correct Answer: What is
a map?
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a specific characteristic.
Place can be used to show where things originated and then diffused from as well as how humanenvironmental interaction has occurred in an area. They use places to explain similarities,
differences, and changes within countries and regions. Correct Answer: What is a place?
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.
• Used to state and categorize places: Formal, vernacular, and functional regions
• Used to organize countries/cities and towns into groups (middle-east, Fairfield county) Correct
Answer: What is a region?
The ratio of map distance to earth distance, measured in the same units. (part of the Earth to whole
Earth)
Used to be able to create map projections and map out specific areas using, for example, inches to
represent miles. Correct Answer: What is a scale?
The area that exists between 2 objects
• To explain the distances between different types of cultures and then explain why they separated
and why they live there.
• To explain why and how far cultures moved (resources, economy, etc.) Correct Answer: What is
space?
Relationships among people and objects across space
• To see where different cultures started and went (ie: how cultures merged and where part of it
originated)
• To map places with similar activities and traditions Correct Answer: What are connections?
Global Positioning System [Show Less]