The Cultural Landscape Chapter 1 Complete Study Guide and Human Geography
Revision Notes
Geographic Information System (GIS) - correct answer ✔✔a computer system that stores,
organizes, analizes, and displays geographic data
Global Positioning System (GPS) - correct answer ✔✔a system that determines the precise
position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and recievers.
Globalization - correct answer ✔✔Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result
in making something worldwide in scope.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - correct answer ✔✔The time in the zone around the Prime
Meridian, 0 degrees.
Hearth - correct answer ✔✔The region from which innovative ideas originate
Hierarchical Diffusion - correct answer ✔✔The spread of a feature or trend from one key person
or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
Housing Bubble - correct answer ✔✔A rapid increase in the value of houses followed in a sharp
decline in their value
Hydrosphere - correct answer ✔✔All the water on and near the Earth's surface.
International Date Line - correct answer ✔✔An arc that follows 180 longitude but avoids
dividing land. Heading east (America) the clock moves back a day. West (Asia) the clock moves
one day forward.
, Latitude - correct answer ✔✔Numbering system that locates parallels on a globe. North and
South of the equator.
Lithosphere - correct answer ✔✔Earth's crust and a portion of the upper mantle directly below.
Location - correct answer ✔✔The position of anything on Earth's surface
Longitude - correct answer ✔✔location of meridans on a globe. East and West of the Prime
Meridian.
Map - correct answer ✔✔A 2 dimensional representation of earth;s surface
Map scale - correct answer ✔✔the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the
actual size of that object on Earth.
Mental Map - correct answer ✔✔A representation of a portion of Earth's surface based on what
an individual knows about it. Contains personal impressions and location.
Meridian - correct answer ✔✔An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles
Network - correct answer ✔✔A chain of communication that connects places.
Non-Renewable recource - correct answer ✔✔Something produced in nature slower than
consumed by humans
Parallel - correct answer ✔✔a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right
angles to meridians
Revision Notes
Geographic Information System (GIS) - correct answer ✔✔a computer system that stores,
organizes, analizes, and displays geographic data
Global Positioning System (GPS) - correct answer ✔✔a system that determines the precise
position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and recievers.
Globalization - correct answer ✔✔Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result
in making something worldwide in scope.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - correct answer ✔✔The time in the zone around the Prime
Meridian, 0 degrees.
Hearth - correct answer ✔✔The region from which innovative ideas originate
Hierarchical Diffusion - correct answer ✔✔The spread of a feature or trend from one key person
or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
Housing Bubble - correct answer ✔✔A rapid increase in the value of houses followed in a sharp
decline in their value
Hydrosphere - correct answer ✔✔All the water on and near the Earth's surface.
International Date Line - correct answer ✔✔An arc that follows 180 longitude but avoids
dividing land. Heading east (America) the clock moves back a day. West (Asia) the clock moves
one day forward.
, Latitude - correct answer ✔✔Numbering system that locates parallels on a globe. North and
South of the equator.
Lithosphere - correct answer ✔✔Earth's crust and a portion of the upper mantle directly below.
Location - correct answer ✔✔The position of anything on Earth's surface
Longitude - correct answer ✔✔location of meridans on a globe. East and West of the Prime
Meridian.
Map - correct answer ✔✔A 2 dimensional representation of earth;s surface
Map scale - correct answer ✔✔the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the
actual size of that object on Earth.
Mental Map - correct answer ✔✔A representation of a portion of Earth's surface based on what
an individual knows about it. Contains personal impressions and location.
Meridian - correct answer ✔✔An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles
Network - correct answer ✔✔A chain of communication that connects places.
Non-Renewable recource - correct answer ✔✔Something produced in nature slower than
consumed by humans
Parallel - correct answer ✔✔a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right
angles to meridians
