WGU C255 Intro to Geography
Questions and Answers (Verified)
Geography ✔✔The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at individual
places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger spaces
physical geography ✔✔Studies the characteristics of the physical environment. When geography
concentrates on topics such as climate, soil, and vegetation, it is a natural science
human geography ✔✔Studies human groups and their activities, such as language, industry, and
the building of cities; it is a social science
Remote sensing ✔✔Mapping Earth from satellites and aircraft
Geographical information systems (GIS) ✔✔Used for storing, displaying, and analyzing
geographic data
regional geography ✔✔Special geography that describes and analyzes places in terms of
categories such as local population, customs, politics, economy, and religion
topical geography (systematic geography) ✔✔The study of universal laws or principles that
apply to all places; topics may be as diverse as the geography of soils (pedology), of life forms
(biogeography), of politics (political geography), of economic activities (economic geography),
and of cities (urban geography)
, system ✔✔An interdependent group of items that interact in a regular way to form a unified
whole
site ✔✔Sescribes the exact location of a place and can be described either in terms of latitude
and longitude or in terms of the characteristics of the place
situation ✔✔The location of a place relative to other places
region ✔✔An area defined by one or more distinctive characteristics or features, such as climate,
soil type, language, or economic activity
area analysis ✔✔Analysis which integrates the geographic features of an area or a place. Focuses
on regions.
spatial analysis (locational analysis) ✔✔Analysis which emphasizes interactions among places.
Looks for patterns in the distribution of human actions, environmental processes, and
interactions among and between places or regions
geographic systems analysis ✔✔Analysis which emphasizes the understanding of physical and
human systems and the interactions among them
formal region ✔✔A region that exhibits essential uniformity in one or more physical or cultural
features, such as a climate type or language area
Questions and Answers (Verified)
Geography ✔✔The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at individual
places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger spaces
physical geography ✔✔Studies the characteristics of the physical environment. When geography
concentrates on topics such as climate, soil, and vegetation, it is a natural science
human geography ✔✔Studies human groups and their activities, such as language, industry, and
the building of cities; it is a social science
Remote sensing ✔✔Mapping Earth from satellites and aircraft
Geographical information systems (GIS) ✔✔Used for storing, displaying, and analyzing
geographic data
regional geography ✔✔Special geography that describes and analyzes places in terms of
categories such as local population, customs, politics, economy, and religion
topical geography (systematic geography) ✔✔The study of universal laws or principles that
apply to all places; topics may be as diverse as the geography of soils (pedology), of life forms
(biogeography), of politics (political geography), of economic activities (economic geography),
and of cities (urban geography)
, system ✔✔An interdependent group of items that interact in a regular way to form a unified
whole
site ✔✔Sescribes the exact location of a place and can be described either in terms of latitude
and longitude or in terms of the characteristics of the place
situation ✔✔The location of a place relative to other places
region ✔✔An area defined by one or more distinctive characteristics or features, such as climate,
soil type, language, or economic activity
area analysis ✔✔Analysis which integrates the geographic features of an area or a place. Focuses
on regions.
spatial analysis (locational analysis) ✔✔Analysis which emphasizes interactions among places.
Looks for patterns in the distribution of human actions, environmental processes, and
interactions among and between places or regions
geographic systems analysis ✔✔Analysis which emphasizes the understanding of physical and
human systems and the interactions among them
formal region ✔✔A region that exhibits essential uniformity in one or more physical or cultural
features, such as a climate type or language area
