GEOG 1HA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Carl O. Sauer, Paul Vidal, Angular Distance

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1HA3
• Professor: Melanie Bedore

Document Summary

Discourse a system of ideas or knowledge that serves as the context through which new facts and ideas are understood. Longitude angular distance on the surface of the earth, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds, east and west of the prime meridian (the line of 0o longitude which runs through. Greenwich, england); lines of constant longitude are called meridians. Latitude angular distance on the surface of the earth, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds, north and south of the equator (which is the line of 0o latitude); lines of constant latitude are called parallels. Teleology the doctrine that everything in the world has been designed by god; also refers to the study of purposiveness in the world and to a recurring theme in history, such as progress or class conflict. Chorology a greek term revived by nineteenth-century german geographers as a synonym for regional geography.