GEOG 155 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Geographic Information System, Spatial Analysis, Chain Migration
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Physical geography: spatial analysis of structure, processes, & location of earth"s natural phenomena: climatology, marine geography. Human geography: spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities & land: economic geography, focuses on how 1) people make places 2) we organize space 3) we interact w/ each other 4)we make sense of ourselves & others. Cartography: science & art of making maps, including data compilation, layout & design. Geographic information systems (gis): collection of computer hardware & software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, & displayed to the user. Cultural landscape: the visible human imprint; the material character of a place: geographers regularly read the land: what is that, and why is it there? . Scale: (1) distance on a map compared to the distance on the earth (2) spatial extent of something. Formal region: area that has a shared cultural or physical trait: ex: spanish-speaking region of europe.
