GEOG 1001 Chapter : GEOG 1001 1 Chapter 2 Part 1

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Perceptual regions based on what individual people see in their minds (texas cowboys; dixie southern united states) social purpose (school district, city boundaries, newspaper circulation) Formal region = distinguishes an area of land by cultural or physical criteria (common language, landscape, voting areas within the us) Part 2: rich ardso n, s prin g 2 0 1 7, rich ardso n, s prin g 2 0 1 7. : road map): goal is conveying absolute location (latitude 90 n (+)/ 90 s ( ); longitude 180 w ( )/ 180 e (+)) Thematic maps: tells story about degree of an attribute, patterns of its distribution, or its movement; goal is showing relative locations of places (population, income, temperature) A geographic information system (gis) is a combination of a computer hardware & software designed to show, analyze, & represent geographic data. Ban of atlantic slave trade (british government in 1807) diminished intensity of pattern.

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