Chapter 1 Sec A Page 33-75
What is Geography? 34
The development of Geography The revival of European 35-36
geography
The human-environment
tradition
Contemporary geography 37
Area analysis Site 38-39
Situation
Region
Figure 1-6 Moving Canadian oil
market
Political map of the world Figure 1-8 40-41
Spatial analysis Distribution 44-48
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Movement
Distance
Figure 1-13 measuring distance 45
Distance decay
Diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contaguous or contagious
diffusion
Barriers to diffusion
Models of special interaction
Geographic system analysis Earth’s physical systems 49-52
Human-environment
interaction
Resources and environment
Human culture and cultural
landscapes
Mapping earth 52
The geographic grid Latitude 52-54
Parallels
Longitude
Meridians
Prime meridian
Greenwich mean time GMT
Figure 1-22 world time zones
International date line
Communicating geographic Scale 55-60
information: Maps Projection
Figure 1-23 map scales
Figure 1-26 conformal, equal-
area and azimuthal projections
Insets and other conventions
Thematic mapping
, Examples of thematic maps Figure 1-27 60
Dot distribution
Qualitative
Graduated symbol
Choropleth
Flow
Cartograms
Isoline
Geographic information 61
technology
Satellite technology GPS 61-65
GIS
Remote-sensing satellites
Geographic information system Database system for 66-72
GIS technology
Types of geographic data in GIS
Conversion from paper to
digital maps
GIS in everyday life 68
General-purpose digital maps
Geocoding and route finding
Location based technologies
Spatial analysis using GIS 69
User-driven GIS
An explosion of data
Summary Key terms 74-75
Chapter 1 Section B 4-27
Welcome to geography Geography combines natural 4-5
and social science
Geographers explain where and
why
Place
Region
Scale
Space
Connection
Ancient and medieval Geography in the ancient world 6-7
geography Geography in the middle ages
Geography in the age of
exploration
Reading maps Map 8-9
Cartography
Map scale
Projection
Shape
Distance
Relative size
Direction
Distortion
, Cylindrical
Conic
Azimuthal
The geographic grid Latitude and longitude 10-11
Meridian
Prime meridian
Parallel
Time zones
GMT Greenwich mean time
International date line
Geography’s contemporary Geographic information science 12-13
analytic tool Remote sensing
GPS
GIS
Mash-ups
Place: a unique location Place names 14-15
Situation
Site
Region: a unique area Functional region 16-17
Formal region
Vernacular region
Scale: from global to local Globalization of the economy 18-19
Globalization of culture
Local diversity
Space: distribution of features Properties of distribution 20-21
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Gender and ethnic diversity in
space
Connection: interaction Relocation diffusion 22-23
between places Space-time compression
Diffusion
Hearth
Expansion diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Spatial interaction (airline
network)
Distance decay
Earth’s physical systems Earth’s four systems 24-25
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Interaction in the biosphere
Human-environment Possibilism: adjusting to the 26-27
interaction environment
Environmental determinism
Modifying the environment
What is Geography? 34
The development of Geography The revival of European 35-36
geography
The human-environment
tradition
Contemporary geography 37
Area analysis Site 38-39
Situation
Region
Figure 1-6 Moving Canadian oil
market
Political map of the world Figure 1-8 40-41
Spatial analysis Distribution 44-48
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Movement
Distance
Figure 1-13 measuring distance 45
Distance decay
Diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contaguous or contagious
diffusion
Barriers to diffusion
Models of special interaction
Geographic system analysis Earth’s physical systems 49-52
Human-environment
interaction
Resources and environment
Human culture and cultural
landscapes
Mapping earth 52
The geographic grid Latitude 52-54
Parallels
Longitude
Meridians
Prime meridian
Greenwich mean time GMT
Figure 1-22 world time zones
International date line
Communicating geographic Scale 55-60
information: Maps Projection
Figure 1-23 map scales
Figure 1-26 conformal, equal-
area and azimuthal projections
Insets and other conventions
Thematic mapping
, Examples of thematic maps Figure 1-27 60
Dot distribution
Qualitative
Graduated symbol
Choropleth
Flow
Cartograms
Isoline
Geographic information 61
technology
Satellite technology GPS 61-65
GIS
Remote-sensing satellites
Geographic information system Database system for 66-72
GIS technology
Types of geographic data in GIS
Conversion from paper to
digital maps
GIS in everyday life 68
General-purpose digital maps
Geocoding and route finding
Location based technologies
Spatial analysis using GIS 69
User-driven GIS
An explosion of data
Summary Key terms 74-75
Chapter 1 Section B 4-27
Welcome to geography Geography combines natural 4-5
and social science
Geographers explain where and
why
Place
Region
Scale
Space
Connection
Ancient and medieval Geography in the ancient world 6-7
geography Geography in the middle ages
Geography in the age of
exploration
Reading maps Map 8-9
Cartography
Map scale
Projection
Shape
Distance
Relative size
Direction
Distortion
, Cylindrical
Conic
Azimuthal
The geographic grid Latitude and longitude 10-11
Meridian
Prime meridian
Parallel
Time zones
GMT Greenwich mean time
International date line
Geography’s contemporary Geographic information science 12-13
analytic tool Remote sensing
GPS
GIS
Mash-ups
Place: a unique location Place names 14-15
Situation
Site
Region: a unique area Functional region 16-17
Formal region
Vernacular region
Scale: from global to local Globalization of the economy 18-19
Globalization of culture
Local diversity
Space: distribution of features Properties of distribution 20-21
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Gender and ethnic diversity in
space
Connection: interaction Relocation diffusion 22-23
between places Space-time compression
Diffusion
Hearth
Expansion diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Spatial interaction (airline
network)
Distance decay
Earth’s physical systems Earth’s four systems 24-25
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Interaction in the biosphere
Human-environment Possibilism: adjusting to the 26-27
interaction environment
Environmental determinism
Modifying the environment
