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Question:
What is "space" in geographic terms?
Correct Answer:
Geometric surface of the Earth
Question:
What is "place" in geography?
Correct Answer:
An area of bounded space of some human importance
Question:
What is a "region"?
Correct Answer:
A type of place
,Question:
What is a "toponym"?
Correct Answer:
A place name
Question:
What does "sequent occupancy" refer to?
Correct Answer:
The succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history
Question:
What is an example of place-specific culture?
Correct Answer:
Santa Fe, New Mexico—A complex mix of Native American, Spanish colonial, and
modern American influences
Question:
What is "scale" in geography?
Correct Answer:
The relationship of an object or place to the Earth as a whole
Question:
What is a "map scale"?
Correct Answer:
Describes the ratio of distance on a map to distance in the real world in absolute
terms
, Question:
What is "relative scale" (also known as the scale of analysis)?
Correct Answer:
Describes the level of aggregation
Question:
What is meant by "level of aggregation"?
Correct Answer:
The level at which you group things together for examination
Question:
What is a "formal region"?
Correct Answer:
An area of bounded space that possesses some homogeneous characteristic or
uniformity
Question:
What is a "linguistic region"?
Correct Answer:
A region where everyone speaks the same language, though cultural differences
may still exist
Question:
What characterizes "culture region boundaries"?