Geo 1310 Exam 1 Review Questions with
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Globalization - -*The increasing interconnectedness of people and places
through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural activities.
*The most fundamental reorganization of the world's socioeconomic
structure.
- Major components of globalization - -*Transnational corporations and
financial institutions becoming more powerful than sovereign nations.
*Global agreements promoting free-trade
*Market Economies and private enterprises replacing state controlled
economies and services.
*Economic disparities between rich and poor regions.
*Globalization of labor
*Global communication and transportation systems.
- Cultural Globalization - -*The spread of a global consumer culture:
implicitly imposing Western values and cultures, and tensions between
traditional local cultures.
*Changes in non-material cultures like languages and values.
- Hybridization - -A process that forms of Western popular culture spread
abroad are melded with local cultural traditions. (Bulgogi McDonald meals in
Korea)
- Globalization's impact on Geopolitics - -Strengthens the power of regional
economic and political organizations (EU), but weakens traditional state
powers.
- Spatial Perspective - -Geography is concerned with the spatial dimensions
of human experience (Where is it? Why is it there?)
- Ecological Perspective - -Geographers inquire about connections and
relationships among life forms, ecosystems, and human societies.
- Region - -A framework of organization in the world, units of spatial
similarity, shared physical (natural), human (or social) characteristics, or the
combination of multiple traits, the boundaries are neither self-evident nor
absolute, and they're are various scales.
- Location - -Position of a point on Earth's surface expressed by means of a
grid (absolute) or in relation (relative) to the position of other places.
, - Frame of Reference - -Pattern of lines on a chart of a map, (latitude and
longitude) that help determine absolute location and assists in the analysis
of distribution patterns.
- Latitude - -Angular distance in degrees measured north and south from
the equator
- Longtitude - -Angular distance in degrees measured east and west, or
from the prime meridian to 180 degrees.
- Scale (Map Scale) - -Ratio between a linear measurement on a map and
the corresponding distance on Earth's surface.
- Small Scale Map - -1:1,000,000, covers large area, less detail
- Large Scale Map - -1:25,000, covers small area, greater detail
- Density - -The number of populations or objects per unit area. (per square
kilometer or square mile)
- Map Projection - -Mathematical formula by which the lines of a global grid
and the shapes of land and water bodies are transferred from a globe to a
flat surface.
- Pattern - -A combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc, forming a
consistent or characteristic arrangement
- Diffusion - -Spread of people, ideas, technology, and products among
places over time.
- Overlay - -Spatial operation in which two or more maps or layers are
superimposed for the purpose of showing the relationships between features
that occupy the same geographic space.
- Components of the Five-Theme Structure - -*Environmental Geography
*Population and Settlement
*Cultural Coherence and Diversity
*Geopolitical Framework
*Economic and Social Development
- Main Topics of Environmental Geography - -Climate characteristics
(temperature, precipitation), Physical landscape (elevation, relief), and
Human impacts on environment and environmental issues.
Verified Answers
Globalization - -*The increasing interconnectedness of people and places
through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural activities.
*The most fundamental reorganization of the world's socioeconomic
structure.
- Major components of globalization - -*Transnational corporations and
financial institutions becoming more powerful than sovereign nations.
*Global agreements promoting free-trade
*Market Economies and private enterprises replacing state controlled
economies and services.
*Economic disparities between rich and poor regions.
*Globalization of labor
*Global communication and transportation systems.
- Cultural Globalization - -*The spread of a global consumer culture:
implicitly imposing Western values and cultures, and tensions between
traditional local cultures.
*Changes in non-material cultures like languages and values.
- Hybridization - -A process that forms of Western popular culture spread
abroad are melded with local cultural traditions. (Bulgogi McDonald meals in
Korea)
- Globalization's impact on Geopolitics - -Strengthens the power of regional
economic and political organizations (EU), but weakens traditional state
powers.
- Spatial Perspective - -Geography is concerned with the spatial dimensions
of human experience (Where is it? Why is it there?)
- Ecological Perspective - -Geographers inquire about connections and
relationships among life forms, ecosystems, and human societies.
- Region - -A framework of organization in the world, units of spatial
similarity, shared physical (natural), human (or social) characteristics, or the
combination of multiple traits, the boundaries are neither self-evident nor
absolute, and they're are various scales.
- Location - -Position of a point on Earth's surface expressed by means of a
grid (absolute) or in relation (relative) to the position of other places.
, - Frame of Reference - -Pattern of lines on a chart of a map, (latitude and
longitude) that help determine absolute location and assists in the analysis
of distribution patterns.
- Latitude - -Angular distance in degrees measured north and south from
the equator
- Longtitude - -Angular distance in degrees measured east and west, or
from the prime meridian to 180 degrees.
- Scale (Map Scale) - -Ratio between a linear measurement on a map and
the corresponding distance on Earth's surface.
- Small Scale Map - -1:1,000,000, covers large area, less detail
- Large Scale Map - -1:25,000, covers small area, greater detail
- Density - -The number of populations or objects per unit area. (per square
kilometer or square mile)
- Map Projection - -Mathematical formula by which the lines of a global grid
and the shapes of land and water bodies are transferred from a globe to a
flat surface.
- Pattern - -A combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc, forming a
consistent or characteristic arrangement
- Diffusion - -Spread of people, ideas, technology, and products among
places over time.
- Overlay - -Spatial operation in which two or more maps or layers are
superimposed for the purpose of showing the relationships between features
that occupy the same geographic space.
- Components of the Five-Theme Structure - -*Environmental Geography
*Population and Settlement
*Cultural Coherence and Diversity
*Geopolitical Framework
*Economic and Social Development
- Main Topics of Environmental Geography - -Climate characteristics
(temperature, precipitation), Physical landscape (elevation, relief), and
Human impacts on environment and environmental issues.
