Geography chapter 1
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eneubauer09 on March 16, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Place | name, site, situation, location and mathmatical location |
| Toponym | the name by which a geographical place is known |
| What is place? | is the exact point on the earth |
| What is site? | is the physical character of a place |
| What is situation? | is the location of a place relative to other places |
| What is mathmatical location? | is the location of a place on earth's surface using meridians and parallels |
| Regions | areas that share some common charcteristics |
| Mental map | maps that represent the mental image that a person has of an area-even of places we've never been. |
| Formal Region | defined by a common characteristic |
| Functional Regions | consist of one central place & the surrounding place affected by it |
| Vernacular Region | A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |
| Spatial Association | a region can be constructed to encompass an area of widely varying scale, from a very small portion of earth to a very large portion |
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