GEO101B - Intro
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Discourse | system of ideas and knowledge that serve as context for new facts and ideas |
| Longitude | lines on Earth's surface measured degrees, seconds, minutes, East and West of Prime Meridian. |
| Latitude | lines on Earth's surface measured in degrees, seconds, minutes, North and South of Equator |
| Cosmography | science that maps and describes Earth and the entire universe. |
| Chorography | regional mapping of large areas |
| Topography | regional mapping of local areas |
| Teleology | doctrine that states that God designed everything. Studies purposiveness, progress, class conflict |
| Portolan Charts | first separation of church and science for Europe; navigational maps based on compass directions and observations from sea |
| Mercator Projection | centered on Europe; good for navigation but heavily distorted |
| Empiricism | philosophy of science that is measured/factual/verifiable |
| Positivism | objective/factual; world exists separately from humans |
| Humanism | we cannot objectify world because we're too close to who we are; use intuition and interpretation; philosophy centered on such aspects of human life as value, quality, meaning |
| Marxism | human behaviour constrained by economy; generally interested in social and environmental issues; realization that research should lead to social change |
| Space | both objective and subjective views. Can be relations on the earth's surface or relative in that it's different for everyone. |
| Location | scale dependent; only objective |
| Place | our values associated with locations; topophilia vs topophobia |
| Tobler's 1st Law | distance: everything is related to everything else but near things are more related than distant things |
| Clustered random uniform | types of distance (3) |
| Spatial temporal social | types of scale (3) |
| Cartography | the conception, production, studying of maps |
| S-Shaped Curve | theoretical, created under experimental conditions; eventually reaches stable ceiling; too simplistic and doesn't take into account human experience |
| Malthusian Theory | empirical evidence used to reject prevailing economic ideas that more births equal more wealth; population growth will create strain on subsistence; population causes poverty |
| Marxist Theory | capitalism cause of poverty; concerned with surplus population; |
| Boserup Theory | subsidence farming; growing food you need to maximize leisure time; population independent from food supply; works in undeveloped nations but not in developed with technology |
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