- City College of San Francisco___________________________
- Earth Sciences
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- Geography 4 - Spring 2002
- Study Guide for the first Midterm
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- Weeks ONE & TWO
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- Key Terms:
- map, thematic map, cartogram, scale, projections, globe,
axis, pole, latitude/longitude coordinates, site and situation,
exact/relative location, distance decay, context (cultural, historical
and spatial), process, boundary, ecology, four types of regions:
1) formal region, 2) nodal or functional region, 3) perceptual
or vernacular region, 4) natural region.
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- Study Questions:
- Define the word "map",
Define "perspective", Define "scale" What
would be the specialty of an area studies specialist? (a regional
geographer). How does the 'Man-Land' tradition differ from the
Earth Sciences Tradition? How are flat map projections
created? How are they distorted and why? How does scale limit
the amount and type of information that can be shown on a map?
Distinguish between different types of regions. How do the borders
of different regions differ? Why aren't Americans better acquainted
with the geography of the U.S.?
Week THREE
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- Key Terms:
- GIS,
overlay, buffer, spatial analysis, distance decay, cartogram,
digital elevation model (DEM), culture.
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- Study Questions:
- How did New Jersey use GIS to prove its rights to most of
Ellis Island? How can you answer geographic questions using overlay
analysis? What kinds of geographic questions can be answered
using a DEM?
Week FOUR
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- Key Terms:
- urban sprawl, mass transit, automobility, commute, suburbanization,
urban morphology, perception/mental
map, demographics, census data, social construct, suburbanism,
social prejudice, gentrification, cultural community. (Urban Geography
links)
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- Study Questions:
- How did changes in transportation technology change the morphology
and size of North American cities? How did the cultural geography
of American cities change? What factors influence the contents
of an individual's personal perception map? Why do so many minorities
and single people live in the inner city? Why are the suburbs
often so culturally homogenous? What are the two main causes
of segregation? What does gentrification involve?