Unit 1: Thinking Geographically

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Across
  1. 2. the diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
  2. 4. feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true
  3. 5. the relative location of a place or activity in relation to the physical and cultural characteristics of the larger regional or spatial system of which it is a part; the location of a place relative to other places
  4. 8. a system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
  5. 9. the numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the Equator
  6. 10. the region from which innovative ideas originate
  7. 11. people move, or relocate, they spread ideas along with them
  8. 16. the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods
  9. 19. the process of an idea being spread rapidly throughout the population; all places and individuals in the region are affected
  10. 21. a computer hardware and software system that handles geographically referenced data; it uses and produces maps and has the ability to perform many types of spatial analysis
  11. 22. an imaginary east-west line that encircles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles
  12. 24. the physical character of a place; the absolute location of a place or activity described by local relief, landform, and other physical characteristics
  13. 26. a way of thinking about how and why physical features or processes are positioned in geographic space
  14. 28. shows the entire earth and distorts both shape and size to make 2D look more like 3D
  15. 30. the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments
  16. 31. the arrangement of something across Earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. a projection of a map of the world on to a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator
  2. 3. an area organized around a node or focal point
  3. 5. the size of an area student, from local to global
  4. 6. when an idea diffuses from its cultural hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters
  5. 7. the system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map
  6. 12. the numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
  7. 13. a nineteenth and early twentieth century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences; physical environment caused human activities
  8. 14. when an idea spreads by passing first among the most connected individuals, then spreading to other individuals
  9. 15. an arc that fro the most part follows 180º longitude, although it deviates in several place to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross it heading east, the clock moves back 24 hours, and when you cross it going west the calendar moves ahead one day
  10. 17. the process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
  11. 18. when innovations spread to new places while staying strong in their original locations
  12. 20. an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics
  13. 23. the theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action form many alternatives
  14. 25. the number of people in that country divided by the area in square kilometers or miles
  15. 27. the science or practice of drawing maps
  16. 29. an imaginary line passing through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, serving by agreement as the 0º line of longitude