Across
- 5. an area organized around a node or central point
- 9. the meridian that is 0 degrees longitude
- 10. rectangular-shaped maps with little shape and direction distortion, but a lot of size distortion
- 11. the theory that the physical environment causes social development
- 14. the physical character of a place
- 17. the geographic study of human-environment relationships
- 22. Theory that the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment
- 23. refers to the relationship of a feature's size on a map compared to its actual size on Earth
- 24. the place from which an innovation originates
- 27. depending on the scale, different spatial assumptions can be made
- 29. maps that are useful for displaying information across the oceans, but land areas are smaller than on interrupted maps of the same size
- 30. a numbering system used to locate each meridian on Earth's surface
Down
- 1. when people move from their original location to another and bring their innovations with them.
- 2. a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data
- 3. a line following the 180 degree latitude line where when you cross it going west, you set the clock forward by 24 hours
- 4. the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or other long-distance methods
- 6. the frequency with which something occurs in space
- 7. the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
- 8. the science of map making
- 12. contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears
- 13. the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority to other persons or places
- 15. An area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity.
- 16. the parallel with the largest circumference and the place with 12 hours of daylight (0 degrees latitude)
- 18. the spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process
- 19. the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse
- 20. the numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel
- 21. an area within which everyone shares in a common one or more distinctive characteristics
- 25. the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map
- 26. the location of a place relative to other places
- 28. a system that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth