THINKING GEOGRAPHICALLY
Know and Be Able To (KBAT)
KNOW: Create flash cards using index cards with definitions that are written in your own words (use text book,
lectures, notes, study guides, reading guides, and online resources).
cartography
GPS
Robinson projection
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
Scale
cultural ecology
hearth
section
culture
International Date Line
site
density
latitude
situation
diffusion
longitude
space-time compression
distance-decay
Mental Map
spatial analysis
distribution
Mercator projection
stimulus diffusion
environmental determinism
Place
time zones
equator
Peters projection
toponym
expansion diffusion
possibilism
Township
formal region
Prime Meridian
uneven development
friction of distance
projection
vernacular region
functional region
relocation diffusion
GIS
remote sensing
BE ABLE TO
 define geography and human geography and explain the meaning of the spatial perspective.
 explain how geographers classify each of the following and provide examples of each:
a) distributions
b) locations
c) regions
 identify how each of the following plays a role in mapmaking:
a) induction
d) simplification
b) symbolization
d) categorization
 identify types of scale and projections used in mapmaking - identify advantages and disadvantages of different
projections.
 list different types (models) of diffusion and provided examples/illustrations of each in the real world.
 distinguish between different types of mapped information (dot distribution, choropleth, etc.) and provide
explanations of strengths and weaknesses of each.
 define and discuss cultural ecology, possibilism, and environmental determinism.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
1. Rubenstein, Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically
2. Rubenstein, Appendix, pp. 488-493.
3. “Topophobia: Landscapes of Fear,” by Jon C. Malinowski
4. “Why Geography,” by Charles F. Gritzner
5. Current Event Articles (one per week from various news and periodical sources; due every Monday).