Thinking Geographically: Key Issue 2
Why Is Each Point On Earth Unique?
Rubenstein, pp. 14-19
● PLACE: UNIQUE LOCATION OF A FEATURE
1. Define toponym:
2. Identify four ways in which places can receive names
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
3. Identify three reasons for which places are given their names
(a)
(b)
(c)
4. Define site:
5. List some site characteristics.
6. Complete the following sentence about site:
Humans have the ability to _______________________ the characteristics of a site.
7. Define situation:
8. What role do familiar places have in understanding the situation of unfamiliar places?
● REGIONS: AREAS OF UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC
9. A region is “An _________ of __________ defined by one or more ______________________
______________________________” according to the textbook.
10. One contemporary (current) approach to studying the cultural landscape is called the regional
studies approach. What do geographers who adopt this view believe regarding regions?
11. Geographers using the regional studies approach argue that that distinctive landscapes of different
regions result from what two things?
(a)
(b)
12. Complete the chart below which details types of regions identified by geographers.
FUNCTIONAL REGION
VERNACULAR REGION
example
definition
also
called
FORMAL REGION
13. How does a geographer conclude that two (or more) phenomena are “spatially associated,” that is,
that they are in some way related?
14. Define Culture-
15. What are three cultural values people care about and why?
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16. When understanding what people take care of what are the names geographers give to divided
regions in the world?
17. How do those classifications help geographers understand certain regions?
18a. For each map in Figure 1-21, write a question that you could ask about the data on the map at that
scale.
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18b. How do your questions change as the map’s scale changes?