Intro+to+Geography+Flashcards

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**Review Questions:** 1.) What is a region defined as?

2.) Describe the term scale. (maps)

3.) Describe the changing attributes of a place? ex. (sequent occupance)

4.) How are models used realtive to real life situations?

5.) Name the major map projections.

**Answers:** 1.) A region can be defined as formal, functional/nodal, and perceptual/vernacular. A formal region is a type of region defined by a degree of similarity in one or more phenomena. A functional region is a region where a particular set of actives occur. A percptual region is one that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea not as a physical space.

2.) The relationship between distance on a map and on the earth's surface.

3.) Sequent occupance is when different people live in one space over a period of time.

4.) Models explain patterns, allows people to make informed decisions, and can be used to predict future behaviors.

5.) Peters, Robinson, Mercator,Goodes, Conical (more information can be found at the maps page. )