-What is Scale?
What is the difference between local and global scale?
-What are the three methods of scale and describe them.
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-What is projection and what are the 4 types of distortion that can result from projection?
What are the differences between the Mercator and Peter's projections?
-What does the saying “uniform global landscape” mean?
-What does the idea the world is shrinking mean? (4 things)
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-What is a transnational corporation (T.C.)?
-What is the difference between a place and a region?
-How are GPS and GIS different?
-How are location, toponym and situation related?
-Name the three types of regions and explain them.
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-What is “environmental …show more content…
Chapter 5
-Where are English-language speakers distributed?
-Why is English related to other languages?
-Where are other language families distributed?
-Why do people preserve local languages?
-What is BRP?
-How is a language considered isolated?
-What is an extinct language?
-What is Spanglish?
-Explain vulgar latin.
-People’s core values and beliefs are found in their religion, an essential element of the definition of culture.
Chapter 6
-Some religions are global, designed to appeal to people throughout the world. Other religions are more local, designed to appeal primarily to people in -geographically limited areas.
-Religious values are as much a part of identity as is language. How people organize this landscape is important to geographers.
-Where are religions distributed?
-Why do religions have different distributions?
-Why and how do religions organize space?
-Why do territorial conflicts arise among religious groups?
-What are the three most common religions around the world? (label them universalizing or ethnic religions)
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-What are the three iconic universalizing religions?
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