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61 Cards in this Set
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absolute location |
the position or place pf a certain item on the surface of the earth as expressed in degree, minutes, and seconds of latitude, 0 to 90 N or S of the equator, and longitude, 0 to 180 E or W of the prime meridian. |
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accessibility |
the degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations. |
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activity space |
the space within which daily activities occur. |
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cartography |
the art and science of making maps, including data, compilation, layout ,and design. |
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connectivity |
the degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network. |
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contagious diffusion |
distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person. |
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cultural barrier |
prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas, or practices unacceptable or unadoptable in that certain culture. |
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cultural complex |
a related set of cultural traits, such as prevailing dress codes and cooking/eating utensils. |
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cultural diffusion |
expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area. |
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cultural ecology |
multiple interactions and relationships between and culture and the natural environment. |
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cultural hearth |
heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin of a major culture. |
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cultural landscape |
the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape. |
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cultural trait |
single element of normal practice in a culture, such as wearing a turban. |
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culture |
sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by members of society. |
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distances |
measurements of the physical space between two places |
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environmental determinism |
view that the natural environment has controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development |
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epidemic |
a disease that is particular to a locality or region |
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expansion diffusion |
spread of innovation or ides through a population in an area in such a way that the number of those influenced grows continuously larger, resulting in an expanding area of dissemination |
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fieldwork |
the study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places |
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five themes |
location, human environment, region, place, and movement |
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formal region |
type of region marked by certain degree of homogeneity in 1 or more phenomena aka uniform or homogenous region |
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functional region |
region defined by the particular set of activities or interaction that occur within it |
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generalized maps |
help us see general trends |
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geocaching |
a hunt for a cache, the GPS coordinates which are place on the internet by other geocachers |
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geographic concept |
ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions |
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geographic info system |
collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stores, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to the user |
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globalization |
the expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale impact |
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global positioning system GPS |
satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features |
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hierarchical diffusion |
form of diffusion in which and idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples |
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human-environment |
reciprocal relationship between human and environment |
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human geography |
one of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes. |
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independent invention |
the term of a trait with many cultural hearths that developed independence of each other |
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isotherm |
line on a map connecting point of equal temperate values |
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landscape |
overall appearance of an area |
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location |
geographical situation of people and things |
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location theory |
a logical attempt to explain the locational pattern of an economic activity, and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated. |
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medical geography |
the study of health and disease within a geographic context and from a geographical perspective |
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mental map |
image or picture of the way space is organize as determined by and individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space |
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movement |
the mobility of people, goods, and ideas across the surface of the planet |
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pandemic |
an outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide |
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pattern |
the design of a spatial distribution |
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perception of place |
belief or understanding about a place developed through books, movies, stories, or pictures |
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perceptual region |
region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea and not as a physically demarcated entity |
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physical geography |
one of two major divisions of systematic geography; the spatial analysis of the structure, processes, and location of earth's natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals, and topography. |
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place |
uniqueness of a location |
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political ecology |
an approach to studying nature-society relations that is concerned with the ways in which environmental issues both reflect, and are the result of, the political and socioeconomic contexts in which they are situated |
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possiblism |
geographic view point- a response to determination that holds the human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development. nonetheless, possibilists view the environment as providing a set of broad constrains that limits the possibilities of human choice |
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reference maps |
maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude |
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region |
an area on the earth's surface marked by degree of formal, functional, perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon |
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relative location |
relative locationthe regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places |
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relocation diffusion |
sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier agents as the evacuate the old areas and relocate to new ones |
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remote sensing |
a method of colleting data of info through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the are or object of study |
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rescale |
involvement of player sat other scales to generate support for a position or initiative |
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sense of place |
state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important event that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character |
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sequent occupance |
the notion that sequencive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape |
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spatial |
pertaining to, involving, or having the nature of space on the earth's surface. |
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spatial distribution |
physical location of geographic phenomena across space |
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spatial interaction intervening opportunity |
the presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites further away |
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stimulus diffusion |
form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the intro of a cultural trait from another place |
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thematic maps |
maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of show attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon |
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time distance decay |
the declining degree of acceptance of an ideas or innovation with increasing time and distance from its points point of origin or source |
