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19 Cards in this Set
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Formal Region |
Region defined by it's internal homogeniety |
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Vernacular Region |
Defined by the people who live in it |
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Transferability |
cost of moving an item/idea and the ability to bear the cost |
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Spatial Diffusion |
spread of a phenomenon across space and time |
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Expansion Diffusion |
Phenomenons spread through carriers fixed in space |
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Situation |
Regional context and connectivity of a location relative to other places |
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Accesibility |
Opprotunity for contact/interaction with other locations |
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Technology Systems |
clusters of interrelated energy, transportation and production technologies that dominate economic activity |
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Imperialism |
deliberate exercise of military power and economic influence by core states to advance their national interests |
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Commodity Chain |
network of labour and production prices |
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Time-space convergence |
reduction of travel or transmission time |
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Cost-space convergence |
reduction of travel or transmission cost |
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Nutritional Density |
total population/ total cultivable land |
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Agricultural density |
total population/ total# of farmers per cultivable land |
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Culture |
shared set of meanings that are lived through both material and symbolic practices of everyday life |
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Cultural Geography |
study of the impact (material & symbolic) human culture on the natural landscape and vise versa |
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Cultural Complex |
related set of cultural traits associated with one aspect of a society's activities or behaviour |
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Cultural System |
Two or more interacting cultural complexes |
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Ethnic Group |
subset of the human population sharing a distinct national identity based on a common origin, heritage or ancestry |
