Geo Vocab

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agricultural density

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the amount of the total rural population per arable land which is available

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arithmetic density

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the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

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cartography

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the study and practice of making maps

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concentration

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the geographic location of a specific cluster or dense group

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connections

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the act or state of connecting

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contagious diffusion

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a branch of expansion diffusion. It refers to a cultural trait spreading across a population like a disease

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cultural ecology

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the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments

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cultural landscape

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distinct geographical areas or properties uniquely "..represent[ing] the combined work of nature and of man.."

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culture

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the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively

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density

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the frequency with which something occurs in space (can be measures of people, houses, cars, volcanoes, or anything, with any method of measurement)

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diffusion

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process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time (through complex transportation, communications, resulting in complicated interactions) Can mean people in different regions can modify ideas at the same time in different ways

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distance decay

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a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions

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distribution

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the arrangement of something across Earth's surface

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environmental determinism

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the view that the physical environment sets limits on human environment

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expansion diffusion

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the spread of an innovation or an idea through a population in an area

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formal/uniform region

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cultural criteria;the type of region marked

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functional/nodal region

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the product of interactions, of movement of various kinds

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GIS

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a new tool that allows geographers to combine layers of spatial data in a computerized environment, creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed

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GPS

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an electronic system that uses these satellites to determine the position of a vehicle, person, etc.

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globalization

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growth to a global or worldwide scale

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hearth

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the place from which an innovation originates; diffuses from there to other places [diffusion]

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hierarchical diffusion

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a form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by trickling down from larger to smaller adoption units

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mental map

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the map in your mind

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physiological diffusion

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an alteration or adjustment in structure or habits often hereditary by which a species or individual improves its condition in relationship to its environment

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possibilism

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geographic viewpoint-a response to determinism- that holds that human decision making is the crucial factor in cultural development, not the environment

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projection

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a 3 dimensional object that is stretched so you can see all of the surface

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region

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an area on Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon

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regional studies

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study of the environmental effects of possible future projects in a region. Such a study is usually conducted outside the scope of the Act

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relocation diffusion

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sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier agents as they evacuate the old areas and relocate the new ones

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remote sensing

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the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it

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scale

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relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and the Earth as a whole

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site

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a physical character of a place, such as characteristics like climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation

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situation

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the location of a place relative to other places; valuable to indicate location: finding an unfamiliar place and understanding its importance by comparing location with familiar one and learning their accessibility to other places

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space-time compression

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an influence on the rate of expansion diffusion of an idea, observing that the spread or acceptance of an idea is usually delayed as distance from the source of the innovation increases

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stimulus diffusion

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a third form of expansion diffusion

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toponym

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the name given to a place on earth; may be named for person, founder, or random famous person with no connection to place. Places can change names

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transnational corporation

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a multinational corporation (MNC) trans national co-operation.(TNC), also called multinational enterprise (MNE), is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation

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uneven development

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a Marxist concept to describe the overall dynamics of human history

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perceptual/ vernacular region

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a region that only exists as a conceptualization or idea and not as a physically demarcated entity