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APHG Vocab Unit 1
Unit 1 vocab on Geography, its nature and perspective
Term | Definition |
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Human Geography | |
Physical Geography | |
Five Themes of geography | Location, Place, Human-Environmental Interaction, Movement, Regions |
Relative location | |
Absolute location | |
Site | the physical character of a place: Characteristics include climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation. |
Situation | the location of a place relative to other places. |
Environmental Determinism | the belief that the physical environment caused social development |
Possibilism | The environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment. |
Formal region | An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics |
Functional Region | An area organized around a node or focal point. |
Perceptual Region | An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |
Space | the physical gap or interval between two objects. |
spatial perspective | |
Place | the physical gap or interval between two objects. |
Sense of Place | |
Perception of place | |
Mental map | |
Topophilia | |
Topophobia | |
Toponym | the name given to a place on Earth, derived from people of prominence, religious affiliation, physical features, or origins of its settlers |
Euclidean Space | |
Tobler's Law | |
Friction of Distance |