| Question |
Answer |
| place | a specific geographic setting with distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes |
| human geography | the study of spatial organization of human activity and of people relationships with their environment |
| site | the physical attributes of a location ex. terrain, vegetation |
| situation | the location of a place relative to other places and human activities |
| projection | systematic rendering on a flat surface on the geographic coordinates of the features found on earth's surface |
| cartography | the body of pratical theoretical knowlegde about making distinctive visual represenations of earth's surface in the form of maps |
| GIS | Global Info system- a st of comp. tools used to capture, store, transform, analyze and display geographic data. |
| GPS | a set of satellites used to help determine location anywhere on the earth's surface w/a portable electronic device |
| absolute location | the exact position of an object or place measured with in the spatial coordinates of a grid system |
| relative location | the position of a place relative to places around it |
| friction of distance | the deterrent or inhibiting effect of distance on human activity |
| distance decay | the rate at which a particular activity or process diminishes wih increasing distance |
| topological space | te connections between or connectivity of particular points in space |
| cognitve space | measuredin terms of ppl's values, feelings, beliefs and perceptions about locations, districs, regions |
| complementarity | a condition that exist when 2 regions through, an exchange of raw materials and/or finished products, can specifically satisfy each others demands |
| intervening opportunities | the presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly dimishes the attractivness of sites farther away |
| formal region | a type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomenon |
| functional region | a region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it |
| diffusion | the spatial spreading or dissemination of a culture element or some other phenomenon |
| hierarchal | phenomenon can be diffused from one location to another without necesaril sreading to ppl or places in between |
| expansion | phenomenon spreads b/c of the proximity of carriers or agents of change who are fixed in their location |
| migrant | innovastion enjoys a brief but strong adoption and it spreads and losses its strngth at origin |
| human footprint | humans altering the environment on the global scale; the influencing of mankind on earth |
| globalization | increasing interconnectedness of diff parts of the world through common processes of economic, environ., political and cultural change |
| hyperglobalists | they view that open markets and free trade and investments across global markets allow more ppl to share in the prosperity of a growing world economy~ globalization is good and they brlieve in neoliberal policiesex. transnational organization Micky Ds |
| skeptics | much talk on globalization is exaggerated. they say economic integration is much less significant. they argue that national govs. are essential to regulation of international economic activity |
| transformationalists | process is unprecedented as gov and ppl confront the absence of any clear distinction btwn global and local.dismiss idea that boundaries will go away. they say that the welth will increase and the poor will become poorer.believe world will divide in 3. |
| core | distinctive attributes are very clear ex. think or mormons |
| domain | dominant but not to the point of exclusivity |
| sphere | present but not dominant ex. minority |
| dejure space | "legally recoginzed" territories delimited by formal legally recognized boundaries ex. countries , provinces,states, counties |
| cultural landscapes | the human modified natural landscape specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society |
| natural landscape | the physical landscape or environ. tht has not been affected by human activity |
| symbolic landscape | representations of particular values or aspiration that the builders n financiers of those landscapes want to impart to a larger public |
| supranational organizations | the collec. of indiv. states w/a common goal tht may b economic and or political in nature such organizations diminish to some extent, indiv. state soverign in favor of the group interest ex NATO, EU |
| fast world | ppl, places and regions directly involved as producers and consumers in transnational industry, modern telecommunication, materialistic consumption and international news and entertainment |
| slow world | ppl, places and regions directly involved as producers and consumers in transnational industry, modern telecommunication, materialistic consumption and international news and entertainment are limited |
| possiblism | diff enviro conditions offer both restrains and opport to ppl living in varios regions |
| environmenal determinism | view that the natural environ has a controllin influ over various aspects of the human life, including cultural development |
| jihad vs. mcworld | mcworld= is shorthand for the pop culture and shallowness of the west.jihad= culural values that are underpinned by religiousfundamentalism and tradition , jihad =against western views |
| agricultural hearths | source of civilization.-sw asia=mesopotamia-egypt=nile- indus valley=india-china=huanghe-s.e asia=irawady river- andes mt.-mesoamerica=mayans-w africa=ghana |
| mercator map | accurate=equator,direction btwn two pts. and shape of land inaccurate=distorted at poles, area, oversized landmasses |
| equidistant projection | accurate=represent distance in one directioninaccurate= direction, area, shape, |
| conformal projection | accurate= direcion btwn pts, shape landmassesinacurate= relative size |
| azimunthal projection | accurate= distance from centerinaccurate= direction, area, shape |
| name 3 cohorts | baby boomer, generation x, and net generation |
| isogloss | geo. boundary where a parti. linguisti feature occurs |
| pidgin | mix btwn colonial and indigenous |
| culture system | collec. of interacting elements that shapes a group collec. identity |
| islaminism | rejection of western ideolgy |
| contour lines | lines that connect = points of vertical distance above or below a zero data point |
| chlorepleth map | tonal shadngs reflect area variation in #s, frequencies or densities |
| natural increase | difference btwn CBR and CDR |
| transnational workers | ppl with home or work in more than one place |
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