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AP Human Vocab 1
AP Human Geography Vocab Unit 1- Brianna Riddick
| vocab word | definition |
|---|---|
| sequent occupance | societies leave cultural imprints, contributing to cultural landscape; symbolizes how humans interact with surroundings |
| cultural landscape | landscape influenced by cultural group; how humans interact with nature |
| arithmetic density | total number of people divided by total land area |
| physiological density | number of people per unit of land suitable for agriculture |
| hearth | the region from which ideas originate |
| diffusion | spread of a feature from one place to another over time |
| relocation diffusion | spread of an idea through movement of people from one place to another |
| expansion diffusion | spread of a feature in a snowballing process |
| hierarchical diffusion | spread of an idea from a person of authority to others |
| contagious diffusion | rapid, widespread of a characteristic throughout a population |
| stimulus diffusion | spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic fails to diffuse |
| absolute distance | exact measurement of the space between two places |
| relative distance | approximate measurement of the space between two places |
| distribution | arrangement of something across Earth |
| environmental determinism | 19th/early 20th century approach stating geography was the study of how the environment caused human activities |
| absolute location | position on Earth's surface using longitude and latitude |
| relative location | position on Earth relative to other places |
| site | physical character of a place |
| situation | location of a place relative to other places |
| space time compression | reduction in time it takes to diffuse something, as a result of improved communication and transportation |
| friction of distance | distance requires effort, money, and energy to overcome |
| distance decay | diminishes in importance and eventually disappears with increased distance from origin |
| networks | set of interconnected nodes without a center |
| connectivity | relationships between people and objects across the barrier of space |
| accessibility | how easily a certain location can be reached from other locations |
| space | gap between two objects |
| spatial distribution | location of geographic phenomena across space |
| size | estimation of extent |
| scale | ratio of size of something on Earth and the size on a map |
| formal region | common characteristic in an area |
| functional region | area organized around a node or focal point |
| vernacular region | place that exists as part of cultural identity |
| possibilism | people can adjust to their environment |
| natural landscape | landscape not affected by human activity |
| pattern | geometric arrangement of something across Earth |
| toponym | name given to a place on Earth |
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