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APHG CH 1 VOCAB
Wahowski CyLakes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of where things are found on the Earth's surface and the reasons for the locations. Split into 2 categories: human and physical | GEOGRAPHY |
| The frequency with which something occurs in space is its.... | DENSITY |
| The total number of objects in an area | ARITHMETIC DENSITY |
| The number of people per unit of area suitable for agriculture | PHYSIOLOGICAL DENSITY |
| The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place | SPACE-TIME COMPRESSION |
| When contact diminishes with increasing disance and eventually disappears. | DISTANCE DECAY |
| The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time. | DIFFUSION |
| The place from which an innovation originates is called. | HEARTH |
| Type of diffusion where the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another | RELOCATION DIFFUSION |
| The spread of a freature from one place to another in a snowballing process. | EXPANSION DIFFUSION |
| Type of diffusion where the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or pwer to ther persons or places. | HIERARCHICAL DIFFUSION |
| Type of diffusion where the spread is rapid throughout the entire population. | CONTAGIOUS DIFFUSION |
| Type of diffusion whtere the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse. | STIMULUS DIFFUSION |
| The extent of a feature's spread over space. | CONCENTRATION |
| The geometric arrangement of objects in space | PATTERN |
| The arrangement of a feature in space is known as. | DISTRIBUTION |
| The idea that human actions were scientifically caused by environmental conditions | ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM |
| The idea that the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment | POSSIBILISM |
| Type of region that is uniform or homogeneous where everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics | FORMAL REGION |
| Type of region that is organized around a node or focal point. Region is tied to the central point by communication and transportation. Also known as a nodal region | FUNCTIONAL REGION |
| Type of perceptual region that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. | VERNACULAR REGION |
| The position that somethign occupies on the Earth's surface. | LOCATION |
| The name given to a place on Earth | TOPONYM |
| The physical characteristic of a place | SITE |
| Location of a place relative to other places | SITUATION |
| 0 degrees longitude | PRIME MERIDIAN |
| 0 degrees latitude | EQUATOR |
| 2D or flat scale model of Earth's surface or a portion of it. | MAP |
| The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long distance methods | REMOTE SENSING |
| A high performance computer system that processes geographic data. | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) |
| Navigation system that takes signals from a series of satellites taht can pintpoint the current location of a motor vehicle. | GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) |
| The scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface | PROJECTION |
| Every 15 degrees longitude that results in one hour | TIME ZONE |
| Relation of a feature's size on a map and its actual size on Earth's surface | SCALE |
| A force or process that involves the entire world and resutls in making something worldwide in scope | GLOBALIZATION |
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