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Chapter 1
Human Geo Vocabb
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geography | the study of the way humans create and think of spaces as well as how they manipulate them |
| human geography | the study of how humans are connected and interact with their environment and how |
| globalization | the processes of interactions across borders that strengthen relationships and interconnectedness |
| fieldwork | what a geographer does the gain more insight onto what they are studying |
| patterns | the description of the dispersion of things on a map |
| physical geography | the study of the characteristics of the physical environment |
| spatial distribution | the physical locations of things that are usually shown on a map |
| pandemic | the spread of disease globally |
| epidemic | the spread of disease within a region |
| spatial perspective | the way of studying the occurrence of things with keeping in mind the history and geography of that particular thing |
| geographic concepts | categories used to help geographers understand case studies and make connections |
| location | the geographical position of things on earth that can help explain how and why things occur |
| absolute location | the description of location using unchanging characteristics (longitude and latitude) |
| relative location | the description of location in relation to something else that may be easily changeable (street names) |
| location theory | the understanding of geography that's goal is to be able to answer theoretical and practical questions (explain why things occur and where things should occur) |
| human-environment interactions | the reciprocal relationship between humans and their environments |
| environmental determinism | the idea that the physical environment controls/affects the society inhabiting that area's behavior |
| hearth | the area where something like an idea, invention, or technology was born |
| possibilism | (in response to environmental determinism) the idea that a societies choices depend on what is needed and what technology is available, and that their environment only limits their range of choices |
| carrying capacity | the idea that an area of land can support a certain amount of life |
| cultural ecology | the study of interaction between humans and their environments (culture as a system of adaptation) |
| political ecology | the study of interaction between humans and their environments while keeping in mind the context of the political, economical, and historical situation of that particular time |
| region | an area that is similar to the areas around it but still has something that differentiates itself from them |
| formal region | a region with a shared cultural or physical trait |
| cultural traits | a learned belief or norm that is passed down through generations in a culture (single attribute of culture) |
| functional region | a region with a particular set of activities or interactions in it (common purpose) |
| nodes | places that are centers in a functional region for ideas to flow in and out through it |
| perceptual/vernacular region | intellectual constructs to understand the nature and distribution of phenomena in geography |
| place | a unique location (toponym) |
| sense of place | when humans associate a particular place with a particular meaning and emotion (hometown) |
| perception of place | the perception we place on certain places after seeing/hearing about it |
| movement | the mobility of things across the world (interconnectedness) |
| diffusion | the spread of things (such as values and parts of culture) across the world from the origin |
| accessibility | the ease of flow between places |
| connectivity | the degree of linkage between places in a network |
| expansion diffusion | the spread of something from its origin while keeping the original connection of it and its hearth strong |
| contagious diffusion | when the spread of something is from mainly a result of person-to-person contact |
| hierarchical diffusion | the spread of something based on a hierarchy of connectedness. (high fashion brands) |
| stimulus diffusion | the process of diffusion where two cultural traits make a new distinct one |
| relocation diffusion | the spread of something by the movement of individuals taking it with them |
| cultural landscape | the visible human imprint |
| sequent occupance | the sequential layered imprints of occupants |
| scale | the geographical scope used to analyze a phenomenon (locally, globally, etc.) |
| rescale | the change of the scale to engage decision makers and gatekeepers at another scale |
| context | the whole situation surrounding something |
| cartography | the art and science behind making maps |
| reference maps | the certain maps that show the locations of geographic features |
| thematic maps | the certain maps that show the amount of something or the movement of something |
| global positioning system (GPS) | the satellite based system that can show us the location of places with great accuracy (24 satellites orbiting the earth) |
| mental maps | our perception of the locations of places based off of our experience |
| activity spaces | the spaces we move through routinely |
| terra incongnita | areas of mental maps that are not well defined because they are unkown/off limits |
| remote sensing | technology that gathers data at a distance from earths surface |
| geographic information systems (GIS) | the combination of computers to analyze and show geographic data (google maps) |
| culture | the whole lifestyle, values, and beliefs of a particular group of people |
| culture complex | a group of a combination of cultural traits |
| spatial interaction | the degree of contact among people or places |
| distance | the amount of spaces between places or people |
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