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Ch. 1 AP Human Geo

QuestionAnswer
Absolute Location
Acculturation The changing of a culture from the meeting of two groups with distinct features
Assimilation One group changing its customs and features to resemble another
Cartography The science of map making
Clustered
Cultural Ecology How humans have adapted socially and to environment to survive and prosper.
Culture The body of beliefs, materials material, and social forms significant to a group of people
Density The frequency in which something exists in a given area
Diffusion Process of spreading overtime
Relocation Physical movement of an idea Ex. Missionaries
Contagious Widespread to everyone regardless of status
Hierarchical Person in power spreads ideas to lower ranks Ex. Fashion trends
Stimulus Idea spreads from original hearth but is changed according to culture in area
Dispersed
Distance-decay The further away something is the less interactions a person would have with it
Distribution The arrangement of population in relation the characteristics of area
GIS Layered Satellite data Ex. Streams, roads, fields
GPS Positioning of where something Ex.
Hearth Origin of an idea
Possibilism The mindset and theory that all is possible
Relative location Where something is in relation to an object
Scale The part of Earth that is being studied in relation to the whole of the Earth
Site The physical character of a place Ex. Climate, water source, topography, latitude, elevation
Environmental Determinism
Equator The horizontal center line around the Earth
Expansion Diffusion The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another
Gender The roles and attributes society has pinned to being masculine or femenine
Gravity Model The point at which people find one destinations etc. than another.
Latitude The measures of where something is north to south
Longitude The measure of where something is side to side
Mercator Projection stretched north to south
Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude
Peters Projection North and south are squished
Projection A system used to put locations on earth onto a flat surfaced map
Remote Sensing Data collected from satellites orbiting earth
Situation Synonym for Relative location
Syncretism A new culture feature created by the joining of two groups
Time-space Compression The reduction of time it takes to diffuse something Ex. Planes are faster than cars
Spatial Analysis Explains patterns of human behavior
Sustainability The use on natural resources that makes sure they are available later
Toponym The name given to a portion of Earth
Uniform Landscape The shared popular custom in one area and another Ex. Fast food restraunts around the U.S
Uneven Development Developed in one area Developing in another
Core Developed Ex. America, Canada, Europe
Periphery Developing Ex. South America
Winkle Projection A map made through the size and shape of a circle
Formal Region An area where everyone shares a common characteristic Ex. Religion, Race
Functional Region Area organized around a node or focal point Ex. Shops, Transportation
Vernacular Region An area in which people believe exists in their cultural identity
Qualitative Map Shows data with colors and symbols
Dot Distribution Map One dot represents a value or number of an object
Choropleth Map Color by region
Graduated Symbol Map Size of circle shows value
Cartogram Map Size of region is distorted based on value of an object in the region
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