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DAP 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Formal Region (uniform) | An area in which most people share one or more distinctive characteristics |
| Functional Region (nodal) | An area organized around a node or focal point |
| Vernacular Region (perceptual) | An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity |
| Culture | The body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitutes the distinct tradition of a group of people |
| Spatial Association | The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature |
| Globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope |
| Distribution | The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface |
| Density | The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area |
| Assimilation | The process by which a group’s cultural features are altered to resemble those of another group |
| Acculturation | The process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, each of which retains distinct cultural features |
| Syncretism | The combining of elements of two groups into a new cultural feature |
| Diffusion | The process by which a feature spreads from one place to another over time |
| Hearth | A place from which an innovation originates |
| Sustainability | The use of Earth’s renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future |
| Conservation | The sustainable management of a natural resource to meet human needs |
| Preservation | The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible |
| Biosphere | All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms |
| Cultural Ecology | A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships |
| Environmental Determinism | A nineteenthand early twentieth-century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences |
| Possibilism | The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives |
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