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History Terms 2

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TermDefinition
Isoline Map A map that connects places of a particular value by lines.
Latitude The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator (0°).
Lithosphere Earth’s crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust.
Location The position of anything on Earth’s surface.
Longitude The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°).
Map A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth’s surface or a portion of it.
Map Scale The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface.
Mashup A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service.
Meme Contagious diffusion through the Internet or social media
Mental Map A representation of a portion of Earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place that contains personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located.
Meridian An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.
Network A chain of communication that connects places.
Nonrenewable Resource A resource that is produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans.
Parallel A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.
Participatory GIS Community-based mapping, representing local knowledge and information.
Pattern The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a particular area.
Photogrammetry The science of taking measurements of Earth’s surface from photographs.
Place A specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic.
Polder Land that the Dutch have created by draining water from an area.
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.
Poststructuralist Geography Geographic approach that examines how the powerful in a society dominate, or seek to control, less powerful groups, how the dominated groups occupy space, and confrontations that result from the domination.
Preservation The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.
Prime Meridian The meridian, designated as 0° longitude, that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.
Projection A system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map.
Region An area distinguished by one or more distinctive characteristics.
Relocation Diffusion The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.
Remote Sensing The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.
Renewable Resource A resource that is produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans.
Resource A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
Scale The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
Site The physical character of a place.
Situation The location of a place relative to another place. Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory.
Space-time Compression The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems.
Spatial Association The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature.
Stimulus Diffusion The spread of an underlying principle.
Sustainability The use of Earth’s renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
Syncretism The combining of elements of two groups into a new cultural feature.
Toponym The name given to a portion of Earth’s surface.
Transnational Corporation A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located.
Uneven Development The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.
Vernacular Region An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
Volunteered Geographic Information Creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals.
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