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History Terms 2
Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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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