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AP HUG Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carl Sauer is closely connected to | cultural landscape |
| Sequent occupance is... | where you can see imprints of successive cultural groups on the landscape over time |
| GPS | gives precise location |
| GIS | layers data acquired through remote sensing |
| What are the five themes? | Location, place, movement, region, human/environmental interaction |
| The degree of linkage between 2 locations is called... | connectivity |
| When a trait has multiple hearths that develop the trait independently from the others it is called... | Independent invention |
| Formal region | a region defined by one common characteristic |
| Functional region | a region that revolves around a focal point and a common purpose |
| Perceptual region | a region based on people's ideas not facts |
| Anthropology | the study that is closely identified with culture |
| Relocation diffusion | a type of diffusion where the idea picks up & moves (cannot be transmitted by media) |
| Expansion diffusion | a type of diffusion where the idea stays in its hearth and spreads outward |
| Contagious diffusion | a type of diffusion where it spreads to all adjacent (next to) areas and is adopted |
| Hierarchical diffusion | a type of diffusion where it spreads from large populated urban areas to smaller areas |
| Stimulus diffusion | a type of diffusion where the idea has to be altered in order to be adopted |
| Possibilism | people use their ingenuity to adapt to the environment |
| Environmental determinism | the environment exclusively shape how and where people live |
| Toponym | name of a place |
| Density | frequency of occurrence of a phenomenon on a specifically defined area |
| What does rate of natural increase not include that may impact population | immigration, emigration |
| Cyclic movement | routinely, daily movement |
| Periodic movement | involves longer periods of time away from home |