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UNIT 1 APHG VOCAB
Based on Vocab List in Canvas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute Location | EXACT location of a place with coordinates - longitude and latitude |
| Aerial Photography | Information captured from satellites and planes from space |
| Built environment | Physical objects humans created that are part of landscape |
| Cartography | Science of map making |
| Census Data | Demographic Data, every 10 years in US |
| Centralized Pattern | Distribution pattern circles another object |
| Contagious Diffusion | Expansion diffusion - ALL are affected no matter what, spreads outward Ex: Ice Bucket Challenge |
| Contour Map | Lines represent height above sea level Ex: Topographic map |
| Cultural Ecology | Emphasizes human-environment relationships |
| Cultural Hearths | Where things originate |
| Cultural Landscape | Human activities modifying natural landscape |
| Cultural Traits | Attributes of culture |
| Distortion | In maps, misrepresentation of an area/Earth PRESENT IN ALL MAPS |
| Distance Decay | The further things are apart, they become less connected |
| Distribution | How something is spread out over an area |
| Determinism | Physical landscape controls human activity |
| Possibilism | Humans modify and adapt to landscape |
| Fieldwork |