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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| human-environmental interaction | humans and natural world interacting |
| natural resources | Things in nature we use |
| renewable natural resources | The connection and exchange between them umans and the natural world |
| non-renewable natural resources | includes items that occur in the natural environment that people can use. |
| sustainability | are limited and can be exhausted by human uses. |
| land use | an overarching theme of human geography and relates to trying to use resources now in ways that allow their use in the future while minimizing negative impacts on the environment |
| built environment | The study of how land is utilized, modified, and organized by people |
| cultural landscape | the physical artifacts that humans have created and that form part of the landscape, in their understanding of land use. Buildings, roads, signs, farms, and fences are examples of the built environment |
| cultural ecology | Anything built by humans |
| environmental determinism | The belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal development while ignoring the influence |
| possibilism | a view that acknowledges limits on the effects of the natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays |