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AP Human Geography1
AP Human Geography Ch1
Question | Answer |
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human geography* | the study of human population, culture and landscape |
Globalization | the world getting "smaller" |
Spatial disrtibution | physical location of geographic phenomena |
Spatial interaction* | how things interact based on space |
Accessibility | how easy a place is to get to |
Connectivity | how easy it is to communicate |
cultural landscape | things that humans leave behind like road or a building |
sequence occupance | muliple groups of people livedat that location over a period of time |
reference maps* | maps that show the absolute locationof places |
thematic maps* | maps that tell stories |
activity space | where you are on a daily basis |
formal/functional, & perceptual regions* | formal region-a type of region that is set functional region- a type of region that is defined by daily activities perceputal region- just a general area eg: The South |
time-distance decay* | time and distance are not being as much of a problem |
cultural barrier | barriers preventing cultures from mixing wether tangible or untangible |
expansion diffusion | diffusion based on movement |
contagious diffusion | diffusion based on more and more people liking the thing |
hierachial dfiiusion | diffusion form a select few, to a slightly largre group, to a larger group untill it goes world wide |
stimulus diffusion | diffusion form one culture to another |
relocation diffusion | diffusion spread from people moving |
enviromental determinism | the enviroment controlls human life |
isotherm | a line on a map connecting points of equal temperature values |
cultural ecology* | the interaction between a culture and the enviroment |