Flashcards of the vocabulary words from Chapter 1 of The Cultural Landscape
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| show | Agricultural Density
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| Customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that make up a group's distinct tradition; ex. food, language, religion, clothing | show 🗑
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| show | Distribution
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| An arc running north to south on the globe that measures east to west | show 🗑
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| Acquisition of data about Earth's surface via satellite or other long distance methods | show 🗑
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| show | Hearth
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| Number system that locates parallels; measures distance north or south of the equator | show 🗑
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| Specific point distinguished by a distinct characteristic | show 🗑
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| Physical character of a place | show 🗑
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| Spread of a feature through movement of people from one place to another; for example, the English language spreading to America via migrating English settlers | show 🗑
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| show | Projection
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| Time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude; also known as Universal Time (UT) | show 🗑
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| An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends/ features; ex. South America is a _____________ because of its similar cuisine, religion, and language. | show 🗑
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| Process of spreading of a characteristic or trend from one place to another; ex. relocation, expansion, stimulus, hierarchical | show 🗑
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| show | Base Line
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| show | Parallel
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| show | Situation
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| show | Globalization
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| a.k.a. Cultural landscape studies- emphasizes the relationship between social and physical characteristics in a particular area | show 🗑
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| show | Polder
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| show | Expansion diffusion
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| show | Global Positioning System (GPS)
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| Rapid, widespread diffusion throughout a population; hint: THE PLAGUE!!!! | show 🗑
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| Theory that people have the ability to adjust the environment even though it my set limits | show 🗑
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| An active company in many countries other than where the headquarters are located; ex. fast food restaurants, car companies | show 🗑
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| Arc that follows 180 degrees longitude, but can deviate to avoid dividing land areas, clock changes by 1 day | show 🗑
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| north to south line created during the Land Ordinance of 1785 to make counting townships easier | show 🗑
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| show | Uneven development
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| Relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole; the scope of something; ex. global, national, state, local | show 🗑
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| show | Formal region
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| show | Map
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| Representation based on an individual's knowledge; ex. I just moved to New York; my ________ ________ of the city isn't too good. | show 🗑
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| Geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area; ex. Land Ordinance of 1785 | show 🗑
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| show | Resource
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| show | Land Ordinance of 1785
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| show | Location
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| Relationships between people and objects across space | show 🗑
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| Changes made to a natural landscape by a cultural group; ex. terracing into mountains | show 🗑
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| show | Prime Meridian
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| show | Space
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| show | Functional Region
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| Spread of trend from one person/node of authority to other people; ex. A celebrity starts a new trend. | show 🗑
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| show | Geographic Information System (GIS)
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| a.k.a. perceptual region- area that people believe exist as a part of their cultural identity; ex. The American South | show 🗑
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| show | Space-Time Compression
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| show | Section
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| 36 square miles; due to the Land Ordinance of 1785; divided into 36 sections | show 🗑
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| Number of people per unit of land suitable for agriculture; hint: number of people, not number of farmers | show 🗑
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| show | Longitude
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| show | Cartography
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| show | Distance Decay
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| Spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected; ex. Apple's mouse was used by PC even though Apple wasn't popular at the time. | show 🗑
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| show | Toponym
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| 19t5h-20th century approach that the environment determined what humans can and can't do | show 🗑
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| show | Density
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| show | Concentration
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| show | Cultural Ecology
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| show | Arithmetic Density
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