APHG - CH 1 Vocab Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
Stimulus diffusion *	The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected.
Place *	A specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic.
Distribution	The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.
Cultural landscape*	An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.
Space	The physical gap or interval between two objects.
Ecosystem	A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.
Behavioral geography	The study of the psychological basis for individual human actions in space.
Biosphere	All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms.
Nonrenewable resource	Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans.
Map scale	The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface.
Scale *	Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
Functional region (or nodal region) *	An area organized around a node or focal point.
Spatial association *	The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature.
Atmosphere	The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth.
Spatial perspective *	A geographic focus that seeks to identify and explain the uses of space.
Geographic information system (GIS) *	A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
Prime meridian	The meridian, designated as 0° longitude, passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.
Humanistic geography	The study of different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meanings.
Conservation	The sustainable management of a natural resource.
Sustainability *	The use of Earth’s renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
Relative Location *	The position of one place or person in relation to another place or person.
Region *	An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features
Dispersed *	Diffused or spread out over an area.
Cultural ecology	A geographic approach that emphasizes human–environment relationships.
Environmental determinism *	An approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences.
Friction of distance*	The inhibiting effect of distance on the intensity and volume of forms of interaction. Note: time-space compression decreases friction of distance.
Volunteered geographic information (VGI)	Creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals.
Resource	A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
Formal region (or uniform region) *	An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
Site *	The physical character of a place.
Absolute Location	A precise position on the Earth's surface
Culture*	The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group’s distinct tradition.
Polder	Land that the Dutch have created by draining water from an area.
Hydrosphere	All of the water on and near Earth’s surface.
Spatial diffusion *	A feature spreading across space.
Globalization *	Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
Mashup	A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service.
Projection	A system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map.
Meridian	An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.
Perceptual region (or Vernacular region) *	An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
Latitude	The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator (0°).
Complementarity	A measure of how well one country’s export profile matches another country’s import profile.
Transnational corporation *	A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located.
Global Positioning System (GPS)	A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
Distance decay *	The diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
Network	A chain of communication that connects places.
Soil depletion *	The erosion, salinization, or degrading of fertile soil.
Contagious diffusion*	The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
Poststructuralist geography	The study of space as the product of ideologies or value systems of ruling elites.
Map	A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth’s surface or a portion of it.
Ecology	The scientific study of ecosystems.
Geotagging	Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates.
Uneven development	The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.
Longitude	The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°).
International Date Line	An arc that for the most part follows 180° longitude. When the International Date Line is crossed heading east (toward America), the clock moves back a day. When it is crossed heading west (toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day.
Abiotic	Composed of nonliving or inorganic matter.
Syncretism *	The combining of elements of two groups into a new cultural feature.
Preservation	The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.
Possibilism *	The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.
Cartography	The science of making maps
Pattern	The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a particular area.
Situation *	The location of a place relative to another place.
Clustered	Position close together. Often used interchangeably with "concentration".
Space–time compression *	The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems.
Location *	The position of anything on Earth’s surface.
Parallel	A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.
Connection	The relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.
Mental map	A representation of a portion of Earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place that contains personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located.
Expansion diffusion *	The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)	The time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0° longitude.
Renewable resource	Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans.
Participatory GIS (PGIS)	Community-based mapping, representing local knowledge and information.
Biotic	Composed of living organisms.
Concentration	The spread of something over a given area versus another area.
Diffusion *	The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
Thematic map *	A map that emphasizes the spatial patterns of geographic statistics or attributes, and sometimes the relationship between them.
Sense of place *	How a person feels about a place and why it is important to them.
Remote sensing *	The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.
Lithosphere	Earth’s crust and a portion of the upper mantle directly below the crust.
Relocation diffusion (also known as Migration diffusion)*	The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.
Climate	The long-term average weather condition at a particular location
Toponym *	The name given to a portion of Earth’s surface.
Hierarchical diffusion *	The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
Density *	The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
Hearth *	The region from which innovative ideas originate.
Spatial interaction *	The connectivity of people, businesses, or other features across space.

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FIRST SET OF VOCAB

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Stimulus diffusion *	Definition: The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected.	1	0	false
Place *	Definition: A specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic.	2	0	false
Earth’s	The arrangement of something across _____ surface.	3	1	true
approach	An _____ to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.	4	1	true
interval	The physical gap or _____ between two objects.	5	1	true
Ecosystem	Definition: A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.	6	0	false
Behavioral geography	Definition: The study of the psychological basis for individual human actions in space.	7	0	false
Biosphere	Definition: All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms.	8	0	false
consumed	Something produced in nature more slowly than it is _____ by humans.	9	1	true
Map scale	Definition: The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface.	10	0	false
Scale *	Definition: Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.	11	0	false
organized	An area _____ around a node or focal point.	12	1	true
Spatial association *	Definition: The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature.	13	0	false
surrounding	The thin layer of gases _____ Earth.	14	1	true
geographic	A _____ focus that seeks to identify and explain the uses of space.	15	1	true
information	Geographic _____ system (GIS) *	16	0	true
Prime meridian	Definition: The meridian, designated as 0° longitude, passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.	17	0	false
Humanistic geography	Definition: The study of different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meanings.	18	0	false
sustainable	The _____ management of a natural resource.	19	1	true
future	The use of Earth’s renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the _____.	20	1	true