1.1 Vocab Flashcards
Absolute Location
exact place on earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude
Administrative Region
the territorial units which a country is divided in
Biome
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
Cartography
a science or practice of drawing maps
Choropleth
a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
Concentration
- The spread of objects in a given area
Contagious Diffusion
the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
Cultural Autonomy
- Cultures Develop Independently of their own environment.
Cultural Ecology
The Study of Human Adaptations to social and physical environments
Culture
- the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group
Density
- The quantity of people or things in a given area of space.
Distance-Decay
The tendency of a spatial relationship between one place and another to weaken as the distance between them increases
Distribution
- The way something is spread-out or arranged over a geographic area.
Dot-Distribution
- Maps that use dot symbols to show the presence or quantity of a phenomenon.
Environmental Determinism
- A philosophy of geography that stated that human behaviors are a direct result of the surrounding environment.
Equator
- An imaginary circle of latitude around the middle of the earth.
Eratosthenes
- A Man who created the word geography, accepted the Earth is spherical, calculated its circumference, and created a map of the Earth dividing it into climatic regions
Expansion Diffusion
- When innovations spread to new places while staying strong in their original locations.
Functional Region
An area organized around a focal point or node.
Diffusion
- The Act of Spreading Elements of culture to another region or people
Formal Region
An area within which everyone shares distinctive characteristics
