5 Themes of Geography Flashcards
Diffusion
The spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
Conservation
The sustainable management of a natural resource.
Ecosystem
A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.
Site
The physical characteristics of a place
Situation
The location of a place relative to another place.
Hearth
The region from which innovative ideas originate.
Pattern
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.
Cultural Landscape
The fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
Distribution
The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.
Concentration
The spread of something over a given area.
Possiblism
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.
Environmental Determinism
Study of geography that argued general laws sought by human geographers could be found in physical science.
Resource
A substance in the environment that is useful to people is economically and technologically feasible to access and is socially acceptable to use.
Culture
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group’s distinct tradition.
Sustainablilty
The use of Earth’s renewable and non-renewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
