absolute direction Flashcards
absolute direction
north south east west
absolute distance
can be measured by standard unit
absolute location
exact location
cartographers
map makers
census
official number of people in a space (ex: states)
core
powerful country
density
number of thing in an area
density decay
further 2 things are the less they’ll have in common
distribute
to arrange with given space (the way something is spread out)
ecological perspective
the relationship with living things and their home
environmental determination
the way humans act is based on their physical enviroment
flow
movement of people, goods, or info that have an effect on society
formal region/ uniform region
(uniform region) an area that has shared traits
functional region
area organized around a main focus
geographic info system
collects geographical data and stores and analyzes it
global positioning system
location data (road directions.)
globalization
the expansion of culture/politics/economy/people globally
human geography
study of how humans use and altar the earth
location
where something is
map scale
the size of the map compared to its size on earth
mental maps
internalized way of portions of earths surface// “tell me how to get to ur house from the school”
node
focal point of a functional region
pattern
a specific way things are arranged in a space
perceptual region
a region that reflects how people feel about it
