ap vocab

Question 0

accessibility

Answer 0

the degree of case with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations. it varies from place to place and can be measured

Question 1

absolute location

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the position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude 0 to 90 north or south of the equator & longitude 0 tob180 east or west of the prime meridam passing through greenwhich england

Question 2

activity space

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the space within which dolly activity occurs

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cartography

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the art and science of making maps, including data compliation, layout, and design. also concerned with the interpretation of mapped patterns

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complementarity

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a condition that exits when two regions, through an exchange of raw materials and/or finished products an specifically satisfy each others demands

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connectivity

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the degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network

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contagious diffusion

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the distance- controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness

Question 7

cultural barrier

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prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain certain innovations ideas or practices unacceptable or unadaptable in that particular culture

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cultural diffusion

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the expansion and adaptation of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area

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cultural ecology

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the multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural event

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cultural hearth

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heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin of a major culture

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cultural landscape

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the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape, the layers of buildings, forms , and artifacts sequentially imprinted on the landscape by the activities of various human occupants

Question 12

culture

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the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted but the members of society.
ralph lintons def.

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culture complex

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a related set of cultural traits such as prevailing dress codes and cooking and eating utensils

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culture trait

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a single element of normal practice in a culture such as the wearing of a turban

Question 15

distance

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measure of the physical space between two places

Question 16

enviromental

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the view that the natural enviroment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development also referred to as environentalism

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epidemic

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regional outbreak of disease

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expansion diffusion

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the spread of an innovation or an idea thru a population in an area in such a way that the # of those influenced grows continuously larger resulting in an expanding area of dissemintation

Question 19

fieldwork

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the study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact w/ and thereby change those places

Question 20

five themes

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developed by genip

location, human emvironent, region, place, movement

Question 21

formal regions

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a tupe pf region marked by a certain degree of homogeherty in one ot more phenomena also called uniform region or homogenous region

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functional region

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a region defined by the particular set of activities or interacts that occur within it

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geocaching

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a hunt for a cache, the GPS coordinates which are placed on the internet by other geocachers

Question 24

geographic concept

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ways of seeing the work spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions

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geographic information systems

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a collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to the user

Question 26

global positioning system

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satellite based system for determing the absolute location or places or geographic features

Question 27

globalization

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the process by which people in a local place mediate and alter reginal, national, and global processes

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hierarchical diffusion

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a form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or people

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human geography

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one of the two major divions of geography the spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes

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human-enviroment

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the second theme of geography as defined by the geography educational national implentation project reciprocal relationship between humans and enviroment

Question 31

independent invention

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the term for a trait with many cultural hearths that devolped independent of each other

Question 32

intervening opportunity

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the presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly dimmishes the attractiveness of sites farther away