Ch. 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Spatial Approach

Answer 1

Perspective that considers the arrangement of the phenomena being studied. (Considerations like location, distance, direction, orientation, pattern, and interconnection)

Question 2

Human Geography

Answer 2

The study of spatial characteristics of humans and human activities.

Question 3

Absolute Location

Answer 3

The exact/precise spot where something is according to the system being used. (ex. longitude and latitude)

Question 4

Equator

Answer 4

An imaginary line that goes around the world exactly between the North and South poles.

Question 5

Latitude

Answer 5

The distance North or South of the equator.

Question 6

Longitude

Answer 6

The distance East or West of the prime meridian.

Question 7

Prime Meridian

Answer 7

An imaginary line that runs from pole to pole through Greenwich, England.

Question 8

International Date Line

Answer 8

Roughly follows a 180 degrees longitude(north-south) line on the Earth, but makes deviations to accommodate international boundaries.

Question 9

Relative Location

Answer 9

A description of where something is in relation to other things.

Question 10

Site

Answer 10

Can be described as the characteristics at the immediate location- like the soil type, climate, labor force, and human structures.

Question 11

Situation

Answer 11

Refers to the location of a place relative to its surroundings and other places near it.

Question 12

Sense of Place

Answer 12

How a place’s characteristics are perceived based on personal beliefs of humans.

Question 13

Human-environment interaction

Answer 13

The connection and exchange between humans and the natural world.

Question 14

Cultural ecology

Answer 14

The study of how humans adapt to the environment.

Question 15

Environmental determinism

Answer 15

The belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior.

Question 16

Possibilism

Answer 16

A veiw that confirms limits on the effects of the natural enviroment and focuses more on the role that human culture has.

Question 17

Built environment

Answer 17

Pysical artifacts that humans have created that form part of the landscape.

Question 18

Cultural landscape

Answer 18

Anything built by humans.

Question 19

Toponyms

Answer 19

names of places that include descriptions of their physical factors

Question 20

time-space compression spatial interaction

Answer 20

the changing of time-distance between places because of transportation or communication advancements

Question 21

friction of distance

Answer 21

indicates that when things are farther apart, they usually tend to be less well-connected, and vice versa

Question 22

distance-decay

Answer 22

when this relationship between distance and connection is weakened

Question 23

density

Answer 23

the number of something in a specific area

Question 24

distribution

Answer 24

the way an amount of something is spread out over an area