Ch.1 Flashcards
Increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity that seems to be bringing humans in distant places closer together
Space-Time Compression
Outlook used to identify, explain, and predict patterns
Spatial Perspective
Decrease in interaction between 2 phenomena, places, or people as the distance between them increases until ultimately it disappears
Distance Decay
Actions that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
Globalization
of farmers per unit of arable land
Agricultural Density
Human induced changes on the natural environment
Anthropogenic
of people per unit of arable land
Physiological Density
Concepts that can be applied universally
Nomothetic
Distance east or west of prime meridian; lines of meridians
Longitude
Distance north or south of equator; parallel lines
Latitude
Map that depicts a small area with more detail
Large-Scale Maps
Innovation spreads from person or place of power
Hierarchical Diffusion
Approach to study of geography that argued the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences
Environmental Determinism
Thematic map that uses points to show the precise locations of specific observations or occurrences
Dot Map
Map line that connects points of equal or very similar values aka isoline map
Contour Map
Defined by the connections and interactions that occur between them and the surrounding regions
Functional Region
Measure of how much absolute distance affects the interaction between 2 places
Friction of a Distance (Tobler’s First Law of Geography)
Shared physical and cultural characteristics that allow a geographer to group places together
Formal Region
Software programs
G.I.S.
Names given to features
Toponym
Diffusion from heart outward; ideas changed in time
Stimulus Diffusion
Map that depicts large area with little detail
Small-Scale Maps
Location of place in relation to physical and cultural characteristics
Situation
Absolute location of a place
Site
Diffusion through migration
Relocation Diffusion
Imaginary line passing through Greenwich
Prime Meridian
Spread of ideas, innovations, fashion to surrounding areas through contact and exchange
Expansion Diffusion
Theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have ability to adjust
Possibilism
Spread of a disease, innovation, or cultural traits through direct contact with another person or place
Contagious Diffusion
Thematic map that uses tones and colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area
Chloropleth Map
Aka population density, the total # of people divided by the total land area
Arithmetic Density
