Chapter 1-2 Flashcards
Scale
The distance on the map is equal to the real distance
Diffusion
Ways in which phenomena travels over distances (innovations, cultural trends, and disease)
Projection
3D->2D
Distortion
Disadvantages for maps depicting the entire world of the: shape, distance, relative size, and direction of places on maps
Location
A point in space
Latitude
Imaginary horizontal lines that go from east to west around the earth measuring north to south. “Parallels”
Longitude
Imaginary vertical lines that run north to south around the earth and measure east to west. “Meridians”
Equator
An imaginary line that runs on the earth horizontally. Separates north and south
Prime Meridian
An imaginary line that runs to the earth at 0° longitude
International Dateline
An imaginary line of longitude on the earths surface located at about 180° east or west of the Grenwich Meridian
Hearth
Origina/center. Where things start to spread from.
Contagious Diffusion
When something is spread from person to person or place to place
Hierarchical diffusion
There is an order and that’s how ideas are spread
Relocation diffusion
You/a group are traveling and spreading influence where you go
Gravity model
A model used to estimate the amount of interaction between two things. Based on size of population and their physical distance.
Distance decay
The more you increase distance between people the less contact made
Eviromental determinism
Your geography determines what lives and grows in that space. Example climate/weather.
Possibilism
Not determined by the geography. Determined by technology you can change different things. Example you can live in Washington because you have a raincoat.
Capital
Money and assets
Labor
Working. Cotton was very intensive to harvest.
Proto-Money
“Instead of” money. something that stands for money. Example cotton
Morphological plasticity
Grows in a wide range of environments. Able to diverse growing conditions
Cottage industry
Small Industry (not high tech) made out of peoples homes or one factory or one town makes them. Inclusive to a particular place.
Gender division of labor
Woman or the weavers, the men worked in the fields
Putting out network
The growers give to the weavers who spin and then give to the market
Comparative advantage
To have an advantage over someone else. The ability to control
Expropriation
To steal or take a resource
War capitalism
War: using force.
Capitalism: business to process/sell
Using force to get a resource
Monopoly
Absolute or complete control over something
Protectionism
the theory or practice of shielding a country’s domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
Cartography
The art of map making
