Chapter 1: Intro To APHUGE Flashcards
Arable Land
Land that is able to be farmed
How many people are malnourished in the world and who makes up the majority?
1 Billion people, and majority are women and children.
What is Human Geography?
Human phenomena, globalization and inter connectedness, and scale.
Spatial Perspectve
How one looks at the world.
Spatial Distribution
Patterns in why things are put where they are.
What are The five things Spatial Perspective is based on?
Geographical Positioning, Human Environment Interactions, region, place, and movement.
Geographical Positioning
Wh something is where it is
Human Environment Interactions
The visible imprint left on the Earth by humans.
Region
Area with cultural similarities.
Place
Sense of meaning and “home”.
Movement
Mobility of people, goods, ideas-connectivity, and spatial interaction.
Cultural Landscape
Visible imprint of humanity.
Cartography
Study of maps
Relative Location
Where something is in relation to origin.
Absolute Location
Where something is.
Mental Maps
Visual maps that we create based on prior visuals.
Scale
Distance compared on a map compared to distance on Earth. Albo, spatial extent of something.
Remote Sensing
Collects information about the Earth from a distance. Ex: Google Earth.
GIS
Combination of spatial layers.
Rescaling Activities
Known as Jumping Activity
Formal Region
Shared cultural trait or physical trait.
Functional Region
Defined by activities w/ in it.
Cultural Trait
A single aspect of Culture.
Cultural Complex
A combination of traits.
Cultural Hearth
Start of a culture.
Independent Innovation
When a cultural trait is started, not adapted.
Time-Distance Decay
The farther away and later affects the amount of time it takes for the trait to reach it.
Expansion Diffusion
Where culture remains strong at hearth while diffusing outwardly.
Contagious Diffusion
Type of Expansion Diffusion where all are affected by the diffusion itself.
Hierarchical Diffusion
Spread of an idea through various channels.
Stimulus Diffusion
Original idea is not adapted, but still has an impact.
Relocation Diffusion
Innovation is carried by people rather than the innovation moving.
Environmental Determinism
Climate determines how successful a race will be.
Possibilism
The choices society makes bashed on the needs and base on what technology is available.
Pandemic
World-wide outbreak of disease.
Endemic
National outbreak of a disease.
Landscape
Material character of a place.
Reference Maps
Show locations and geographic features.
Thematic Maps
Shows degree of an attribute or movement of a geographic phenomenon.
Geocaching
International treasure hunt.
Activity spaces
Places we go in our daily routines.
Culture
Tangible lifestyle of people, and prevailing values and beliefs.
