Chapter 1 Tier 2 Flashcards
Uneven Development
The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of globalization of the economy
Atmosphere
The thin layer of gases surrounding earth
Housing Bubble
A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their values
Biosphere
All living organisms on earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms
Cultural Ecology
A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships
Cartography
The science of making maps
Climate
The long-term average weather condition at a particular location
Concentration
The spread of something over a given area
Connection
Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
Conservation
The sustainable management of a natural resource
Distribution
The arrangement of something across earth’s surface
Density
The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area
Ecology
The scientific study of organisms
Ecosystem
A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0 degree longitude
Hydrosphere
All of the water on and near earth’s surface.
Lithosphere
Earth’s crust and a portion if upper mantle directly below the crust
Map Scale
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on earth’s surface.
Meridian
An arc drawn on a map between the north and south poles.
Map
A two dimensional, or flat representation of Earth’s surface or a portion of it.
Mental Map
A representation of a portion of earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located
Network
A chain of communication that connects places
Nonrenewable Resources
Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans.
Prime Meridian
The meridian, designated at 0 degree longitude, that passes through the royal observatory at Greenwich, England.
Preservation
The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.
Projection
A system used to transfer locations from earth’s surface to a flat map.
Parallel
A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the merridians
Pattern
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.
Possibilism
The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.
Resource
A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
Renewable Resource
Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans
Remote Sensing
The acquisition of data about earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.
Regional (Cultural landscape) Studies
An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.
Scale
Generally, the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
