Chapter 1AP Human Vocab Flashcards
The exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude
Absolute Location
Classification of a country or region, that has wealth, higher education levels,more advanced technologies, many resources, strong militaries,and powerful allies
Core
The number of things, objects, and people in a specific area
Density
A Principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another the less interaction it will have
Distance Decay
To arrange within a given space
Distribute
The relationships between living and their environments
Ecological Perspective
The idea that human behavior is strong affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environment
Environmental Determinism
An area that has one or more shared traits
Formal Region
A function around a focal point
Functional Region
A type of region that reflects peoples feelings and attitudes about a place
Perceptual Region
The expansion of economic,cultural, and political processes
Globalization
The longer the journey is the more the cost,effort, and time
Friction of Distance
The study of processes that have shape how humans understand,use, and altar the Earth
Human Geography
The position that a point or objects occupies on Earth
Location
A representation of reality that presents significant features or relationships in a generalized form
A Model
Internalized representations of portions of Earth’s Surface
Mental Map
A focal point
Node
The way things are arranged in a particular space
Pattern
A country or region that has less wealth, lower education, and a unstable government
Periphery
Study of natural processes and distribution of features in the environment such as landforms, plants, animals, soil, and climate
Physical Geography
A location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics
Place
Theory of human environment interactions
Possiblilism
An area of Earth’s Surface with certain characteristics that make it cohesive yet distinct from other areas
Region
A description of where a place relation to other places or features
Relative Location
The area of the world being studied
Scale
(Middle Class) That has qualities of both core and Periphery areas
Semi-Periphery
A place’s absolute location
Site
Location of a place in relation to other places or its surrounding features
Situation
The area between 2 or more things
Space
Perspective on how people live on Earth
Spatial Perspective
The use o Earth’s land and natural resources( Renewable)
Sustainability
Development that meets the needs of the present
Sustainable Development
(Cellphone) Allowed humans to travel and communicate over long distances more quickly and easily)
Time-Space Compression
Type of region that reflects on peoples feelings and attitudes about a place
Vernacular Region
Theory describing spatial and functional relationships
World System Theory
Distance that be measured (Yards, Feet, Inches)
Absolute Distance
The cardinals ( North, West, East, South)
Absolute Direction
A person who makes maps
Cartographer
A computer system that collects data for analysis
GIS
An official count of people in a defined area( like a state)
Census
A network of satellites that can pinpoint the exact location
GPS
The relationship of the size of the map, to the size of the area
Map Scale
Involving data that can be measured by numbers
Quantitative
Involving data that is descriptive
Qaulitative
A map that focuses on the location of places
Reference Map
Distance determined in relation to other places
Relative Distance
Direction based on a person’s perspective(Right, Up, Down, Left)
Relative Direction
Collecting or Analyzing Data
Remote Sensing
Any Map that focuses on more or more variable
Thematic Map
The representations of Earth’s Surface to show natural and human- made features
Topography
