Chapter 4 Migration Flashcards
Absolute location
The exact position of an object or place measured with in the spatial cornets of a grid system.
The exact location of a place measured with a grid system.
Accessibility
The relative ease with which a destination maybe reach from some other place
A location where a place can be reached from various places.
Anthropogenic
Human induced changes on the natural environment.
Changes humans make on earth.
Azimuthal projection
A map projection in which the plane is the most developable surface.
The production of a map in which a plane is the most developed surface.
Breaking point
The outer edge of the city sphere of influence used in the law of retail gravitational to describe the area of the cities hinterlands the depend on that city for its retail supplies.
A city that depends on that city for its retail supplies.
Cartogram
A type of the thematic map that transform spaces such that the political unit with the greatest value for some type of data is represented by the largest relative area.
A type of somatic map that represents by the largest relative area.
Cartography
The theory and practice of making visual representations of earths surface in forms of maps.
Making maps that represent earths largest relative area.
Choropleth map
A fanatic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area.
A map that represents spatial data using tones are colors.
Cognitive map
An image of a portion of earths surface that an individual creates in his or her mind.
I’m not created in someone’s mind using their knowledge.
Complementarity
The actual or potential relationship between two places usually referring to economic interactions.
The actual place between two relationships usually referring to economic situations.
Connectivity
The degree of economic social call troll or political connections between two places.
Places to things have in common which can include economical social cultural or political situations.
Contagious diffusion
The spread of a disease and innovation or cultural traits through direct contact with another person or another place.
The spread of sicknesses or viruses with another person or another place.
Coordinate system
A standard grid composed of lines of latitude and longitude use to determine the actual location of an object place or feature on Earth surface.
Agreed that uses lines of latitude and longitude to determine the absolute location of an object or place on earth surface.
Cultural ecology
the study of the interactions between societies in the natural environment in which they live.
The study in which natural environments and societies live.
Cultural landscape
The human modified natural landscapes specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society.
Human natural landscape containing the imprint of a particular culture.
Distance decay effect
The decrease in interaction between two phenomena places or people as the distance between them increases
The decrease in interaction between two places or people as a distance between them increases.
Dot map
Somatic maps that uses points to show the position a location of specific observations or occurrences such as crimes car accidents or births.
A map that uses points to show the location of the Specific occurrence
Earth system science
A systematic approach to physical geography that looks at the interaction between earths physical systems and processes on a global scale.
The systematic approach of two physical geography the looks of the interaction between earth on a global scale.
Environmental geography
The intersection between human and physical geography which explores the spatial impact humans have on physical environment and vice versa.
The intersection between physical geography and human explore the spatial impact human have on earth and vice versa.
Eratosthenes
The head librarian at Alexandria during the third century BC one of the first cartographers performed a remarkably accurate computation of earths circumference he is also credited with cloning the term geography.
A person performed a remarkably accurate computation of earths circumference.
Expansion diffusion
The spread of ideas innovation fashion or other phenomena to surrounding areas to contact and exchange.
The spread of ideas fashion or other things through contact or exchange.
Fertile Crescent
The name given to crescent shaped areas of fertile land stretching from the lower and I’ll Valley on the east Mediterranean coast and into Syria and present day Iraq were agriculture and early civilization first began about 8000 BC.
The name given to crescent shaped areas of fertile land.
Formal region
Definition of region based on common themes such as similarities and language climate land use etc.
Regions based on common themes or similarities.
Friction of distance
A measure of how much absolute distance affect the interaction between two places.
How distance affect the interaction between two places.
Fuller production
A type of map projection that maintains the accurate size and shape of landmasses but completely rearrange his directions such that the four cardinal directions north south east and west no longer have any meaning.
A map that maintains the accurate size of a landmasses but the four cardinal directions no longer have meaning.
Functional region
Definition of region based on common interactions or function for example a boundary line drawn around the circulation of a particular newspaper.
Regents to find uncommon interactions.
Geographic information system
A set of computer tools used to capture store transfer analyze and display geographic data.
You computer used to store transfer analyzing display geographic data.
Geographic scale
The skill at which a geographer analyzes and particular phenomenon for example global national census tract neighborhood etc. generally the finer the scale of Anna Lise sis the richer the level of detail in the finding.
A scale in which geographers analyze a particular place.
Geoid
The actual shape of earth which is rough and or slightly squashed earths diameter is longer around the equator then along the north south meridian.
The actual shape of earth.
Global positioning system
A set of satellites used to help determine locations anywhere on earth surface with a portable electronic device.
Electronica helps you determine or take you anywhere on earth surface or determine a location.
Gravity model
A mathematical formula that describes a level of interaction between two places based on the size of their population and their distance from each other.
A formula that is used to describe the level of interaction between two places based on their size and the population and distance from each other.
Hierarchical diffusion
A type of diffusion in which something is transmitted between places because of a physical or cultural community between those places.
something is diffused based on physical or cultural between those places.
Human geography
The study of the spatial variation in the pattern and process related to human activity.
The study of human activity and their spatial patterns.
Idiographic
Pertaining to that unique facts or characteristics of a particular place.
Unique facts of a particular place.
International dateline
The line of longitude them works for each new day begins centered on the 180th meridian
A line of longitude that describes where each new day begins
Intervening opportunities
If one please has a demand for some good or service and two places have a supply of equal price and quality the supplier close to the buyer will represent an intervening opportunity there by blocking the third from being able to share it supply of goods or services intervening opportunities are frequently used because trance port Tatian across usually decreases with proximity.
The cost and quality of a supplier intervening opportunities are frequently used because transportation cost usually decreases with how close they are.
Isoline
A map that connects points of equal or very similar values.
I’m not that shares points of equal or similar values.
Large scale
A relatively small ratio between map units in ground units large-scale mattress we have higher resolution and cover much smaller regions then small-scale maps.
The small ratio between map units in ground units.
Latitude
The angular distance north or south of the equator defined by lines of latitude or parallels.
Wines that go north to south of the equator and are parallel.
Law of retail gravitation
A law state stating that people will be drawn to larger cities to conduct their business since larger cities have a white or influence on the surrounding hinterlands.
People will have businesses in larger cities than smaller cities because larger cities have a wider influence on the surrounding hinterlands.
Location charts
On a map or chart or graph that gives specific statistical information about a particular political unit or juristdiction
The chart or graph think of specific information about political or Jurisdiction.
Longitude
The Endler distance east or west of the prime radian defined by lines of longitude are Mertins.
Lines that go east to west of the prime meridian.
Map projection
In mathematical mess that involves transferring earths fear once we forgot surface this term can also be used to describe the type of math that results from the process of projecting on map projections distortions in area direction distance or shape.
A map of earth that lays flat.
map scale
The ratio between the size of an area on an object and the actual size that same area on earth surface.
The size between something on a map and the actual size on earth.
George Perkins marsh
Inventor diplomat politician and a scholar is classic work man and nature on physical geography as modified by human actions provided the first description of the extent to which natural systems have been impacted by human actions
George Perkins much gave the first description to which natural systems have been impacted by human actions.
Mercator projection
A true confirmation cylindrical map projection the Mercator projection and is particularly useful for navigations maintains accurate directions Mercator projection are famous for their distortion in area I Makes landmasses at the north poles appears oversized.
Amount that makes the north poles appear oversized.
Meridian
Alina want to chew that runs north to south all I want to tutor equal in length and intersect at the poles.
Lines that run north to south and intersect at the poles.
Natural landscape
The physical landscape or environment that has not been affected by human activities.
A physical environment on earth that hasn’t been affected by people.
Nomothetic
Concepts or rules that can be applied universally.
Rules that can be applied universally.
Parallel
East west line of latitude that runs parallel to the equator and that marks distance north or south of the equator.
Lines that run east west of the latitude to the equator and mark the distance of the north and south equator.
W. D. Pattison
He clean the geography Drew from fortress traditions the earth science tradition the cultural environment tradition and the locational tradition and the area analysis tradition.
Claimed geography drew from district traditions earth science cultural environment an area analysis traditions.
Perceptual region
Highly individualized definition of region based on perceived common now ladies and culture and landscape.
Definition of regions based on culture and landscape.
Peter’s production
And equal area projection purposely centered on Africa in an attempt to treat all regions of earths equally.
Attempts to project and center Africa to all regions of earths equally.