First Test Flashcards
Scale
Helps us understand globalization better and applies the concept effectively
Globalization
A set of processes that strengthens the connections and exchanges between countries/cultures - is pushing towards homogeneity
Physical Geography
Study of natural geography like mountains and stuff
Geography
The why of where
Spatial
Relating to space
Spatial distribution
How something is distributed across space
Pandemic
Worldwide disease epidemic
Medical geography
Mapping of diseases
The spatial perspective
Observing variations in geographic phenomena across space
Location one of five themes
How the geographic position of something affects what happens and why
Location Theory
Discuss where things should go and why based on specific criteria
Human a environment interaction
one of five themes
How humans interact with their environment
Region one of five themes
Names used to describe different areas of concentrated phenomena
Place one of five themes
The special character and meaning of a place developed by the people who exist there and around it
Sense of place
Based on meaning and emotions brought on by important events that happened there
Perception of places
Ideas and feelings formed by outsiders of a place based on media events and cultural traditions as well as stereotypes
Movement - one of five themes
The movement of people, goods and ideas across the planet
Spatial interaction
Interactions involving space
Distance
Measured physical space between two spaces
Connectivity
Degree of linkage between two locations
Landscape
The complex of features like natural human e.t.c. That make up an area
Cultural landscape
The visible impact of human activity on a place, logically this changes based on the type of human society
They tend to accumulate layers as occupants come and go
Sequent occupance
The sequential imprints/visible effects of occupants in a location
Cartography
The art and science of making maps
Reference maps
Show locations and geographic features basically a map map
Thematic maps
Tell stories, show degree of some attribute or movement or phenomena
Absolute location
Location as plotted by coordinates
Geocaching
Scavenger hunts using gps
Relative location
Location of something relative to another
Absolute locations don’t change, relative ones do
Mental maps
Maps your brain makes to define the world around you
Activity spaces
Spaces where you go in a typical day
Terra incognito
Unknown land
Remote sensing tech
Senses data distance from the earths surface
Google earth is an example of what
A collection of remote sensing data and geographic info systems
Geographic information systems
Compare a variety of spatial data that also show patterns and ideas
Scales two meanings
#1. Distance on earth compared to distance on map 2. The spatial extent of something like local state regional
Formal region
Area based on one or more shared physical or cultural traits like the Great Plains or the French speaking areas of the world
Functional region
Defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it. They often have a shared political social or economic purpose
An example would be the city of Chicago
Perceptual regions
Intellectual constraints designed to help us understand places we don’t know. These regions have no actual borders
An example would be the plethora of stereotypes about the south
Culture
The integrated system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of that population
Culture trait
A single attribute of a culture like wearing a turban or owning lots of guns
Culture complex
When more than one culture exhibits a trait
Example: the practice of wearing turbans in middle eastern and Arabic countries
Cultural Hearth
An area where a cultural traits are develop and diffuse from like Mesopotamia and agriculture
Independent invention
When something is invented in multiple places free from outside influence
Example: language
Cultural diffusion
When ideas, people, and goods spread across space. It is affected by time and distance. Generally the greater amount the the cultural trait had to cross, the less fond it’s reception
Cultural barrier
Can stop a cultural diffusion like Islam and drinking alcohol
Expansion diffusion
When an innovation or diffusion develops in a hearth and spreads outward while also remaining strong at home like McDonald and china
Contagious diffusion
When all adjacent individuals and places are effected
An example is silly bandz
Hierarchal diffusion
When only susceptible populations are effected during spread, at Leary in the beginning like crocs
Stimulus diffusion
When a cultural trait spreads but is transformed during its diffusion like mcdonalds in India
Relocation diffusion
Involves the actual movement of individuals who practice a cultural trait like ethnic neighborhoods in America
Geographic concepts
Everything in this list
Environmental determinism
Human behavior is strongly effected/controlled by their environment
Very racist
Possibilism
The choices a society makes depends in its members needs and what is available
Cultural ecology
Culture as a system of adaptations to your environment
Political ecology
The environmental consequences of a society’s dominant economic/political arrangements
