Geographic concepts Flashcards
Geography
The science that studies relationships among natural systems, areas, societies, & cultures and the interdependence of all these over space
Distribution
Spatial property of areal pattern
Change
Rate, regularity, and direction of change
Association
Occurrence of objects/activities in response to the presence of some other element
Forms & Processes
Actions that change our environment, places & society
Spatial Interaction
Explaining flows of people, goods, or environmental resources from place-to-place given forces of attraction and friction
Distance Decay
Decreasing occurrence of events from a central point
Regions
Areas with internal homogeneities, cultural or physical, that differentiates it from other areas
Location
Absolute or relative
Distance
Conventionally expressed in terms of units of length based on Euclidean geometry
Direction
Geometric property to describe relative or true direction
Scale
Size of an area studied and the level of precision and generalization applied
Large Scale
Maps show less area with more detail
Small scale
Maps show large areas with less details
