HUGO Chapter 1 Flashcards

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cultural landscape

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noun

the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape

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sequent occupance

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noun

cultural succession and it’s lasting imprint

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geocaching

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noun

a hunt for a cache whose coordinates are placed on the Internet by other geocachers

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cartography

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noun

the art and science of making maps

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relative location

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noun

describes a place in relation to other human and physical features

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scale

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noun
1 the distance on a map compared to the distance on the Earth
2 territorial extent of something

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formal region

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1 region where people share one or more cultural traits; defined by physical criteria as well as cultural traits

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functional region

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1 the product of interactions, of movement of various kinds; a spatial system where it’s boundaries are defined by the limit of that system; regions that are not necessarily culturally homogenous; instead, the people within the region function together politically, socially or economically

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perceptual regions

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noun

intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena in human geography

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