HUGO Chapter 1 Flashcards
cultural landscape
noun
the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape
sequent occupance
noun
cultural succession and it’s lasting imprint
geocaching
noun
a hunt for a cache whose coordinates are placed on the Internet by other geocachers
cartography
noun
the art and science of making maps
relative location
noun
describes a place in relation to other human and physical features
scale
noun
1 the distance on a map compared to the distance on the Earth
2 territorial extent of something
formal region
1 region where people share one or more cultural traits; defined by physical criteria as well as cultural traits
functional region
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
perceptual regions
noun
intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena in human geography