Human Geo - Ch 1 Flashcards
sequent occupance
successive societies that all leave their imprint on a place
cultural landscape
ways in which humans change the environment; the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape. the layers of buildings, forms, and artifacts sequentially imprinted on the landscape by the activities of various human occupants
hearth
origin of an idea
diffusion
movement of ideas
types of diffusion
relocation and expansion
types of expansion diffusion
contagious, hierarchical, and stimulus
what is relocation diffusion
when people move, they take ideas with them
ex: europeans bringing christianity to america
what is contagious diffusion
the rapid and widespread movement of an idea or characteristic
ex: disease, like the flu
what is hierarchical diffusion
idea that spreads from a person or place of authority to others (people/places of authority = celebrities, cities)
Ex: fashion from celebrities; the rise of rap music (started in cities, moved to smaller towns)
what is stimulus diffusion
spread of an underlying principle, but characteristic itself doesn’t move
ex: mcdonald’s in india - no beef bc the cow is sacred in Hindu
what is environmental determinism
position of a place in relation to places surrounding itthe view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development
what is possibilism
geographic viewpoint that holds that human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development. However, possibilists view the environment as providing a set of broad constraints that limits the possibilities of human choice.
absolute location
point on Earth measured by latitude/longitude
relative location
position of a place in relation to places surrounding it
site
physical features where a settlement lies
situation
location based on interaction with surrounding areas
formal region
defined by government or other groups in power
ex: new england, any state
functional region
Defined by a central place and the people it serves
ex: a radio station, newspaper circulation, hartford (for ppl who go there all the time), walgreens
Perceptual/Vernacular Region
only exists in the minds of people based on preconceptions and ideas
ex: the south, the mid-atlantic, the middle east
map scale
literally the scale on a map that tells you how much distance on the map corresponds with actual distance on the earth
types of map scales
verbal scale, bar scale, ratio scale
example of a verbal map scale
“1 inch represents 400 miles”
example of a bar scale
a picture of bar with lines
example of a ratio scale
1:400 (unit must be the same!)
