Unit 1: 1.1 Flashcards
Tobler’s first law
The first law indicates that although all things on Earth are related the closer two things are the more relation there is
Examples: The closer pages in a book are the more they carry correspondence
Concentration
Concentration is how close something or someone is in a certain are or space
Examples: each desk is around 3 inches apart ( C = closeness )
Built Environment
Something that is created and then executed on the Earth’s surface
Example: My home is a built environment
Physical Geography
Physical geography’s the evaluation of natural processes and characteristics of the environment
Example: landforms, plants, animals, and climate
Human Geography
The study of occurrences that impact the way humans understand
Examples: The way humans evolve socially, politically, and economically
Spatial perspective
This refers to the place in which something happens. Where things are located, why the happen to be
Examples: I’m in school, because I am legally required to be
Ecologically Perspective
These are the relationships between the living things and the environments they live in
Examples: Plants interact with the sun by turning it into every ( ECOsystem = ECOlogical )
Location
The place that an item belongs/ space taken up on earth
Examples: My house’s location is in Plainfield
Absolute Location
The exact place in which and object “lives” Often in coordinates / addresses
Examples: Hungary is located at 47.50N, 19.04E ( never changes )
Relative Location
This is when a something’s location is describes by what is around it
Examples: Batman’s relative location is to the right of the Flash
Place
This is similar but different from location. A place is a destination on earth that can be differentiated by it’s human characteristics E.g. climate, landforms, soils, waters, languages, religion, political, and economic systems etc.
Mental Map
These are when you frequent a place enough that you began to imagine it’s route. You could probably draw a fairly accurate map from memory E.g. of town, neighborhood, or school
Examples: I go to Six Flags so much that I can imagine my way around
Site
This refers to the physical characteristics as well as the absolute location AKA place + absolute location
Example: The site of Barcelona is located on a plain with Besoms river to the North and Llobregat river to the south
Situation
This refers to the place location in relation to others ( relative location )
Examples: Barcelona is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea, which historically controlled the Western portion
Space
Although with multiple definitions, space means the amount of available territory between two or more objects
Examples: There is a lot of space between my bed and door
Distributed
To arrange things within a given space
Examples: I can see how posters are evenly distributed on the wall
Density
This is the amount of something in a given area
Examples: Density = Digits
Pattern
How things may be arranged in a specific shape. This is also a factor of distribution
Examples: The amount of fast food establishments in a town
Flow
The flow of something, whether people, goods, or information it is it’s movement
Examples: Information In the town travels within hours
Environmental Determinism
This is the theory that the environment around humans directly effects their behaviors
Examples: Bears hibernate as a reaction to their environment
Possiblism
This states that humans have the ability to adapt to their environments. The ecosystems only provides opportunity, it’s the organism’s job to take it
Examples: Plants grow in different directions in order to obtain sunlight as successfully as possible
Sustainability
Sustainability is like an investment in the future. It means to use the Earth’s natural material in a way that promises it’ll be available in the future
Examples: Being aware whether the item you are using is renewable or non-renewable
Distance Decay
This principle says that the farther two things are from each other the less they interact vice versa
Examples: When my friend moved away we didn’t keep in contact as much ( higher # of interaction –> lower # of distance )
Friction of distance
This says time (t), effort (e), and currency (c) must be put in, in order to overcome distances.
Examples: It took 18 hours (t) to arrive in Ghana, cost $2,000 (c), and we had to make sure we didn’t miss our flight (e)
Time space compression
This is similar to friction of distance, it describes the transformation that makes distance between A & B shrink
Example: 1830: 15 days from New York –> Europe and Today: 7.5 hours from New York –> Europe
