VOCAB part 2 Flashcards
CULTURE
Culture is the way of life, beliefs, ideas, values, and symbols of a group of people.
CULTURAL ECOLOGY
The study of the processes by which a culture adapts to their enviroment.
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place
DENSITY
The number of persons per land unit or area.
DIFFUSION
The spread of people things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, and more from place to place.
DISPERSAL
An ecological process that involves the movement of people away from the population in which they were born to another location or population where they will settle and reproduce.
DISTANCE DECAY
As the distance between two places increases the interaction between the two places decreases.
DISTRIBUTION
The arrangement of features in a space.
DOT DISTRIBUTION MAP
The map use dot symbols to show the presence or quantity of a phenomenon.
ECOLOGY
The study of the relationship among living organisms and ecosystems.