Vocabs Flashcards
Memorization
Census
Records information about the populations characteristics, such as age, sex, and race.
Sustainability
The practice of using natural resources responsibly so they can support both present and future generations
Relative distance
A special form of measurement used in geography to elaborate on a number of societal factors
Absolute location
A precise position on earths surface
Environmental determinism
The belief that the physical environment is the dominant for shaping cultures and that humanities passive is a product of its physical surroundings
Friction of distance
implies that the length of the journey (distance) and it’s a difficulty or consequence of the energy and resources like money needed to complete the journey
Globalization
The process by which businesses and other organizations develop international influence scale
Possibilism
The belief that any physical environment offers a number of possible ways for a society to develop and that humans confined ways to overcome environmental challenges.
Interdependence
The mutual reliance and connection between places and religions where they rely on each other for resources, goods services, and information
Diffusion
The spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and other practices from place to place.
Scale
The territorial extend of an idea or object.
Time distance decay
Also known as “The first law of geography”, the idea that near things are more related than distance things and interaction between two places decrease the farther apart they are
Reference map
A map that shows geographic locations on earth surface, such as the locations of cities or oceans
Cartographer
a person who makes maps
sense of place
How are person feels about a particular place and why it is important to them
Infrastructure
The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (such as buildings, roads and public utilities) needed for the operation of a society.
Time space compression
The decreasing distance between places as measured by travel-time or cost; often summarized by the phrase “the world is shrinking”.
Natural resources
Materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
Map projection
A method for representing the surface of earth or celestial sphere on a planet (two dimensional) surface; map, projections distorted from aspects of earth surface.
