vocabulary #1 Flashcards
the precise position of anything on Earth’s surface using lines longitude and latitude
absolute location
the scope of a problem or project (international, national, regional, local)
abstract scale
the process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, each of which retains distinct cultural features
acculturation
the process by which a group’s culture features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group
assimilation
the thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
atmosphere
the study of the psychological basis for individual human cations in space
behavioral geography
all living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms
biosphere
the science of making maps
cartography
the spread of something over a given area (distribution)
concentration
the relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
connection
the sustainable management of a natural resource
conservation
the rapid, widespread diffusion of diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population (expansion diffusion)
contagious diffusion
a geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships
cultural ecology
an approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study; the fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
cultural landscape
the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a groups’s distinct tradition
culture
The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area (distribution)
Density
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
Diffusion
The diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
Distance decay
The arrangement of something across the earth’s surface
Distribution
The scientific study of ecosystems
Ecology
the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area (distribution)
and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin (different def)
density
the arrangement of something across Earth’s surface
distribution
