Week 3: History of Human Geography Flashcards
biogeography
the study of the distribution of plants and animals
climatology
the study of the distribution of climate
cultural ecology
a subfield of human geography that studies how humans interact with and adapt to the ecological system
Environmental possibilist
the theory that a social group’s physical environment sets boundaries and limits to the social group, but that, ultimately, the social culture is not totally determined by the environment
Geography
The field of human knowledge that studies the earth
Geomorphology
The study of the distribution of landforms
Homogeneous region
An area with one or more shared characteristics
Human Geography
The scientific study of the location of people and activities across the earth’s surface and the reasons for their distribution
Alexander Von Humboldt
A German scholar known for publishing a five volume work entitled “Kosmos”
Carl Ritter
A German scientist who firmly believed that the physical nature of the earth affected how history unfolded
Carl Sauer
Wrote the Morphology of Landscape, in which he defined the landscape as something that was developed from the natural environment by a social group
Scale
The size of something (can be absolute or relative
Site
the physical location of a place
Situation
The relative location of a place
Spatial interaction
The interdependence of people in different areas
