APHG Unit 1 Vocab

Use of Earth's land & natural resources in ways that ensure they will continue to be available in the future

Spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority to other persons

Direction based on a person's perception, such as right, left, up, or down

Representation of Earth's surface to show natural and human-made features especially elevation & relative positions

Reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place due to technology

The location of a place relative to another place

An area in which everyone shares in common characteristics with formal, recognizable boundaries

Core-periphery Model is another name for what theory?

A country/region with less wealth, lower education levels, less technologies, unstable govt., poor healthcare

Carl Ritter

A country/region with qualities of core and peripheral areas, in the process of industrializing

What type of diffusion: I like your shirt, where did you get it?

The more distance the less interaction

Official count of the number of people in a defined area, such as a state. Given every 10 years.

Distance determined in relation to other places or objects

Body of customary beliefs, norms, and values of a group of people

System that determines the precise position of something on Earth through satellites

Relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth

Spread of an idea, object, person from its hearth & becoming popular in a new location due to a change in idea, object

Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length like miles, feet, yards

A design system often used for public transportation; creates a functional/nodal region

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity, Ex: American South

A specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic

An area based on a node that decreases as you leave the node

A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians

Area of Earth being studied

The cardinal directions north, south, east, & west

Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans

Any map that focuses on one or more variables to show a relationship between geographic data

Development that meets the needs of the present w/o compromising ability of future generations to meet their own needs

A nodal region

The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a particular area

HOW something spreads from one place to another over time

Spread of a feature or trend among people through a "snowball" effect

The study of the processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, & alter Earth

Focuses how people live on Earth, how they organize themselves, & why the events of human societies occur where they do

Impact of a person/community on the environment expressed as the amount of land required to sustain the use of resources

180 degrees longitude, clock moves ahead or behind 24 hours when crossed

Parallels; 0-90 degrees; climate zone; north & south hemispheres

Study of natural proceses & distribution of features in the environment, ex: landforms, plants, animals, soil, & climate

Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans

An area distinguished by similar trends or features

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite or other long-distance methods

Involving data that can be measured by numbers

The physical characteristics of a place

Spread of an object, person, or idea through word of mouth

A uniform region

A map based on what an individual knows about a place, contains personal impressions

Exact location of an object, usually given by longitude & latitude

Name given to a portion of Earth's surface

Spread of something over a given area

A company that conducts business in multiple nations

Physical environment sets limits on human activities, but humans adjust the environment more

A perceptual region

Frequency at which something occurs

Involving data that is descriptive of a research subject & is often based on people's opinion

A country/region with wealth, higher education levels, advanced technologies, resources, strong militaries, & allies

A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.

Area between two or more things

Place of origin

Position of anything on Earth's surface

The expansion of economic, cultural, and political proceses on a worldwide scale

A map that focuses on the location of places

Clustered vs. Dispersed describes _________

Belief the environment determines human activities

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data in layers

Description of where a place is in relation to other places or features

A person who creates maps

Focal point of a functional region; highest concentration of phenomena in a region

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

Less densley populated residential and commercial areas surrounding a city

Meridians; 0-180 degrees; time zones; east & west hemispheres

Arrangement within a given space, Described by density, concentration, & pattern

The meridian, designated at 0 degrees longitude, passes through Greenwich, England

Theory describing spatial and functional relationships between countries in the global economy