unit 1 vocab

decline of activity or function with increasing distance from its point of origin

A free or unoccupied area or expanse

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.

An area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

Images generated at intervals from satellites orbiting the Earth

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

The Policies lay out the business rules under which a company, division, or department will operate.

organizing items into related groups during recall from long-term memory

the task of defining and describing landscapes

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

relating to or occurring in a particular area, city, or town; located or living nearby

travelling to places and taking account of what's there. This was a way of bringing back stories, ideas and traditions.

Various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational

Movement of individuals away from centers of high population density or their area of origin.

Based on the cardinal points of north, south, east, and west

An area organized around a node or focal point

belief that natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including culture

direct, face-to-face conversation between an interviewer and the respondent

Articles published by newspapers and magazines

of, relating to, or characteristic of a region.

The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.

the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it.

of or belonging to the people of a single country

The ability to keep in existence or maintain.

A map type that shows reference information for a particular place, making it useful for finding landmarks

through processes such as globalization time is accelerated and the significance of space is reduced

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

of, relating to, or involving the entire world; comprehensive

The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.

the act of physically visiting a location, place, or region and recording, firsthand, information there

Directions such as left, right, forward, backward, up, and down based on people's perception of places

A type of map that displays one or more variables-such as population, or income level-within a specific area.

height above sea level

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust

Portable device that uses GPS to plot the user's position.

The act of examining photographic images for the purpose of identifying objects and judging their significance

an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

Raw materials supplied by nature

describes the amount of social, cultural, or economic, connectivity between two places.

a way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface

Geospatial data collected through the quantification of a population

movement of people, cultures, etc