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Unit 1 Vocab AP Human Geo.
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- 1absolute locationthe exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude
- 2coreclassification of a country or region that has wealth, higher education levels, more advanced technologies, many, resources, strong militaries, and powerful allies
- 3densitythe number of things -- people, animals, or objects -- in a specific area
- 4distance decaya principle of stating that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have
- 5distributeto arrange within a given space
- 6ecological perspectivethe relationships between living things and their environments
- 7environmental determinismthe idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environment
- 8formal regionan area that has one or more shared traits; also called a uniform region
- 9function of distancea concept that states that the longer a journey is, the more time, effort, and cost it will involve
- 10functional regionan area organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity page
- 11globalizationthe expression of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale
- 12human geographythe study of the processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter the Earth
- 13locationthe position that a point or object occupies on Earth
- 14mental mapinternalized representations of portions of Earth's surface
- 15modela representation of reality that presents significant features or relationships in a generalized form
- 16nodethe focal point of a functional region
- 17patternthe way in which things are arranged in a particular space
- 18perceptual regiona type of region that reflects people's feelings and attitudes about a place; also called a vernacular region
- 19peripheryclassification of a country or region that has less wealth, lower education levels, and less sophisticated technologies and also tends to have an unstable government and poor healthcare systems
- 20physical geographythe study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment, such as landforms, plants, animals, soil, and climate
- 21placea location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics
- 22possibilismtheory of human-environment interaction that states that humans have the ability to adapt the physical environment to their needs
- 23regionan area of Earth's surface with certain characteristics that make it cohesive yet distinct from other areas
- 24relative locationa description of where a place is in relation to other places or features
- 25scalethe area of the world being studied
- 26semi-peripheryclassification of a country or region that has qualities if both core and peripheral areas and is often in the process of industrializing
- 27sitea place's absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the landforms, climate, and resources
- 28situationlocation of a place in relation to other places or its surrounding features
- 29spacethe area between two or more things
- 30spatial perspectivegeographic perspective that focuses on how people live on Earth, how they organize themselves, and why the events of human society occur where they do
- 31sustainabilitythe use of Earth's land and natural resources in ways that ensure they will continue to be available
- 32sustainable developmentdevelopment that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 33time-space compressiona key geographic principle that describes the ways in which modern transportation and communication technology have allowed humans to travel and communicate over long distances more quickly and easily
- 34vernacular regiona type of region that reflects people's feelings and attitudes about a place; also called a perceptual region
- 35world system theorytheory describing the spatial and functional relationships between countries in the world economy; categorizes countries as part of a hierarchy consisting if the core, periphery, and semi periphery
- 36absolute distancedistance that can be measured using a standard unit of length
- 37absolute directionthe cardinal directions north, south, east, and west
- 38cartographera person who creates maps
- 39censusan artificial count of the number of people in a defined area, such as a state
- 40geographic information systems (GIS)a computer system that allows for the collection, organization, and display of geographic data for analysis
- 41global positioning system (GPS)a network of satellites that orbit Earth and transmit location data to receivers, enabling users to pinpoint their exact location
- 42map scalethe relationship of the size of the map to the size of the area is represents on Earth's surface
- 43quantitiveinvolving data that can be measured by numbers
- 44qualitiveinvolving data that is descriptive of a research subject and is often based on people's opinions
- 45reference mapa map that focuses on the location of places
- 46relative distancedistance determined in relation to other places or objects
- 47relative directiondirection based on a person's perception, such as left, right, up, or down
- 48remote sensingcollecting or analyzing data from a location without making physical contact
- 49thematic mapany map that focuses on one or more variables to show a relationship between geographic data
- 50topographythe representation of Earth's surface to show natural and human-made features, especially their relative positions and elevations
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