APHG Unit-1 Vocab Flashcards

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Spatial Approach

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looking at the connection between where things are located in the space on the Earth’s surface and diverse factors such as environmental dynamics, human-societal issues, and environmental-societal interaction.

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Physical Geography

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The branch of natural science which deals with the processes and patterns in the natural environment

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Human Geography

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The study of the interrelationships between people, place, and environment, and how these vary

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Absolute Location

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THE EXACT, PRECISE LOCATION

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Latitude

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the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.

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Longitude

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the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.

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Relative Location

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a description of how a place is related to other places.

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Place

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describes the physical and human characteristics of any location on Earth.

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Region

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an area of land that has common features.

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Site

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the exact location of a city, you can find it on a map

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Situation

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relates to its surrounding features, both human-made and natural.

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Sense of Place

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the emotive bonds and attachments people develop or experience in particular locations and environments, at scales ranging from the home to the nation.

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Toponyms

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another word for name, but is specific to locations.

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Distance

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the space between two places

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Proximity

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the absolute position of something on the surface of the earth and its relative proximity to other related things

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Time-Space Compression

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the set of processes that cause the relative distances between places (i.e., as measured in terms of travel time or cost) to contract, effectively making such places grow “closer.”

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Distance-Decay

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The interaction between two places declines as the distance between the two places increases.

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Density

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the number of things—which could be people, animals, plants, or objects—in a certain area.

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Distribution

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the arrangement of features in a space

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Human-Environment Interaction

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the ways in which humans influence and are in turn influenced by their surrounding ecosystems

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Cultural Ecology

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the study of the adaptation of a cul- ture to a specific environment and how changes in that environment lead to changes in that specific culture.

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Environmental Determinism

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the doctrine that human growth, development and activities are controlled by the physical environment

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Possibilism

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the theory in geography that human behaviour, and therefore culture, is not merely determined by the environment but by human agency, as a theory it is directly opposed to determinism

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Field Observation

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A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary.

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Spatial Data

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any data related to or containing information about a specific location on the Earth’s surface.

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Aerial Photography

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taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position off Earth’s surface.

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Cultural Landscape

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Cultural landscape is made up of structures within the physical landscape caused by human imprint/human activities.

Ex: buildings, artwork, Protestant churches in the US South - Cathedrals in Southern/western Europe, mosques in Southwest Asia