APHG Unit-1 Vocab

Question 1

Spatial Approach

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Physical Geography

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Human Geography

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Absolute Location

Answer 4

THE EXACT, PRECISE LOCATION

Question 5

Latitude

Answer 5

the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.

Question 6

Longitude

Answer 6

the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.

Question 7

Relative Location

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

Question 8

Place

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Region

Answer 9

an area of land that has common features.

Question 10

Site

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Situation

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

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Toponyms

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another word for name, but is specific to locations.

Question 14

Distance

Answer 14

the space between two places

Question 15

Proximity

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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.”

Question 17

Distance-Decay

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

Question 18

Density

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

Question 19

Distribution

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the arrangement of features in a space

Question 20

Human-Environment Interaction

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

Question 21

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.

Question 22

Environmental Determinism

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

Field Observation

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

Question 25

Spatial Data

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

Question 26

Aerial Photography

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

Question 27

Cultural Landscape

Answer 27

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