Exam 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Mental Maps
Maps of an area made from memory or experience by individuals or groups (also known as cognitive maps).
Thematic Maps
A map that tells a story, typically showing the degree of some attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon using map symbols.
Cartography
Art and science of map making
Cultural Landscape
Visible human imprint on the landscape
Relocation Diffusion
When an idea is shared and leaves its hearth (place of origin) through movement
Expansion Diffusion
When an idea is shared and spreads out beyond its hearth (place of origin)
Diffusion
When an idea is shared and spread from its hearth
Movement
Mobility of people, culture, or goods
Vernacular
Language used in everyday speech among people in a local area
Perceptual Regions
Area of land that an individual perceives as being familiar
Node
Connection point in a network
Functional Region
A region that serves a particular purpose in society
Formal Region
Region that share one or more physical or cultural aspects
Political ecology
Study of how people interact with their environment in the context of political, economic, and historical
Cultural ecology
Study of historical interactions with the environment, how humans modified and adapted to their environment
Carrying capacity
Idea that land can hold a measurable amount of plant and animal life
Possiblism
Theory that humans, not the environment, shape culture
Environmental Determinism
Idea that human behavior is determined by the physical environment
Location theory
Understanding the distribution of cities, services, industries, or consumers
Relative location
Location of a place in relation to another place
Absolute location
Location of a place measured by longitude and latitude
Location
Geographical position of people and things
Physical geography
Study of spatial and material characteristics of the physical environment
Cultural geography
How culture, ethnicity, language are distributed and affect human geography
