HUG vocab unit 1

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something world wide in scope

Question 2

place

Answer 2

specific point on earth distinguished by a particular characteristic

Question 3

scale

Answer 3

relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole

Question 4

space

Answer 4

physical gap/interval between two objects

Question 5

connection

Answer 5

relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space

Question 6

site

Answer 6

physical character of a place

Question 7

situation

Answer 7

location of a place relative to others

Question 8

cultural landscape

Answer 8

an approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area

Question 9

formal region

Answer 9

an area where everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics

Question 10

functional/nodal region

Answer 10

an area organized around a node or focal point

Question 11

vernacular/perceptual region

Answer 11

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

Question 12

culture

Answer 12

body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitutes the distinct tradition of a group of people

Question 13

hearth

Answer 13

place where innovation originates

Question 14

relocation diffusion

Answer 14

spread of idea from physical movement from one place to another

Question 15

expansion diffusion

Answer 15

spread of feature from one place to another in additive process

Question 16

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 16

spread of idea from person of power to other people or places

Question 17

contagious diffusion

Answer 17

people near point of origin become adopters of cultural trait

Question 18

stimulus diffusion

Answer 18

spread of underlying principle although characteristic apparently fails to diffuse

Question 19

spatial

Answer 19

how something is laid out, space on earth’s surface

Question 20

acculturation

Answer 20

cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture.

Question 21

assimilation

Answer 21

process group’s cultural features altered to resemble another group’s features

Question 22

distance decay

Answer 22

diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from it’s origin

Question 23

space-time compression

Answer 23

reduction in time to diffuse something to a distant place because of better communication and transportation

Question 24

sustainability

Answer 24

use of Earth’s resources in ways that ensure availability in the future

Question 25

possiblism

Answer 25

explain relationships between human activities and physical environment (people control culture)

Question 26

environmental determinism

Answer 26

study of geography that argued general laws sought by human geographers could be found in physical science

Question 27

cultural diffusion

Answer 27

spread of different aspects of one culture to different groups

Question 28

cultural barrier

Answer 28

prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations unacceptable in that particular culture

Question 29

landscape

Answer 29

visible features of an area, natural elements and human made structures