Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Space
a specific location that is either marked or unmarked
Place
a specific location that can be described by its surroundings and by its absolute location
site
a place that is known by its physical features like terrain and agriculture
situation
a places characteristics of culture like economic and political
spatial diffusion
When something changes while spreading from one place to another
relocation diffusion
moving from one place to another
hierarchical diffusion
when something spreads from the top class to middle class to bottom class
Contagious diffusion
something spreading through direct contact
Stimulus diffusion
when an idea is taken and changed to create something new
scale
large scale- close up and detailed.
small scale- little detail, zoomed out
Geographic information system
using resources to find a way out of a situation
GPS
uses satellites to tell you where you are and can help you get from one place to another
remote sensing
scanning of earth by satellite
projection
how something is 3d is displayed on a flat surface
Human Geography
The study of earth as the home of people; both a science and an art; the study of patterns and processes of human and environmental landscapes
expansion diffusion
similar to stimulus diffusion; the spread of an idea from one place to another
latitude
parallel lines running east to west
longitude
imaginary lines running north and south called meridians
