cultural diffusion
This means the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.
Relocation diffusion
an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas.
hierarchical diffusion
is an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places.
what is human geography
Is the branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place.
what is geography
Geography is a field of science specifically on land , features, inhabitants and phenomena for planets and where we live now the earth.
three maps geograhphers use
physical maps , political maps and finally thematic maps
what is cartography
cartography is the science of map making
what is absolute location
Absolute location is when you find the coordinate and exact location
what is relative location
relative is the opposite in that its brief like to the south of so and so.
what is longitudinal
scale is that the longitudinal line is the the up and down Lines
what is latitude
line go from left to right.
what is globalization
process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.
facilitators of globalization
which are trading goods and providing services, as well as the economic resources of capital, technology, and data
cultural diffusion
this means the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.
Columbia exchange
which was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
modern example of diffusion
like restaurants and technology which was cool but over there was a lot of stuff we learned.
what is formal region
a region whose boundaries are formally defined.
what is functional region
this means a more focused area with boundaries and networks of transportation and communication network and people and goods and. ideas within the system.
vernacular region
is when places in the world share unifying characteristics.
region
this means An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic.
true or false the study of human geography includes elements of physical geography
true
true or false human geography concern themselves with were people are found
true
what is a two dimentional or flat scaled model of the earth.
map
t or f geographers use map as a primary tool
true
every place occupies a unique location , or position, on earths surface
true
the first complete map of the world appeared in what century
16th century
site
he actual location of a settlement on the Earth, and the term includes the physical characteristics of the landscape specific to the area.
situation
the location of a place relative to its surroundings and other places.
biome
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
equator
an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0
ecosystem
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
toponym
a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.
scale name
distance measurement between each landmark.
the most popular map projection used today
mercator
a mathematical process for transferring locations from one globe to a flat map is
projection
meridian
a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth’s surface and the terrestrial poles.
Greenwich mean time is measured from
0 degrees longitude
how many times zones are there
24
in standard deviation every hour equals how many degrees of movement
15 degrees