Unit One Essential Vocab Flashcards
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Stimulus diffusion
The spread of an idea, or innovation, that is adapted in modified by another culture as it spreads, rather than being adopted in it’s original form
Global
The entire planet and all of its interconnected systems and patterns
Scale
the relationship between the distance on a map and the actual distance on earth
Region
An area on earth, distinguished by shared characteristic, which can be physical human or both
Assimilation
The process where minority group or culture adopts the dominant cultural traits and practices to point where they become indistinguishable
Census
A systematic count of population typically conducted by the government used to collect demographic, data, like age, race, and housing status
Distance decay
The idea that interactions between places decrease as the distance between them increases
Acculturation
The process by which one cultural group adapts or adopts traits of another culture, often due to prolonged contact, without following losing its own culture identity
Environmental determinism
The theory that the physical environment, particularly climate and geography, primarily shape, human culture, character, and social development
Natural resources
Materials or substances found in nature that are valuable to humans
Harry Rachal diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
A type of expansion diffusion were an idea, innovation, or trans spread from larger more influence to smaller less influenced once after following a ranked or structured order EX fashion trends
Site
The absolute location of a sediment or place, including its physical characteristics
Absolute location
The exact fixed position of a place on earth surface typically express using latitude and longitude accordance
Satellite imagery
Images of earth captured by satellites orbiting the planet
Contagious diffusion
The rapid and widespread spread of a cultural tray or innovation through a population typically through direct contract and interaction
Situation
A place location relative to its surrounding environment and other places
Local
A scale of analyst focused on Pacific small area, such as neighborhood, cities, or communities
Relocation diffusion
The spread of cultural traits or ideas through the physical movement of people
Geographic data
Information about the earths surfaces, its features and this spatial relationship between them
Human environment interaction
The complex relationship between people and their physical surroundings
Scale of an analysis
The size of the geographic area or level of detail using to examine a phenomenon
Sustainability
Meeting the needs of present without composing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Possibilism
The theory that while the environment Prison constraints or limitations on human activity culture is not solely determined by the environment
