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Vocab Chapters 1, 13 Flashcards

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Hecataeus

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Was factual when he described the earth. Author of the gesperiodes. A Greek philiosopher.

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Homer

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Ancient father of geography. Author of the Iliad and the odyssey.

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Ibn Battuta

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A traveller of the 14th century who travelled most of the Muslim world and parts of the non-Muslim world.

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Improved geography by financing scholars and expiditions to Africa.

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John Harrision

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Invented a clock that is accurate for between the Americas and Europe, and he came up with accurate latitude and longitude calculations.

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Columbian Exchange

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A trade route founded after Europeans came to the Americas. Think trade triangle.

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Alexander Von Humboldt

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Helped bridge the gap between past and modern geography.

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Carl Ritter

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Helped bride the gap between past and modern geography.

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Systematic Geography

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Specializing in a particular type of geography.

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Positivism

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Argues that all knowledge can be studying by use of the scientific method.

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Quantitative Revolution

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A period of time geographers relied on a statistic method to “prove” theories.

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Behavioral geography

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A focus on the psychological processes that underline geographic decisions.

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Humanistic geography

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Studies the meaning humans put on the environment.

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Structuralism

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Society is like a set of rules on which humans choose to act or not.

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Marxist Philosophies

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Marxism is the is the belief that capitalism is the cause of many of the the world’s problems and should be replaced by communism

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Superstructure as related to Infostructure

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Superstructure: culture
Infrastructure: economy

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Postmodernism

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A focus on braking from the norm

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Modernism

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20th century trend that was about breaking from the past

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Poststructualism

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Focuses on individuals, local differences, and historical factors in studying geography.

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Fieldwork

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The study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and change places.

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Human geography

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One of the major divisions of geography; the special analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes.

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Globalization

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The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes until they become global in scale and impact.

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Spatial

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Pertaining to space on the earth’s surface ; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

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Spatial Distribution

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Physical location of a geographic phenomena across space

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Pattern
The design of the spacial distribution
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Medical geography
The study of Heath and disease within a geographical context
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Pandemic
An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide
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Epidemic
Regional outbreaks of a disease
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Spatial perspective
Observing variations of geographic phenomena across space
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Location
The geographical situation of people and things (1st theme of geography)
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Location theory
An attempt to explain the pattern of economic activity and the manner in which production spaces are related
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Human-environment Interaction
Relationship between humans and the environment. (Second theme of geography)
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Region
An area marked by a degree of formal, fictional, or perceptual sameness of a phenomena. (Third theme of geography)
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Place
Uniqueness of a location (forth theme of geography)
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Sense of place
State of mind gotten from giving a place meaning due to some event.
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Perception of place
Belief or understanding of a place developed through books, movies, stories or pictures
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Movement
The movability of people/goods/ideas across the planet. (Fifth theme of geography)
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Spatial interaction
The exchange of goods between two regions
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Distance
Measurement of physical space between two places
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Accessibility
The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a location from other location.
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Connectivity
The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in q transport network
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Cartography
The art/science of making maps, including data compilation, layout and design.
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Thematic maps
Maps that show the degree of a phenomena
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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Geocaching
A hunt for a cache, the gps coordinates are placed on the Internet.
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Relative location
The regional position of a place relative to the position of other places
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Mental map
Image of the way a space is organized as determined by an individual's perception of a place.
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Activity Space
The space within daily activity occurs
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Generalized map
A map where certain things are generalized
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Remote sensing
A method of collecting data through the use of instruments that are distant from the area of study
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GIS
Geographic information system
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Rescale
Involvement of players at other scales to generate support for an initiative
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Formal region
A type of region marked by a degree of sameness in a phenomena
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Functional region
A region defined by the activities within it
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Perceptual region
One's perception of a region
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Geographic concept
Ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers.
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Isotherm
Line on a map connecting parts of equal temp. values
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Political ecology
An approach to studying nature/society that is concerned with the ways environmental issues reflect/ are the result of political contexts
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Mass depeletions
Loss of diversity through a failure to produce new species.
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Pacific ring of fire
Ocean-girdling zone of natural disasters due to tectonic activity.
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Pleistocene
The most recent epoch of the late centric ice age. Marked by 20 glaciations/interglaciations
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Glaciations
A period of global cooling during which ice sheets expand
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Wiscontsinian glaciations
The most recent glacial period of the Pleistocene.
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Holocene
The current period of interglacialation
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Little ice age
Temporary cooling period between the 14th and 19th centuries.
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Environmental stress
The threat to the environment by human activity
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Renewable resources
Resources that can regenerate as they are being exploited
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Global warming
Theory that the earth is gradually warming as a result of an enhanced greenhouse effect
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Acid rain
A growing environmental peril when acidified rainwater damages life
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oxygen cycle
Cycle when natural processes/human activity consumes oxygen/produces carbon dioxide and then into plants that produce Oxygen
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Deforestation
The process of cutting down a forest
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Soil erosion
The warning away of the landscape by wind and moving water
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Toxic waste
Hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
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Radioactive waste
Hazardous waste emitting radiation from nuclear waste
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Biodiversity
The verity of plant/animal species in a place
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Ozone layer
One of the highest layers in the atmosphere, the one with the most ozone
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Vienna convention for the protection of the ozone layer
The first international convention held to address the issue of ozone depletion (1985)
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Montreal protocol
An international agreement signed in 1987 by 105 countries and the EU. Calls for a reduction of CFCs.
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"Why of where"
Explanations for why spatial patterns occur
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Immanuel Kant
Defined geography as the study of interrelated spatial patterns
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Erostosthenes
Accurately calculated the circumference of the earth
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Ptolemy
Developed the forerunner of latitude/longitude
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Idrisi
Collected geographical info. and made a remarkably accurate representation of the world
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George Perkins Marsh
Focused on the impact of humans on the environment.
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Mercator projection
Straight latitude/longitude lines, used by sea captains, accurate east/west
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Robinson projection
Curved latitude/longitude lines, somewhat accurate all around, except at the poles.
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Peters Projection
Tries to keep landmass in equal area, except Latin America and Africa are smaller
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Contour map
Reveals local topography
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Topography
The natural land surface
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Local scale
Looks at local phenomena
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Regional scale
Looks at regional phenomena
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Global phenomena
Looks at global phenomena
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Local-global continuum
Phenomena at one level that effects other levels
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Daylight savings time
Clock forward 1 hour in the spring
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Site
The physical attributes of a place
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Situation
Relative location/position in relation to other places
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Linear patterns
If objects are in a line
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Centralized pattern
If object circle another object
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Rectilinear pattern
Reflects a rectangular system
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Core Region
Distinct characteristics that set it apart from other parts of the region
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Periphery region
A region's margins
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Multi-national corporations
Corporations that have expanded all over the world and have centers of operation in other nations
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Latitude
The horizontal lines on a map, determines temprature
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Air Current
Help distribute the sun's heat
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Convection
Transfer of heat to the atmosphere by the upward motion of air
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Coriolis effect
Rotation of the earth causes wind patterns
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Continentality
A region's distance from the moderating influence of the sea
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Mountain Barriers
Lay of the land affects climate. Windward is wetter, leeward is dry
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Pressure and prevailing wind currents
High pressure-cold air | Low pressure-warm air
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Storms
Storms are created when polar winds meet westerlies

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