Vocabulary List 1 Flashcards
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Absolute Loction
The exact position of an object or place stated in spatial coordinates or a grid system designed for locational purposes, e.g., latitude and longitude
Spatial
Of or pertaining to space on or near Earth’s surface. Often a synonym for geographical and used as an adjective to describe specific geographic concepts or processes.
Relative Location
The position of a place of activity in relation to other places or activities; implies spatial relationships an usually suggests the relative advantages or disadvantages of a location with respect to all competing locations
Site
The physical character of a place; the absolute location of a place or activity described by a local relief, landform, and other physical characteristics
Situation
The relative location of a place or activity in relation to the physical and cultural characteristics of the larger regional or spatial system of which it is part; the location of a place relative to other places
Place name (Toponym)
The name given to a portion of Earth’s surface
Scale (implied degree of generalization)
The size of an area student, from local to global
Physical attributes
Natural landscape
Cultural Attributes
Cultural landscape
Built landscape
The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture; the buildings, roads, bridges, and similar structures large and small of the culture landscape
Sequent Occupance
Successive habitation of same area over time; builds layer after layer in the region
Environmental Determination
A nineteenth and early twentieth century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences; physical environment caused by human activities
Possibilism
The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives
Spatial Interaction
The movement an flow involving human activity
Accessiblity
The opportunity for contact or interaction from a given point or location, in relation to other locations
Connectivity
The directness of routes linking pairs of places; an indication if the degree of internal connection in a transport network; all of the tangible and intangible means of connection and communication between places
Network
The areal patten of sets of places and the routes (links) connecting them along which movement can take place
Distance decay
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance form it’s origin
Friction of Distance
A measure of the retarding or restricting effect of distance on spatial interaction; the greater the distance, the greater the “friction” an the less the interaction or exchange, or the greater the cost of achieving the exchange
Time-space Compression
An influence on the rate of expansion diffusion of an idea, observing that the spread or acceptance of an idea is usually delayed as distance from the source of the innovation increases
Diffusion
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
Hearth
The region from which innovative ideas originate
Relocation
The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another
Expansion
The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process
