Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture by JF De Blij, Alexander Murphy, and Erin Fouberg; 8th Edition
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| 447783834 | Fieldwork | To answer geographic inquiry by visiting places to observe how people's actions and reactions change those places and how they vary across space | |
| 447783835 | Human Geography | study of human phenomena; how people make places, organize space and society, interact with another here and across space, and make sense of others and ourselves in our locality, region, and world | |
| 447783836 | Globalization | Set of processes that...without boundaries: • increase interactions • deepen relationships • heighten interdependence Set of outcomes...throughout the world: • unevenly distributed • differently manifested • varying across scales | |
| 447783837 | Physical Geography | study of physical phenomena on Earth; spatial analysis of the structure, processes, and location of natural phenomena | |
| 447783838 | Spatial | How places and phenomena are laid out, organized, and arranged on Earth; how they appear on the landscape. Used by human and physical geographers | |
| 447783839 | Spatial Distribution | physical location of geographic phenomena across space | |
| 447783840 | Pattern | design of the spatial distribution; what processes create and sustain it | |
| 447783841 | Medical Geography | study of health and disease from a geographical perspective; mapping the distribution of a disease to find the cause | |
| 447783842 | Pandemic | worldwide outbreak of a disease | |
| 447783843 | Epidemic | regional outbreak of a disease | |
| 447783844 | Spatial Perspective | Observing variations in geographic phenomena across space | |
| 447783845 | Five Themes | Developed by the Geographic Educational National Implemention Project (GENIP): | |
| 447783846 | Location | How geographical position of people and things affects what happens and why | |
| 447783847 | Location Theory | an element of contemporary human geography that seeks answers to a variety of questions(where a Target should be built) | |
| 447783848 | Human-Environment | relationship between humans and physical world | |
| 447783849 | Region | Phenomena aren't evenly distributed, but concentrated; marked by a degree of formal, funtional, or perceptual homogeneity | |
| 447783850 | Place | All have unique human and physical characteristics; geo-graphers study the special character and meaning of places | |
| 447783851 | Sense of Place | Infusing a place with meaning and emotion | |
| 447783852 | Perception of Place | belief or understanding about a place from books, movies, pictures, etc. | |
| 447783853 | Movement | Mobility of people, goods, and ideas across Earth | |
| 447783854 | Spatial Interaction | how places interact with another | |
| 447783855 | Distance | Measurement of the physical space between two places | |
| 447783856 | Accessibility | The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations. | |
| 447783857 | Connectivity | The degree of direct linkage between places by transportation and communication | |
| 447783858 | Landscape | The overall appearance of an area. Most are comprised of a combination of natural and human-induced influences. | |
| 447783859 | Cultural Landscape | The visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape. Layers of buildings, forms, and artifacts sequentially imprinted by the activities of various human occupants. | |
| 447783860 | Sequent Occupance | Cultural succession and its lasting imprint, contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape. | |
| 447783861 | Cartography | The art and science of making maps. | |
| 447783862 | Reference Maps | Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features | |
| 447783863 | Thematic Maps | Maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of some attribute of the movement of a geographic phenomenon. | |
| 447783864 | Absolute Location | Location determined by a frame of reference, usually latitude and longitude | |
| 447783865 | Global Positioning System | Satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features. | |
| 447783866 | Geocaching | A hunt for a cache, the GPS coordinates which are placed on the Internet by other geocachers. | |
| 447783867 | Relative Location | The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places. | |
| 447783868 | Mental Map | maps we carry in our minds | |
| 447783869 | Activity Space | The space within which daily activity occurs. | |
| 447783870 | Generalized Maps | Information is always generalized on maps. | |
| 447783871 | Remote Sensing | Collecting data/info(that is almost instantly available) from instruments physically distant from the area or object | |
| 447783872 | Geographic Information Systems | Computer technology that lets spatial data be collected and analyzed. | |
| 447783873 | Rescale | Involve players at other scales to generate global support for their position. | |
| 447783874 | Formal Region | Marked by a certain degree of similarity | |
| 447783875 | Functional Region | defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occurs within it. | |
| 447783876 | Perceptual Region | only exists as an idea, not as a physically demarcated entity(different people have different opinions) | |
| 447783877 | Culture | The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society(music, literature, art, etc.) | |
| 447783878 | Culture Trait | A single element of normal practice in a culture, such as the wearing of a turban. | |
| 447783879 | Culture Complex | A related set of cultural traits, such as prevailing dress codes and cooking and eating utensils. | |
| 447783880 | Cultural Hearth | Heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin of a major culture. | |
| 447783881 | Independent Invention | A trait with many cultural hearths that developed independent of each other | |
| 447783882 | Cultural Diffusion | The expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area. | |
| 447783883 | Time-Distance Decay | The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source. | |
| 447783884 | Cultural Barrier | Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certian innovations; ideas or practices unacceptable or unadoptable in that particular culture. | |
| 447783885 | Expansion Diffusion | An innovation/idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward. | |
| 447783886 | Contagious Diffusion | A form of expansion diffusion where nearly all adjacent individuals are affected | |
| 447783887 | Hierarchical Diffusion | A pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to/adopting what is being diffused (ex: new shoes) | |
| 447783888 | Stimulus Diffusion | cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place; ideas indirectly promote local experimentation | |
| 447783889 | Relocation Diffusion | Actual movement of individuals who have adopted the idea/innovation, and carry it to a new(and maybe distant) locale, where they disseminate it(ex: migration) | |
| 447783890 | Geographic Concept | Ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions. | |
| 447783891 | Environmental Determinism | Environment(nature) affects human life(culture) | |
| 447783892 | Isotherm | Line on a map connecting point of equal temperature values. | |
| 447783893 | Possibilism | Humans affect culture | |
| 447783894 | Cultural Ecology | The multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment. | |
| 447783895 | Political Ecology | The environment/nature is affected by political and socioeconomic contexts |
