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AP Human Unit 1

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48357045Sequent OccupanceStudy of sequence of different ehtnicities occupying an area over periods of time
48357046Cultural landscapefashioning of a natural landscape by a culure group
48357047Built landscaperepresented by those features and patterns reflecting human occupation and use of natureal resources
48357048Arithmetic densityThe total number of people divided by total land area
48357049physiological densitythe number of people per unit of ann area of arable land
48357050hearthregion from which innovative ideas originate
48357051relocation diffusionthe spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another
48357052Expansion diffusionthe spead of a trend or feature among people from one area to another in a snowball process
48357053hierarchial diffusionthe spread of diffusion of a trend or feature from one individual or node of authority to other people of places
48357054contagious diffusionthe rapid, widespread diffusion of a trend or feature thoughout a population
48357055stimulus diffusionThe spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.
48357056Absolute directionDirection of a place in refrence to a map including the entirity of Earth's Surface
48357057Relative Directionup down backwards forward
48357058dispersedthe spreading of people or things over a wide area
48357059scatteredseperation in different directions
48357060cclusteredsituated close to each other
48357061agglomeratedclustered together but not organized.(suburbs)
48357062Absolute distancethe length of a path in the space extending from one point to another
48357063relative distancedistance relative to a specific refrence point, visually in one motion
48357064environmental determinismlate 19th century and early 20th century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities
48357065absolute locationa point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system
48357066relative locationlocation at a placee in raltion to another place
48357067sitephysical characteristics of a place
48357068situationlocation of a place relative to others
48357069topologythe study of places' names
48357070linear patternpoints that form a straight line
48357071centralized patternlocations are clustered and concentrated around a particular place
48357072random patternshave no pattern
48357073natural landscapeone that is unaffected by human activity
48357074possibilismtheory that 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
48357075formal regionan area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics
48357076Uniform Regionterritory with one or more features present throughout and absent or unimportant elsewhere
48357077Funcional regionan area organized around a node or focal point
48357078vernacular (perceptional) regionan area that people beleve to exist as part of their cultural identity
48357079distance decaythe effect of distance on a cultural or spatial interactions
48357080friction of distancenotion that distance usually requres some amount of effort to overcome
48357081time space compressionprocess that seems to accelerate the experience of time and reduce the significance of distance during a historical moment
48357082Distortionalteration of the appearance of something
48357083GPSdetermines percise position using sattellites
48357084Thematic mapsshows particular theme

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