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| Branch of geography primarily concerned with analyzing the structures, processes, and location of human creations and interactions with the earth. | ||
| Geography that consists of spatial analysis of the structures processes, and locations of the earth's natural phenomena, like soil, climate, plants, and topography. | ||
| Position of an object on the global grid; latitude and longitude. | ||
| Location of a place of object described in relation to places or objects around it. | ||
| Outlook through which geographers identify, explain, and predict the human and physical patterns in space and the interconnectedness of different spaces. | ||
| Two dimensional model of the earth or a portion of its surface. | ||
| Map drawn from memory. | ||
| Region composed of areas that have a common cultural or physical feature; sometimes referred to as uniform regions. | ||
| Group of places linked together by some function's influence on them after diffusing from a central node; sometimes referred to as a nodal region. | ||
| Region whose boundaries are determined by people's beliefs, not a scientifically measurable process. | ||
| Technique of obtaining information about objects through the study of data collected by special instruments that are not in physical contact with the objects being analyzed. | ||
| Computer program that stores geographic data and produces maps to show the data. | ||
| The spatial spreading of a culture element. | ||
| An idea or innovation develops in a core area and remains strong there while spreading outward. | ||
| Individuals carry an innovation or idea to a new place where they spread it. | ||
| When a less-dominant culture adopts traits from a more dominant culture. | ||
| A result of acculturation, when a culture looses all of its original traits and fully becomes a different culture. | ||
| Exchange of cultural traits between two cultures; a form of cultural convergence | ||
| Nearly all-adjacent individuals are affected. | ||
| A form of diffusion in which an innovation spreads by trickling down from larger to smaller adoption units. | ||
| Ideas may not be adopted but may result in a local experimentation or be changed. | ||
| When two cultures invent the same phenomenon without knowing about the others invention and/or existence. | ||
| The view that the natural environment has an effect over human life including cultural development. | ||
| A response to determinism; that human decision is the crucial factor in cultural development, not the environment. | ||
| The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society. | ||
| The process of spreading an idea or innovation from its hearth to other cultures. | ||
| The tangible result of a cultural group's interaction with its environment. | ||
| The heartland or place of origin of the culture. | ||
| A single attribute of a culture. | ||
| A related set of culture traits or two cultures may display the same trait but will use it differently | ||
| A cluster of regions in which related culture systems prevail | ||
| Area within which a particular culture system prevails. | ||
| A grouping of complexes with common traits, territory, and shared history. | ||
| When successive societies continue to contribute to the environments cultural landscape | ||
| Cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings, traditions, and institutions of usually small, traditional communities. | ||
| Cultural traits that diffuse rapidly such as dress, diet, and music that identify our society. | ||
| Taking something that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought and sold, and turning it into something that can be traded. |
