chapter 1 ap human geography
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| actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope | ||
| a two-dimensional or flat-scale model of earth's surface, or a portion of it | ||
| a specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic | ||
| an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features | ||
| the study of where and why human activities are located where where they are-for example, religions, businesses, and cities | ||
| studies where and why natural forces occur as they do-for example,climates,landforms, and types of vegetation | ||
| the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole | ||
| relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space | ||
| the physical gap or interval between two objects | ||
| the numerical ratio between distances on the map and Earth's surface | ||
| the relation between map and Earth distances in words | ||
| consists of a bar line marked to show distance on earth's surface | ||
| is a square 6 miles on each side | ||
| geographic information system | ||
| global positioning system | ||
| the position that something occupies on earth's surface | ||
| the name given to a place on earth | ||
| the physical features gives each place a distinctive character | ||
| the location of a place relative to other places | ||
| longitude | ||
| 0 longitude | ||
| latitude | ||
| a combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation | ||
| also called a uniform region or a homogeneous region, is an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics | ||
| also called a nodal region, is an area organized around a node or focal point | ||
| perceptual region, is a place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity | ||
| which is an internal representation of a portion of earth's surface | ||
| which is the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people | ||
| environment relationships | ||
| social development | ||
| the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment | ||
| trees form a continuous canopy over the ground | ||
| the trees do not form a continuous canopy, and the resulant lack of shade grow | ||
| land is covered by grass rather than trees | ||
| although many desert areas have essentially no vegetation, the region contains dispersed patches of plants adapted to dry conditions | ||
| a piece of land that is created by draining water from an area | ||
| conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters and principal shareholders are located | ||
| the number of persons per unit of area suitable for agriculture | ||
| the number of farmers per unit area of farmland | ||
| which is the geometric arrangement of objects in space | ||
| the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place | ||
| the process by which a characteristics spreads across space from one place to another over time | ||
| the place from which an innovation originates | ||
| the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another | ||
| the spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process | ||
| the spread of an idea from personsor nodes of authority or power to other persons or places | ||
| the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population | ||
| the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse |