Unit 1 Vocab

	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.