Mr Kanes CH1 key terms

199565750	fieldwork	to go out in the field and see what people are doing, to observe how peoples' actions and reactions vary across space
199565751	globalization	set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and heigtening relationships without regard to country borders
199565752	physical geography	study of physical phenomena on Earth
199565753	spatial distribution	physical location of geographic phenomena across space
199565754	pattern	design of spatial distribution
199565755	medical geography	study of health and disease within a geographic context and from a geographical perspective
199565756	pandemics	outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide
199565757	spatial perspective	observing variations in geographic phenomena across space
199565758	location	first theme of geography; geographical situation of people and things
199565759	region	third theme of geography
199565760	place	fourth theme of geography
199565761	sense of place	state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place on by labeling a place with a certain character
199565762	perceptions of places	belief on "understanding" about a place developed through books, movies, stories or pictures
199565763	movement	mobility of people, goods, and ideas across surface of planet
199565764	spatial interaction	condition that exists when two regions, through an exchange of raw materials and/or finished products, can specifically satisfy each other's demands
199565765	distances	measurement of physical space between two places
199565766	accessibility	degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations
199565767	connectivity	degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network
199565768	landscape	overall appearance of an area
199565769	cultural landscape	visible imprint of human activity and culture on landscape
199565770	sequent occupance	notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to cumulative cultural landscape
199565771	cartography	the art and science of making maps
199565772	reference maps	shows locations of places and geographic features
199565773	thematic maps	tells stories, typically showing the degree of some attribute or the mobement of a geographic phenomenon
199565774	absolute locations	locations determined by a frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude
199565775	global positioning system (GPS)	a system to locate thing on the surface of Earth with extraordinary accuracy
199565776	geocaching	a hunt for cache whose coordinates are placed on the Internet by other geocachers
199565777	relative location	describes a place in relation to other human and physical features
199565778	mental maps	image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space
199565779	activity spaces	places we travel to routiney in our daily activity
199565781	generalized map	maps that help us see general trends
199565782	remote sensing	method of collecting data or information through use of instruments that are physically distant from the area or object of study
199565783	geographic information system (GIS)	collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to user
199565784	formal region	type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena
199565785	perceptual region	intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and ditribution of phenomenon in human geography
199565786	culture	sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by members of a society
199565787	culture trait	single element of normal practice in a culture
199565788	culture complex	related set of cultural traits
199565789	cultural health	heartland, source area, innovation center
199565790	independent invention	term for a trait with many cultural hearths that developed independent of each other
199565791	culture diffusion	expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its palce of origin to a wider area
199565792	time-distance decay	declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innocation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source
199565793	cultural barriers	prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas or practices unacceptable or unadoptable in that particular culture
199565794	expansion diffusion	spread of an innovation or an idea through a population in an area in such a way that the number of those influenced grows continuously larger
199565795	contagious diffusion	distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person
199565796	hierarchial diffusion	form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most conncected places or peoples
199565797	stimulus diffusion	form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place
199565798	relocation diffusion	sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier agents as the evacuate the old areas and relocate to new ones
199565799	environmental determinism	view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life
199565800	possibilism	geographic viewpoint- response to determinism-that holds that human decision making, not the environment, is crucial factor in cultural development
199565801	cultural ecology	multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and natural environment
199565802	political ecology	approach to studying nature-society relationis that is concerned with ways in which environmental issues both reflect, and are result of, political and socioeconomic contexts in which they are situated
199756454	epidemic	regional outbreak of a disease
199756455	location theory	logical attempt to explain the locational pattern of an economic activity and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated
199756456	rescale	involvement of players at other scales to generate support for a position or an initiative
199757329	geographic concept	ways of seeing world spatially that are used by geographers in answering questions
199757330	isothem	line on map connecting points of equal temperature values