ap Flashcards

2211887873	space	the physical gap or interval between two objects	0
2211887874	spatial approach	the way people view the world where things are located, why they are located there, and how the environment varies spatially	1
2211903824	scale	the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface	2
2211924022	diffusion	the spread of an idea, concept, product	3
2211924043	expansion diffusion	The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process	4
2211936133	hierarchical diffusion	The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places. (kings -----> peasants) example would be iphones	5
2211936134	contagious diffusion	when an idea or concept spreads equally among people no matter social class or economic position example would be illnesses	6
2211938000	stimulus diffusion	when an idea or concept spreads but gets changed along the way example would be rumors	7
2211939845	reverse hierarchical diffusion	The spread of an idea from persons of lower authority or places to persons or nodes of authority or power an example would be Walmart	8
2211942699	relocation diffusion	when a idea spreads due to a person moving around spreading it The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.	9
2211942700	migrant diffusion	ideas and beliefs moving from one place to another example would be birds migrating in the winter	10
2211944803	toponym	a name a place is known as	11
2211953359	barriers of diffusion	things that may prevent an idea from diffusing	12
2211955244	physical barriers	barriers that can be physically seen examples would be mountains, rivers, and hills	13
2211955245	cultural barriers	ideas cannot be adapted due to beliefs	14
2211957384	distance decay	how far a place is can affect the time an idea takes to reach a place and how it adapts	15
2211957385	location	A specific place on the Earth	16
2211950067	regions	area with one or more trait that distinguishes it from surrounding areas	17
2211958663	absolute location	a specific point on the earth -latitude and longitude	18
2211960661	relative location	The position of a place in relation to another place	19
2211965492	globalization	how the world is interconnected	20
2211967131	formal regions	regions that are organized and characterized by common property	21
2211967132	perceptual regions	regions that reflect human feelings and attitude they are somewhat like mental maps	22
2211969068	functional regions	regions organized by a focal point	23
2211973984	mental maps	image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space	24
2211978644	map scale	compares a distance on a map with a distance in the real world	25
2211980942	vernacular region	(perceptual region) a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity	26
2211988391	nodal regions	a central point or focus with which a surrounding area is linked on the basis of a given kind of spatial interaction, e.g. a city and its trade area also known as functional regions	27
2211988392	cultural regions	an area that is set apart from other places by the way of life of the people who live there	28
2211989572	political regions	A place where people share a government. Defined by established borders. made of people who live together under one government	29
2211992039	environmental region	Region defined by measurable environmental traits. Such as wetland. The barriers between these regions are often transitional. Type of formal region.	30
2211994341	prime meridian	An imaginary line passing through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, which marks the 0° line of longitude.	31
2211994342	longitude	Distance east or west of the prime meridian	32
2211995857	latitude	Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.	33
2211997951	absolute distance	The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.	34
2212000539	distance	An amount of space between two things or people.	35
2212006764	cluster	A number of similar things grouped together	36
2212006765	cartogram	type of map used to get around it consist of geometric figures	37
2212016280	isoline map	Thematic Map with lines that connect points of equal value	38
2212022121	sinusoidal map	diamond shaped map used in countries with larger north south than east west	39
2212024350	mollweide map	shows size of area relatively well, oval shaped, used to show direction of things, distorts shape and direction not flat at top or bottom and its circular	40
2212035522	flow line map	shows movement with arrows of people, goods, or ideas	41
2212036663	Mercator map	latitude and longitude are straight, destorting continents used in ship board traveling	42
2212038764	dot distribution map	dots are used to represent a certain topic/ statistic; the more dots in one region, the higher the statistic	43
2212038765	robinson map	a useful overall picture of the world; keeps correct size and shape of most continents and oceans its oval shaped and flat and used for educational purposes	44
2212042557	goodes interrupted map	map that emphasizes oceans its really accurate in size and definition shows scale of the world	45
2212043724	proportional symbol map	Type of map that uses a symbol in varying sizes to show the magnitude of a characteristic	46
2212058852	choropleth map	a thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area	47
2212063386	population	A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.	48
2212065821	arithmetic population	The population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area.	49
2212066995	physiologic population	The number of people per unit area of arable land.	50
2212082325	population density	A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land	51
2212084049	population distribution	how population is spread out in an area	52
2212516587	migration	Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.	53
2212519315	push factors of migration	Harsh climate, conflict, little access to services, employment, natural hazards, fear of persecution things that push one away from home	54
2212523489	pull factors of migration	something happening in a country that is bringing people to a country economic(jobs), cultural(escaping refugees), environmental(physically attractive regions)	55
2212546717	replacement rate	a total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself	56
2212548454	arable	(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively. fertile land	57
2212561367	decimal degrees	values of latitude and longitude expressed in decimal format rather than in degrees, minutes, and seconds	58
2212561368	equator	An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole	59
2212562625	north pole	90 degrees north latitude	60
2212564006	south pole	90 degrees south latitude	61
2212566102	node	a center of influence in functional or nodal regions	62
2212569154	ecotone	A transitional zone where ecosystems meet.	63
2212566103	international date line	180 degrees longitude - opposite the Prime Meridian	64
2218022894	place-specific	certain characteristics, like culture, social, politics, and economics, that define a place based upon the sequence of past and current societal influences	65
2218027321	sequent occupancy		66