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Intro to Human Geography

AP Human Geography People Place Culture Chapter 1 Intro to Human Geography Part 2

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? Victoria Lawson?s jumping scale- switching scales: in the West rice is a material (owned/sold) in Easter country it is a symbol of culture ? Region- an area that shares similar characteristics; criteria to define a region -> physical, cultural, functional, or perceptual ? Formal region- marked by homogeneity in one or more criteria; has a shared trait that can be cultural or physical ? Functional region- defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it -have a shared political, social, or economic purpose ? Perceptual regions- intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature/distribution of phenomena ? Major news events help create perceptual regions

Unit 1 Vocab Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture

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Unit One Vocabulary - Nature and Perspectives 1. Human Geography - the spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes. The study of how humans interact with the world. 2. Sequent Occupance - The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape. Each society in an area leaves a cultural imprint, adding to the cultural landscape. 3. Cultural Landscape - the fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group. This is the essence of how humans interact with nature. How humans change and interact with nature. 4. Diffusion - The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time. The spread of something from one place to another.
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