Human Geography Definitions Flashcards

An area characterized by similarity or by cohesiveness that sets it apart from other areas.

<p>The flow of people, goods, money, ideas or materials between locations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ways in which human society and the natural environment affect each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The level of detail for dividing a thematic map into geographic units</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A thematic map in which ranked classes of some variable are depicted with shading patterns or colors for predefined zones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of the distribution of humans and their activities on the surface of the Earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A thematic map with lines that connect points of equal value.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An explanatory list of symbols in a map usually found in the bottom corner.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A systematic method of transferring a spherical map to a flat map.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information collected directly by the researchers or their equipment without any intermediary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A thematic map in which the size of a symbol varies in proportion to the frequency or intensity of the mapped variable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A general purpose map that shows recognizable landmarks, roads, and political units.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information obtained indirectly from another source that was previously collected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elimination of unimportant detail on maps while maintaining important information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information that has a geographical or locational component.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The zone of the greatest concentration or homogeneity of the culture trait that characterizes a region.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Modifications to the environment by humans, including built environments and agricultural systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The shared understandings that guide behavior and values within a group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A region defined by similar cultural traits and cultural landscape features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A defining characteristic of the culture that is shared by most, if not all, members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The area outside of the core of the culture region in which the culture is still dominant but less intense.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area of near uniformity in one or several characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A region created by the interactions between a central node and surrounding regions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area defined by subjective perceptions that reflect feelings and images about key place characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When perceptions come from the local, ordinary folk.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An awareness of being part of a group of people living in a cultural region.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A material object that represents some greater meaning or refers to something else.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fusion of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique new hybrid trait.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Negative impacts of environmental change on humans and/or nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The regions of the Earth's crust and atmosphere occupied by living matter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A circular flow of energy, materials, or organisms that replenishes the elements of a system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human-caused alteration of species through removal, redistribution, or modification of living creatures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human-caused alteration of energy or material flows through impoundment, redistribution, or transformation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in environmental systems caused by an alteration or disruption of natural cycles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A balanced state of a system in which stocks and flows are fairly stable or fluctuate within their normal range.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transformation of energy, materials, or organisms from one stock to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Things people do that affect the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social and cultural conditions that influence human use and perception of the natural environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Impacts (I) are proportional to population (P) x Affluence (A) x Technology (T).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cause and effect chain that begins with a change to a stock and ends up reversing the original change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human introduction of materials into the biosphere that have a negative environmental impact.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strain on the natural and economic resources that occurs when the needs of a large or rapidly growing population cannot be met.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cause and effect chain that begins with a change to a stock and ends up amplifying the original change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resources that can be used and restored after use or that have unlimited supply.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Efforts to solve environmental problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An individual or group with a strong interest or stake in how an issue is decided.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Amounts of energy, materials, or organisms that exist in a system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Providing for the needs of the present without diminishing the options of future generations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of elements along with the connections between them that form a whole unit and work together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The scientific study that analyzes and describes the origin, evolution, form, classification, and spatial distribution of landforms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The branch of human geography that focuses on the changes in geographic themes over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wrote 'Geographia' around 150 AD.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He created the Mercator chart, a cylindrical map projection in 1569.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He played a huge role in colonialism and exploration of South America in the 1800s.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is known for creating a cholera map in 1854.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She is known for her work in environmental determinism in 1900.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The view that the environment controls the course of human action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is known as the father of cultural geography and founded the Berkley School in 1920.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The concept that culture defines geography and impacts culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers