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Section 1
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Contagious/Viral Diffusion
The spread of a disease, an innovation, or cultural traits through direct contact with another person or another place.
International Date Line
An arc that for the most part follows 180° longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross it heading east (toward America), the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When you go west (toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day.
Perception of Place
belief or "understanding" about a place developed through books, movies, stories or pictures
Choropleth Maps
Shows data in relation to color/intensity/shade
Diffusion
The spread of things or ideas from one place (a hearth) to another.
Meridians/Longitude
Lines measuring location and time zones (1 hr each 15 degrees) on earth that wrap around and touch at the poles.
Cultural Landscape
How a culture affects the landscape of an area/shapes the world around it.
Absolute Location
Coordinates, Address, Etc.
Global Positioning System
Tells you where you are on the earth.
Culture
Comprised of shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a society.
Spatial Perspective
observing variations in geographic phenomena across space
Geographic Information Systems
Organizes, stores, analyzes, and displays geographic data. Each layer of information is a thematic layer.
Situation
The areas around the location which contribute to the sense of the place.
Site
The exact location's physical spot. (think construction)
Sense of Place
What makes a place unique
Mental Maps
Image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space
Isoline Map
Map that uses continuous lines connecting areas of same value. (Topographic Maps do this)
Distortion
Inaccuracies in a map due to the translation of a 3D image to a 2D surface.
Regions
An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Cultural Diffusion
The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
Oval Projection Maps
Used for world maps (16th and 17th century). Neither conformal or equal area. Usually a little distortion everywhere. (Combination of Cylindrical and Conic)
Cylindrical Projection Maps
Surface of a globe projected as if on a cylinder. Most distortion at the poles, least at the equator. (Shows Accurate Direction)
Landscape
the overall appearance of an area. Most are comprised of a combination of natural and human-induced influences.
Expansion Diffusion
When the idea/thing being spread continues to exist in it's original location as well as spreading to new locations.
North and South Poles
The locations on the earth which receive the least amount of sun during the winter.
Cultural Barriers
Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas or practices unacceptable or unadoptable in that particular culture
Formal Region
Formally recognized areas determined by a governing body. Sometimes called Uniform Region.
Human-Environment Interactions
How people interact/change the place/location.
Conic Projection Map
Map projected onto the surface of a cone whose point is usually above one of the poles. (Keeps distance, loses direction)
Reference Maps
Used for transportation and locating places.
Parallels/Latitude
Lines measuring location on earth that wrap around, don't touch.
Remote Sensing
Collecting data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet.
Conformal Maps
Maps that distort area but keep shapes intact (Mercator)
Scale
The scope Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface. (Scope of view.)
Location
The position of anything on Earth's surface.
Dot Maps
Each dot represents an amount of data. More dots = more of the variable
Prime Meridian
Runs through Greenwich, England. 0 longitude. Could have been placed anywhere in the world, but was placed there.
distance decay
The idea that the further something is away/more inconvenient it is, the less frequent/intense interaction with it will be.
Human Geography
a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface
Perceptual/vernacular region
A place believed to exist as a part of cultural identity. (The South, The North, The Deep South)
Cartograms
Shows data in relation to size
Relative Location
Location of a place in relation to another place or landmark. (LANDMARK)
Equal-area projection maps
Shapes and directions are distorted but land area is kept in tact. (Peters)
Place
A specific point on Earth distinguished by particular characteristics. Uniqueness of the point.
Functional/nodel region
A region around a central node tied by transportation and communication or by economic or functional associations
Equator
The longest line of latitude at 0 degrees and has a constant amount of sun exposure.
Cultural Trait
The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture.
Thematic Maps
Used to display data about a location.
Globalization
The act of becoming global. The spread of information, ideas, etc from one place in the world to another.
Movement
the change from one location to another
Section 2
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