Human Geography Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Accessibility
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the opportunity for contact or interaction from a given point or location, in relation to other locations.
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Cartography
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the body of practical and theoretical knowledge about making distinctive visual representations of Earth's surface in the form of maps
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Cognitive Distance
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the distance that people perceive to exist in a given situation
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Longitude
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angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian (the line that passes through both poles and through Greenwich, England, and that has the value of 0 degrees
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Latitude
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angular distance of a point on Earth's surface, measured north or south from the equator, which is 0 degrees
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Ordinary Landscapes
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everyday landscapes that people create in the course of their lives
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Place
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specific geographic setting with distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes
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Physical Geography
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subarea of the discipline that studies Earth's natural processes and their outcomes
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Time-Space Convergence
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rate at which places move closer together in points in space
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Cognitive Image
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psychological representations of locations that are made up from people's individual ideas and impressions of these locations
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Cognitive Space
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space defined and measured in terms of the nature and degree of people's values, feeling, beliefs, and perceptions about locations, districts, and regions
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Friction of Distance
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deterrent or inhibiting effect of distance on human activity
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GPS
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system of satellites that orbit Earth on precisely predictable paths, broadcasting highly accurate time and locational information
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Region
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larger sized territory that encompasses many places, all or most of which share similar attributes in comparison with the attributes of places elsewhere
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Regional Geography
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study of the ways unique combinations of environmental and human factors produce territories with distinctive landscapes and cultural attributes
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Remote Sensing
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collection of information about parts of Earth's surface by means of aerial photography or satellite imagery designed to record data on visible, infrared, and microwave sensor systems
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Sense of Place
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feelings evoked among people as a result of the experiences and memories that they associate with a place and the symbolism that they attach to it.
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Human Geography
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study of the spatial organization of human activity and of peoples relationships with their environments
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Identity
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sense that people make of themselves through their subjective feelings based on their everyday experiences and wider social relations
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Life World
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taken for granted pattern and context for everyday living through which people conduct their lives
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Site
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physical attributes of a location- its terrain, its soil, vegetation, and water sources, for example.
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Situation
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location of a place relative to other places and human activites
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Spatial Analysis
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study of geographic phenomena in terms of their arrangement as points, lines, areas, or surfaces on a map.
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Spatial Diffusion
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way that things spread through space and over time
