AP Human Geography Ch. 1 What is Human Geography – Flashcards
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Natural Landscape
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The physical landscape or environment that has not been affected by humans
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Spatial Perspective
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An intellectual framework that looks at the locations of specific phenomena, how and why that phenomena is , and how it is spatially related to phenomena in other places
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Earth System Science
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Systematic approach to physical geography that looks at the interaction between the earth's physical systems and processes on a global scale
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Vernacular Regions
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Perceptual regions; defined in terms of people's perceptions of places
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Anthropogenic
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Human-induced changes on the natural environment
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Fertile Crescent
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Name given to crescent-shaped area of fertile land stretching from the lower Nile valley, along the east Mediterranean coast, and into Syria and present-day Iraq where agriculture and early civilization first began about 8000 B.C.
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Geographical Information Systems
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A set of computer tools used to capture, store, transform, analyze, and display geographic data
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Idiographic
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Pertaining to the unique facts or characteristics of a particular place
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Sustainability
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the concept of using the earth's resources in such a way that they provide for people's needs in the present without diminishing the earth's ability to provide for future generations
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Nomothetic
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Concept or rules that can be applied universally
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Environmental Geography
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The intersection between human and physical geography, which explores the spatial impacts humans have on the physical environment and vice versa.
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Physical Geograpqhy
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The realm geography that studies the structures, processes, distributions, and change through time of natural phenomena of the earth's surface
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Global Positioning System
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A set of satellites used to help determine location anywhere on earth's surface with a portable electronic device
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Region
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A territory that encompasses many places that share similar attributes in comparison with the attributes of places elsewhere
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Qualitative Data
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Data associated with a more humanistic approach to geography, often collected through interviews, empirical observations, or the interpretation of texts, artwork, old maps, and other archives
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Quantitative Revolution
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A period in human geography associated with the widespread adoption of mathematical models and statistical techniques
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Regional Geography
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The study of geographic regions
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Cultural Ecology
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The study of interactions between societies and the natural environments they live in
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Remote Sensing
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Observation and mathematical measurement of the earth's surface using aircraft and satellites
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Sense of Place
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Feelings evoked by people as a result of certain experiences and memories associated with a particular place
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Cultural Landscape
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The human-modified natural landscape specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society
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Systematic Geography
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The study of the earth's integrated systems as a whole instead of focusing on particular phenomena in a single place
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Cartography
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Theory and practice of making visual representations of the earth's surface
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Quantitative Data
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Data associated with mathematical models and statistical techniques used to analyze spatial location and association
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Thematic Layers
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Individual maps of specific features that are overlaid on one another in a Geographical Information System to understand and analyze a spatial relationship
