Human Geography Vocab (Unit 1)

Absolute Direction

• The cardinal directions: North, South, East, West.

• Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length.

• A principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have.

• A place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the landforms, climate, and resources.

  
  

• A map that focuses on the location of places.

  
  

Absolute Distance.

• The cardinal directions north, south, east, and west.

• Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length.

• To arrange within a given space.

• Movement of people, goods, or information that has economic, social, political, or cultural effects on societies.

• The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale.

Absolute Location.

• The number of things—people, animals, or objects—in a specific area.

• Movement of people, goods, or information that has economic, social, political, or cultural effects on societies.

  
  

• The exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude.

  
  

• A place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the landforms, climate, and resources.

• Location of a place in relation to other places or its surrounding features.

  
  

Cartographers

• Cassification of a country or region that has wealth, higher education levels, more advanced technologies, many resources, strong militaries, and powerful allies.

  
  

• Movement of people, goods, or information that has economic, social, political, or cultural effects on societies.

  
  

• The study of the processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter Earth.

  
  

• A person who creates maps.

  
  

• A type of region that reflects people’s feelings and attitudes about a place; also called a vernacular region.

  
  

Census

• Classification of a country or region that has wealth, higher education levels, more advanced technologies, many resources, strong militaries, and powerful allies

  
  

• The relationships between living things and their environment.

• The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale.

  
  

• A location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics.

• An official count of the number of people in a defined area, such as a state.

  
  

Core

• Cassification of a country or region that has wealth, higher education levels, more advanced technologies, many resources, strong militaries, and powerful allies.

  
  

• To arrange within a given space.

  
  

• The idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environment.

  
  

• A computer system that allows for the collection, organization, and display of geographic data for analysis.

  
  

• A network of satellites that orbit Earth and transmit location data to receivers, enabling users to pinpoint their exact location.

  
  

Density

• Movement of people, goods, or information that has economic, social, political, or cultural effects on societies.

  
  

• The number of things—people, animals, or objects—in a specific area.

  
  

• A principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have.

  
  

• The area of the world being studied.

  
  

• A place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the landforms, climate, and resources.

  
  

Distance Decay

• To arrange within a given space.

  
  

• The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale.

  
  

• A principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have.

  
  

• An area organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity.

  
  

• Distance determined in relation to other places or objects.

  
  

Distribute

• An area organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity

  
  

• The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale.

  
  

• The study of the processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter Earth.

  
  

• To arrange within a given space

  
  

• Internalized representations of portions of Earth's surface.

  
  

Ecological Perspective

• The idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environment.

  
  

• Direction based on a person's perception, such as left, right, up, or down.

  
  

• The area of the world being studied

  
  

• An area of Earth’s surface with certain characteristics that make it distinct yet cohesive from other areas

  
  

• The relationships between living things and their environment.