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AP Human Geography Rubenstien's Ch. 1 Vocab
Thinking Geographically
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Geography
9th Grade
03/12/2012

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Agricultural density
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ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture
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base line
Definition
east / west line designated under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of townships in the USA
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concentration
Definition
spread of something over a given area
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culture
Definition
body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people's distinct tradition
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density
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frequency with which something exists in a given unit of area
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diffusion
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process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another
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distribution
Definition
arrangement of something across earth's surface
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environmental determinism
Definition
a 19 and early 20th century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences; therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities
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formal region
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AKA UNIFORM/HOMOGENOUS REGION; area in which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics
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functional region
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AKA NODAL REGION; area organized around a node or focal point
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Greenwich Mean Time
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time in that time zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0° longitude
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hearth
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region from which innovative ideas originate
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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law that divided much of the USA into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers
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location
Definition
position of anything on earth's surface
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map
Definition
2D, or flat, representation of earth's surface, or a portion of it
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pattern
Definition
geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
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place
Definition
specific point on earth distinguished by a particular character
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polder
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land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area
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possibilism
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theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have to ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives
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Prime Meridian
Definition
0° longitude which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England
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Principal Meridian
Definition
North / South line designated in the Land Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of townships in the USA
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projection
Definition
system used to transfer locations from earth's surface to a flat map
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regional studies
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AKA CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; an approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area
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section
Definition
a square 1 mile per side; Land Ordinance of townships in the US into 36 different sections
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space
Definition
physical gap or interval between two objects
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space-time compression
Definition
reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems
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toponym
Definition
name given to a portion of earth's surface
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township
Definition
square normally 6 miles on a side; Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the USA into a series of townships
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transnational corporation
Definition
company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters are located
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uneven development
Definition
increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy
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