APHG-Unit 1 AMSCO

use lines of equal value to represent data like elevation, barometric pressure or temperature

Isoline Map

a thematic map in which the size of the symbol varies in proportion to the intensity of the mapped variable.

Graduated Symbol Map

a thematic map in which a dot represents some frequency of the mapped variable.

Dot Map

a thematic map in which a variable is depicted with shading patterns or colors.

Choropleth Map

a thematic map using relative size of political units to convey a value.

Cartogram Map

The name given to a place on earth

Toponym

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics

Formal Region

An area organized around a node or focal point

Functional Region

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. 

Perceptual Region

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something world wide in scope

Globalization

Conducts research, operates factories, and sells products to many countries, not just where their HQ and principal shareholders are located

Transnational Corporation

A process of which an idea or innovation is spread from its source to other cultures

Cultural Diffusion

The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another

Relocation Diffusion

Spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places

Hierarchical Diffusion

Rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population

Contagious Diffusion

Spread of an underlying principle even through a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse

Stimulus Diffusion

Spread the feature from one place to another in an additive process

Expansion Diffusion

the way something is arranged across Earth’s surface

Spatial Distribution

frequency with which something occurs in space

Density

extent of a feature’s spread over space

Concentration

geometric arrangement of objects in space

Pattern

The farther away someone is from you, the less likely you two are to interact.

Spatial Interaction

Trailing-off phenomenon of diminishing contact with the increase in distance

Distance Decay

Reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place

Space-Time Compression

The belief that the physical environment caused social development

Environmental Determinism

The environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment.

Possibilism

2D or flat scale model of earths surface, or a portion of it

Map

The science of map making

Cartography

the distinctive physical and human characteristics of a place.

Place

how people interact with their environment.

Human/Environmental Interaction

 the mobility of people, goods and ideas-the patterns and change in human spatial interactions-accessibility & connectivity of places.

Movement

an area that displays a selected criteria-one or more distinctive characteristics.

Regions

Scientific method of transferring locations on earth’s surface to a flat map

Projection

a computer system that captures, stores, queries, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

GIS

System that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth

GPS

Acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting earth or from other long distance methods

Remote Sensing

the physical character of a place.

Site

the location of a place relative to other places.

Situation

a combination of cultural, religious, and physical features.

Cultural Landscape

the position that something occupies on Earth’s surface.

Location

Small scale or small fraction maps show a

large area

Large scale or large fraction maps show a

small area