AP human Geography unit 1.5

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Use of natural resources

Materials found in the earth that humans use for economic gain.

Renewable resources

can be used in unlimited measures.

Non-renewable resources

can be used in limited measures.

Sustainability

Using nonrenewable resources so they will continue to be available in the future. It’s often governments who make policies regulating the use of resources.

Land use

How human beings use and modify the land on which they live.Built environments reflect and are affected by the culture values of the people who build them.

Environmental determinism

Environment determines culture.(helped “justify” racism and colonialism)

Environmental possibilism

Humans determine culture(mostly).For example, for cultures with less access to many technologies, their environment plays less of a role in how their culture is formed, and for those with less access, environment plays more of a role.