ap hug unit 1 vocab

Sustainability

Using what you have in a way so you can use it in the future

Globalization

Interactions between countries on a world wide scale

Concentration

Close gathering; clumped

Density

Number of things in a specific area

Environmental Determinism

Environmental conditions that impact the way humans live

Possiblism

Technology is used to overcome environmental conditions

Census

Official count of the number of people in an area

Scale

The size in which you look at an area (regional, map ratio, or details)

Distribution

Things arranged in a given space

GIS (Geographic information system)

Software system that takes images and layers it into maps

GPS (Global positioning system)

31 satellites track info from your phone and make a map

Site

Physical features of a place

Situation

Where a location is relative to others

Toponym

Place’s name

Place

Human and physical characteristics of a location

Region

Distinct areas share one or more things in common

Vernacular Region

Perceptions of a region (stereotypes)

Formal Region

Area where everyone shares something in common

Functional Region

Area organized around a node of service

Node

Focal point of a service

World System Theory

Core takes cheap and inexpensive labor and materials from periphery and sells it back

Core

Technologically and economically advanced, stable govt, more developed

Semi-periphery

Industrializing, manufactures and exports, on its way to core

Periphery

Newer, struggles with economy, unstable govt, poorer

Absolute Location

Exact location (coordinates)

Relative Location

Description of a place (relation to others)

Time-Space Compression

Advanced technology causes less relative distance between people

Distance Decay

The closer two things are, the more they interact/are affected