GEOG 121- EXAM 1

Human Geography

spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes 

Cartography:

the science and art of making maps, including data complication,layout, and design

Geographic Information Systems(GIS)

a collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed and displayed to the user 

Sense of place:

infusing a palace with meaning and emotion 

Perception of place:

belief or understanding of what a palace is like, often based on books, movies, stories or pictures 

Mental maps

maps in our minds of places

Cultural landscape:

the visible human imprint, the material character of a place 

Functional region:

an area that contains a set of social political, or economic activities or interactions 

Perceptual Region

an area that is created by ideas in our minds, based on accumulated knowledge of places and regions, that defines an area of “sameness” or “connectedness”

E.g: the midwest, west, south 

Core(“haves”)

fact of production(of goods and services) for core 

• Often unstable and at mercy of core

Scale

1. Distance on a map compared to the distance on the Earth 

2. The spatial extent of something 

Vectored

 spread through intermediary, such as an insect 

ex:malaria

Nonvectored:

spread directly from person to person 

E.g: HIV/AIDS

TOP FIVE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES 

1. India 

2. China 

3. United States 

4. Indonesia 

5. Pakistan 

Expansive

• policies that encourage large families and rate the rate of natural increase 

“Cyclic movement”

traveling away from home for a short period 

Activity spaces 

Area within which daily activity occurs 

“Periodic Movement”

traveling away from home for a longer period 

Migration labor”

worker who crosses international borders in search of employment 

“Transhumance”

seasonal periodic traveling of pastoralists and their livestock according to seasonal availability of pastures 

Guest Workers

migrants allowed into a country to fill a labor need assuming the workers will go “home” once the labor need subsides

Local Culture Cont

influence places 

Material culture

the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people 

Non-material cultures

the beliefs practices, aesthetics and values of a group of people 

Remote Sensing

a method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments (i.e., satellites) that are physically distant from thearea or object of study

Chronic or degenerative diseases

diseases of middle and old age

e.g: heart disease

Population Pyramid

graphic depiction of a population by percentage in each gender’s age group

Eugenic

policies which favor one racial or cultural sector of the population over others

Restricitve

policies designed to reduce NIR( Natural Increase Rate)

Migration

a change in residence intended to be permanent

Push Factor

negative conditions and perceptions that induce people to leave their abode and migrate to a new locale

Pull Factor

positive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas

Human Trafficking

the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for labor services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery

Formal region

an area that has a shared cultural or physical trait

ex: spanish-speaking region of Europe