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Resource Availability

The presence and accessibility of natural or human-made resources in a specific area.

Commodities

Basic goods that are interchangeable with others of the same type and often traded.

Demographic

A specific group within a population defined by characteristics like age, gender, or income.

Tabula Rasa

A concept meaning 'blank slate,' suggesting individuals are born without built-in ideas or knowledge.

Provincialism

A narrow or limited way of thinking focused only on local customs or ideas.

Urban Industrial

Referring to city areas where manufacturing and industry are a main focus.

Hot Spots

Areas where tension, violence, or conflict is likely or actively occurring.

History

The study of past events and people, especially how they connect to today.

Temporal

Relating to time and often used when talking about how something changes over time

AP Human Geo/Geography

The study of places, people, and how they interact with the environment across space and time.

Physical land make up of the world

Ecological

How humans interact with the environment and ecosystems — includes things like pollution, conservation, or farming effects.

Cultivation

The act of preparing land for farming — includes planting, growing, and harvesting crops.

Sustainability

Using resources in a way that allows people to meet their needs without harming future generations

Pastoral

A type of farming that involves raising animals, often moving them around for grazing

Methodology

The system or steps used in studying something — like how geographers gather data or how historians analyze sources.

Phenomenological

How individuals experience and give meaning to places

Spatial

Relating to where things are located and how they are arranged on Earth

Analytical

Breaking things down to study patterns, causes, and effects

Implicational

why is something happening as a result of something

ex: why something is happening in a place for exmaple why is the birth rate low prolly cuz everyones dying

Formal (or uniform) region

An area where everyone shares one or more important features. and more defined borders

Functional (or nodal) region

An area organized around a main center or point.

Globalization

Actions or events that connect the whole world and make things worldwide.

Glocal

When global ideas affect local places and local actions affect the world.

Meridian

A line on a map from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Parallel

A circle around the Earth that runs side to side, like the equator.

Region

area sharing a specific characteristic

Scale

The size relationship between what you study on a map and the real world.

Site

What a place is like physically (its natural features).

Situation

Where a place is compared to other places.

Transnational corporation

A company that works in many countries, not just where it started.

Vernacular (or perceptual) region

A place people think of as part of their culture or identity.