Geography and Social Studies Vocabulary

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering basic geography concepts, spatial processes, and economic development terms.

Agriculture

Domestication of plants and animals creates a food surplus

Infrastructure

Support systems and services that improve the standard of living; schools and hospitals

Development

Improvement in the standard of living with access to infrastructure

Globalization

The interdependence of all places on earth

Sustainability

Development while protecting the environment and future resources

Urbanization

Development and growth of cites

Gender norms

Expected roles of men and women in a society

Core-periphery

Concentration of power and surrounding weaker areas

Spatial

Distance on the earth's surface

Spatial patterns

Arrangement of things on the earth's surface

Spatial processes

Causes the arrangement of things on the earth's surface

Social spatial processes

Grouping people into socioeconomic classes

Political spatial process

Governance over people territory and resources

Interdependence

Human dependence on the environment and other places

Culture

Beliefs, behaviors and technology of a group of people

Economic processes

How humans manage resources

Diffusion

Movement or spread of things across the earth's surface

Historical processes

Events of the past that affected modern spatial patterns

States

Organized political entity over a specific territory

Colonialism and imperialism

The global diffusion of western culture

Industrialization

Mass production of value-added goods in factories

Economic sectors

Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary

Demographic transition model (DTM)

Shows social and economic changes

Value-added

Adding value to raw materials; cotton into a shirt