Week 3 terms

Dispersed Population

A population spread evenly across the land

Linear Population

A population settled along a line

Concentrated Population

A population focused in patches

Survey System

A grid system used to locate and identify parcels of and and roads

Physical Geography

The processes that shape Earth's physical
landscape

Economic Geography

A branch of human geography that focused on
economic activity and development

Population Distribution

The pattern of where people live

Sustainable

To be able to be maintained at a certain rate or
level

Tsunami

A set of large ocean waves caused by an earthquake or other powerful disturbances

Weathering

The breaking down of rocks

Erosion

The moving of broken-up pieces of rock

Deposition

The building up of eroded materials in a new
location

Annual temperature range

Temperature of the warmest month minus the temperature of the coldest month

Climate Graph

A graph that summarizes climate data for a specific
location

Population Density

The average number of people living in a particular
place

Georeferencing

Linking geographic data to a particular location

Community

People who share common characteristics

Isodemographic Map

A map that uses the population size to determine
the size of the map

Maritime Climate

Climate in the areas near the ocean

Continental Climate

Climate in areas far from the ocean