Unit 1 human geography vocab

Environmental Determinism

The theory that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment

Formal Region

An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics

Functional Region

An area organized around a node or focal point

Globalization

An increasing interconnection and interaction among people, companies, and governments worldwide, driven by trade, investment, and technology.

Mental map

Map in ones mind

Possiblism

The theory that the environment merely establishs limits of what is possible on the human population

Space time compression

The reduction in the time it takes to difuse somthing to a distant place as a result of improved transportation and communication systems

Site

The physical characteristics of a place

situation

The location of a place relative to another place

Vernacular region

A popular region that is named for the way people perceive it

Toponym

The name given to a portion of earths surface

Absolute Location

The exact location of a place using latitude and longitude

Relative Location

Where a place is located compared to other places

Romate sensing

Collecting info/ pictures of earths from space craft of satellites

Sense of Place

The feelings or meaning people connect to a place because of memories or experiences

Placelessness

When places lose their uniqueness and start looking the same

human enviromental reactions

How humans affect the environment and how the environment affects humans