Lecture Notes: Toponyms to Human-Environment Interaction (Geography Concepts)

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key geographic concepts from the notes.

Toponyms are the names given to __.

places.

is how far or near things are.

Distance.

refers to how near something is to another.

Proximity.

refers to the shrinking 'time distance' between locations due to improved methods of transportation and communication.

Time-Space Compression.

is the movement, contact, and flow of things between locations.

Spatial Interaction.

indicates that when things are farther apart, they tend to be less connected.

Friction of Distance.

is the effect of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance, the less interaction.

Distance-Decay.

is defined as the number of something in a specifically defined area.

Density.

is the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area.

Distribution.

is the matching patterns of distribution.

Spatial Association.

is the dual relationship between humans and the natural world.

Human-Environment Interaction.