APHUG Essential Terms

LDCs/least developed country

Low income country's.

MDCs/more developed country

A country that has an expanded economy.

spatial

Existing in space.

diffusion

the spread of an idea or feature from one place to another

Centrifugal forces

the outward push felt when moving in a circle

Centripetal forces

the inward pull that keeps an object turning in a circle

demographics

the study of who lives in a place and what they are like.

Colonization

one country taking over another place

Industrialization

switching from human labor to factory machines

Urbanization

more people moving into cities

Migration

people moving to live somewhere else

Globalization

the world becoming more connected

Scale

how much a map shrinks real life distances

Hearth

Where a culture began.

Sustainability

meeting todays need without ruining tomorrow

Cultural landscape

how people change the land to reflect their culture

Sovereignty

the full power and authority over a territory.

Commodity

a standard product where brand doesnt matter

Columbian Exchange

the trading of crops, animals, and diseases between europe and the americans.

Absolute vs. Relative

exact and fixed - connected to surroundings