Physical Geography
topography, climate, soil, flora/fauna
Human Geography
culture, population, economic, political, urban, architecture
Three properties of distribution
Density - frequency in a space
Concentration - how close things are together
Pattern - the arrangement of thigns
Absolute location
latitude and longitude
Relative location
relation to other human features
Globalization
the process of connecting the globe; has increased local diversity.
Determinism
the idea that the environment limits the behavior of humans
Possibilism
replaced determinism; humans can modify their environment to suit their needs rather than vice versa.
5 Themes of Geography
Location, Place, HEI, Movement, Region
Time-distance decay
the farther a place is from a hearth, the less likely it is for an idea to spread
Time-space compression
the process of technology shortening the amount of time it takes for ideas to spread across space
Three types of region
Formal, functional/nodal, vernacular/perceptual
Formal region
a uniform or homogeneous area where all share a common attribute
Functional/nodal region
an area organized around a focal point / node (i.e. schools or airports)
Vernacular/perceptual
an informal, perceptual region
Culture
Learned patterns of behaviors and beliefs
Acculturation
immigrants taking on the just enough of the culture of their receiving society to function
Assimilation
the complete replacement of most (if not all) previous ethnic traits
Syncretism
the process of fusing the immigrant culture with the native culture (e.g. Tex-Mex)
Cultural Convergence
the sharing of technology, culture traits, and artifacts across widely separated societies
Chloropleth Map
map that represents stats via shading
Cartogram Map
stats that are represented via modulating the size of the map
Dot Map
stats represented via dots of equal size
Proportional Symbol Map
stats represented via dots of varying size
