cartography
The art and science of making maps
absolute location
The precise location of a place, usually defined by latitude and longitude.
geography
The study of earth, its people, cultures, and environments.
institutionalize
The establishment of something as normal or a given through repeated recognition and use by governments and non-governmental organizations.
people
the uniqueness of individuals or groups of individuals, including how they identify themselves
diffusion
The spread of an idea, innovation, or technology from its hearth to other people and places.
physical landscape
the visible appearance of physical geographic processes on the landscape
functional region
an area of land defined as sharing a common purpose in society
perceptual region
an are of land that an individual perceives as being similar
human geography
the geographic study of human phenomena
physical geography
the geographic study of physical earth phenomena
environment
earth processes and human actions combined to create a physical context
geographic information system
a system of computer hardware and software designed to show, analyze, and represent geographic data (data that have locations)
context
The physical and human geographies creating the place, environment, and space in which events occur and people act.
modifiable areal unit problem
statistical changes that occurs when changing the size of spatial unit of analysis. For example, the voting pattern in a presidential election looks different when you change the unit of analysis from states to counties or counties to voting districts.
human-environment
a sub-discipline of geography that studies the reciprocal relationship between humans and environment
fieldwork
observations researches make of physical and cultural landscapes with a focus on seeing similarities and differences.
expansion diffusion
The spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth across space without the aid of people moving.
globalization
processes heightening interactions, increasing interdependence, and deepening relations across country boundaries.
Formal region
an area of land with common cultural or physical traits
identity
how we make sense of ourselves
hearth
an area or place where an idea, innovation, or technology originates.
projection
a systematic way of taking the round earth (three dimensions) and placing it on a flat surface (two dimensions).
relative humidity
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much water vapor the air can hold at that temperature.
