Matching Terms

1. Human Geography

2. Physical Geography

3. Geographic Scale

4. Map scale

5. Map projection

6. Distribution

7. Density

8. Concentration

9. Pattern

10. Relative location

11. Absolute location

12. Absolute distance

13. Relative distance

14. Time-space convergence

15. Diffusion

16. Hearth

17. Time-distance decay/Distance decay effect

18. Cultural Landscape

19. Place

20. Site

21. Situation

22. Cultural ecology

23. Possibilism

24. Environmental determinism

25. Globalization

26. Local Diversity

27. Absolute Direction

28. Relative Direction

29. Sustainability

30. Land Use

31. Sequent Occupance

1. Scientific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map

2. Extent of a feature’s spread over space (clustered vs. dispersed)

3. Includes costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places. (Ex. Time to get there)

4. Study of where and why human activities are located where they are.

5. The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time.

6. Arrangement of a feature in space

7. Force or process that involves the entire world and results in making the world essentially “shrink”. Everything is more interconnected and worldwide.

8. Physical character of a place

9. Geographic study of human-environment relationships.

10. Specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character

11. Physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment.

12. Combination of cultural features such as language, religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry and physical features such as climate and vegetation.

13. Belief that the physical environment caused social development.

14. The farther an idea is from the source, the less likely it is to be adopted.

15. Focal point of innovation and invention from which cultural ideas spread outward from

16. Location in relation to other places.

17. The unique differences that are maintained around the world between places and cultural groups no matter how much globalization occurs. Groups try to preserve this diversity.

18. Scale at which a geographer analyzes a particular phenomenon.

19. Frequency with which something occurs in space.

20. Idea states that with increasing transportation and communication technology, the absolute distance between certain places is, in effect shrinking.

21. Exact measurement in standard units between places.

22. Geometric arrangement of objects in space.

23. Exact location on Earth

24. Location of something in relation to something else

25. Study of where and why natural forces occur as they do.

26. Relationship of a feature’s size on a map to its actual size on Earth.

27. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Includes economic, environment, and social components.

28. Left, right, forward, backward- directions based on people’s surroundings and perception

29. Every group of people that lived on the land left their mark

30. Compass direction such as North and South

31. Function that humans apply to the land available to them- ex: residential, agricultural, commercial