Basics
A detailed description of the earth and its identifiable patterns
Geography
Composed of location, spatial interaction, and spatial organization
Space
A concept people use to differentiate one area from another
Region
People acting in a certain way according to their environment (environment controls people’s behavior)
Environmental Determinism
Forms of communication that express ideas about the world (specialized picture of mathematical precision). Can be used to misinform (propaganda: can display claims to national territory, from different countries may contradict if they all claim a particular area
Maps
A type of geography that examines the natural environment, focusing on topics such as soil, climates, plants, and animals.
Physical Geography
Can be nominal, relative, or absolute
Location
An area in which selected physical or human characteristics are present throughout the region. Ex. climate, landforms, language, religion
Formal Regions
People control their environment, which has consequences
Human Determinism
Relationship between the length of an object on a map and the length in the real world, ratio
Scale
A type of geography that studies humans and the places and spaces we create. e.g., population change and migration, political geography, economic geography, etc.
Human Geography
Analyzing flows, interdependence, and underlying structures. Why and how do people, resources, and ideas move?
Spatial Interaction
Area in which an activity has a network, focal point, or node. Ex. River system or trading system
Functional Regions
Physical environment cannot determine what we can do but it can limit what we can achieve
Environmental Possibilism
The way the Earth's surface is distorted on a map, ex. Mercator or Robinson
Projection
Components of Geography
Space, Region, and Environment
How people have delineated various territories. Ex. International boundaries
Spatial Organization
Analysis of the shift from high to low fertility and mortality rates
Demographic Transition Theory
Key components in the environment
Resources
Areas are shaded in proportion to a statistical variable
Choropleth Maps