Geographic Terms
Geographic Terms - Inverse
Regions
Geographic Concerns
Miscellaneous
100
Humans shape the environment to increase what is possible
What is POSSIBILISM?
100
Space
What is the physical gap or interval between two objects?
100
The midwest is this type of region
What is a VERNACULAR REGION?
100
They believed the physical environment determined social development
Who are the the pioneering (ie: earliest) scientific geographers, such as Humboldt and Ritter
100
Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion.
What is FUNDAMENTALISM?
200
The spread of economic activities from one country to many other regions
What is GLOBALIZATION?
200
Language Family
What is a collection of languages that share a common pre-historical ancestral language?
200
A broadcast area for a radio station is this type of region
What is a FUNCTIONAL REGION?
200
Modern geographers have this concern regarding technology
What is the concern that people sometimes use modern technology to modify the environment insensitively?
200
Body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people’s distinct tradition.
What is CULTURE?
300
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in an area
What is PATTERN?
300
Denomination
What is a religious division that unites a number of local congregations?
300
Illinois is this type of region
What is a FORMAL REGION?
300
Some argue that this might endanger folk cultures
What is GLOBALIZATION?
300
The most popular LINGUA FRANCA
What is ENGLISH?
400
A specific point on the Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
What is PLACE?
400
Pilgrimage
What is a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes?
400
Chicago represents these TWO types of regions
What is a FORMAL and FUNCTIONAL REGION?
400
Some argue this causes the destruction of unique landscapes
What is the uniformity of landscapes due to globalization?
400
Geographers ask these two essential questions
WHERE IS IT? WHY IS IT THERE?
500
The position that something occupies on Earth
What is LOCATION?
500
Sect
What is a small religious group that has broken away from a denomination?
500
Label the regions on the map !
(U.S. REGIONS MAP)
500
Some argue that the diffusion of fast food, such as McDonalds is this in places where it is customary to NOT eat meat?
What is TABOO?
500
Cricket, ice hockey, and Wushu are all examples of this
What are FOLK SPORTS?
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