Vocab
What is the man made or built environment in a region called?
Cultural landscape
Most visually appealing, distorts things in minor amounts
Robinson Projection
What is the name of a place called?
Toponym
When a trait is altered to fit local culture
Stimulus diffusion
Which two religions have a hearth of eastern Mediterranean around Jerusalem and Canaan?
Christianity and Judaism
the farther away different places are from a place of origin, the less likely interaction will be with the original space
distance decay
Uses color to represent specific values
Choropleth map
What are the physical characteristics of a place called (ex: NYC is located on a deep water harbor next to the Atlantic Ocean)
Site
Diffusion spreads from top/rich figures or influential nodes to others
Hierarchial diffusion
Which religion has a hearth in Indus Valley?
Hinduism
A map that has correct distance and spacing but distorts Greenland, Used for navigation
Mercator Projection
Use symbols (like circles) of different sizes, bigger symbol=larger value
Proportional (graduated symbol) map
What is the location of a place relative to its surroundings called?
Situation
What are some Barriers to diffusion?
lack if infrastructure, language barriers, cultural taboos
Which religion has a hearth is Saudi Arabia (Middle East)?
Islam
These exist between because of beliefs and values in the Upper Midwest of the U.S. or South
Vernacular Regions
Use satellite data and technology, layers different types of date
Remote Sensing and GIS maps
What is determined by longitude and latitude and is a stationary place not in relation to other places?
Absolute location
What is it called when a group adopts some elements if a culture, but keeps other elements of their own?
Acculturation
Which religion has a hearth in East India (Nepal)?
Buddhism
When clustering is located specifically around an economic growth point or pole
Agglomeration
Preserves area but distorts shape so that some countries looked stretched
Gall Peters projection
What is a location that is represented by other locations in relation to it (ex: the house is right next to the lake Plano)
Relative location
What is the blending of culture called and what is an example.
Syncretism
Buddhism blending w daoism in china And Shinto in Japan
What is the difference between environmental determinism and possiblism?
Environmental determinism states that the physical environment exclusively determines human activity.
Vs possiblism states that humans can change landscapes despite environmental constraints