Unit 1
Physical Geography
The study of features like landforms, plants, animals, soil, and climate
Climate
The long-term patterns of weather in a particular area
Language
A system of communication using sounds and symbols understood by a group of people to have the same meaning
Nation
Ethnic group(people only)
Nations can exist w/o states
Topography
An area's land features
Quantitative data
Info measured by numbers
Subsistence agriculture
Farming to feed your family
Cultural artifact
The visible objects and technologies that a culture creates
State
A country, which is a political unit(formal region)
Commercial agriculture
Agriculture practice that focuses on producing crops and raising animals for the market for others to purchase
Qualitative data
Interpretations of data sources
Life expectancy
The average number of years a person is expected to live
Culture
Beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down generations
Colonialism
The practice of claiming and dominating overseas territories
Shifting cultivation
abandoning that land when the nutrients have been depleted
Absolute direction
Using the cardinal directions on a compass
Guest workers
A foreign worker who has been temporarily allowed to work in host country
Gender identity
an individual's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both, or neither
Superimposed boundary
A boundary drawn over existing accepted border, by an outside or conquering force
Search, hunt, gather food and resources from their natural environment
Azimuthal projection
Map that shows half the earth, has accurate direction, and distorts shape and area
Gravity model
Measuring the level of interaction between places based on their size and distance from each other
Gendered spaces
A space designed and deliberately incorporated into the landscape to accommodate gender roles
Self-determination
The right of all people to choose their own political status
Green Revolution
In the 1950s and 1960s, scientists used the knowledge of genetics to develop new high-yield strains of grain crops