Unit 1
The relationships between living things and their environment
Ecological Perspective
Long term patterns of weather in a large area
Climate
Set of beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies
Culture
A country
State
Exact location address or coordinates, usually Latitude and Longitude
Absolute Location
Total number of people per unit of land
Arithmetic Density
Visible physical objects or technologies that a culture creates
Artifacts
An ethnic group; Only considering the people
Nation
A places physical location and surroundings; Landforms and resources
Site
Maximum amount of people that can live in an area sustainably
Carrying Capacity
Structures and organizations that influence how people of a culture interact with eachother
Sociofacts
Border/Boundary drawn over already existing cultural boundaries
Superimposed Boundary
A places connection to other places; Trade routes, transportation, cultural
Situation
Theory that population will grow exponentially, but food production will grow arithmetically.
Malthusian Theory
Communal space seperate from home or work
Third place
Former boundary that is considered obsolete
Relic Boundary
The study of processes that shaped how humans use and alter Earth.
Model that shows shifts of statistics, populations and growth rates in a population as it advances
Demographic Transition Model
Evaluation of a culture by its own standards
Cultural Relativism
Region that can govern its own territories independently
Autonomous Region