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AP Human Geography ALL TERMS With Latest Update 2023 Verified Solutions Human geography Correct Answer: a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface Physical geography Correct Answer: the study of physical features of the earth's surface Absolute lo cation Correct Answer: The exact position of a place on the earth's surface. Relative location Correct Answer: the location of something in relation to something else Spatial perspective Correct Answer: they way geographers look at everything -- in relati on to space Map Correct Answer: a 2D model of the earth or a portion of its surface Mental map Correct Answer: A map which represents the perceptions and knowledge a person has of an area Distribution Correct Answer: the frequency or occurrence of something Pattern Correct Answer: a consistent or characteristic arrangement Formal region Correct Answer: a region marked by uniformity Functional (nodal) region Correct Answer: a group of pla ces linked together by some function's influence on them Perceptual (vernacular) region Correct Answer: a region defined by people's beliefs Remote sensing Correct Answer: technique of obtaining information about objects through the study of data collect ed by special instruments that are not in physical contact with the objects being analyzed Geographic Information Systems Correct Answer: a computer program that stores geographic data and produces maps to show those data Diffusion Correct Answer: the sp read of a culture element or some other phenomena Expansion diffusion Correct Answer: a form of diffusion in which the cultural component spreads outward to new places while remaining strong in its original hearth Relocation diffusion Correct Answer: a f orm of diffusion that involves the actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin to a new place Acculturation Correct Answer: occurs when the "weaker" of two cultures adopts traits from the more dominant culture Assimilation Correct Answer: in cultural convergence, this occurs when the original traits of the weaker culuter are completely erased and replaced by the traits of the more dominant culture Transculturation Correct Answer: occurs when two cultures of just about equal power or influence meet and exchange ideas or traits without the domination seen in acculturation and assimilation Contagious diffusion Correct Answer: a form of expansion diffusion in which numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters Hierarchical diffusion Correct Answer: occurs when the diffusion innovation or concept spreads from a place or person of power or high susceptibility to another ina leveled pattern Independent invention Correct Answer: in which many hearths invent similar innovations without knowing about each other Environmental determinism Correct Answer: the idea that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment Possibilism Correct Answer: the idea that the natural environment places limits on the set of c hoices available to people Culture Correct Answer: the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of society Cultural diffusion Correct Answer: the spread of culture Cultural landscape Cor rect Answer: tangible result of a human group's interaction with its environment Culture hearth Correct Answer: area where innovations in culture began and from which such cultural elements spread Culture trait Correct Answer: a single piece of a culture 's traditions and practices Culture complex Correct Answer: a unique combination of culture traits for a particular culture group Culture realm Correct Answer: A cluster of regions in which related culture systems prevail. Culture region Correct Answer: A region within which common culture charecteristics prevail Culture system Correct Answer: collection of culture complexes that shaper a group's common identity Sequent occupance Correct Answer: theory that a place is occupied by different groups of pe ople, each group leaving an imprint on the place from which the next group learns Folk culture Correct Answer: isolated group that has had long -lasting culture traits that have not changed substantially over time Popular culture Correct Answer: mass culture that diffuses rapidly Commodification Correct Answer: the process though which something is given monetary value Stimulus diffusion Correct Answer: expansion diffusion in which the innovative idea diffuses fro m its hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters adaptive strategies Correct Answer: the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physical environment architectural form Correct Answer: the look of housing, effected by the available materials, the environment the house is in, and the popular culture of the time authenticity Correct Answer: the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions; the quality of being authentic cultural appropriation Correct Answer: the process by which cultures adopt customs and knowledge from other cultures and use them for their own benefit folk culture Correct Answer: cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings, traditions, and institutions of usually small, traditional communities folk ways Correct Answer: any informal norms, virtues, or values characterized by being followed through imitation and mild social pressure but not strictly enforced or put into law folklore Correct Answer: consis ts of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, and customs that are the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group maladapted diffusion Correct Answer: diffusion in which image takes precedence over practicality material cult ure Correct Answer: the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people non material culture Correct Answer: the beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values , of a group of people placelessness Correct Answer: the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next popular culture Correct Answer: cultural traits such as dress, diet, and music that identify and are part of today's changeable, urban -based, media -influenced, western societies survey systems Correct Answer: systems that are used to collect data traditional architecture Correct Answer: traditional building styles of different cultures, religions, and places vernacular Correct An swer: the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place acculturation Correct Answer: the exchange of cultural features that results when groups come into continuous first -hand contact adaptation Correct Answer: adjusting to a trans lation based on the cultural environment of the target language assimilation Correct Answer: the process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms when they come into contact with an other society or culture cultural convergence Correct Answer: contact and interaction of one culture and another cultural divergence Correct Answer: the separation of cultures through less and less contact and interaction between them; restriction of a c ulture from outside influences cultural integration Correct Answer: the process of combining cultures together into one core / periphery / semi -periphery Correct Answer: the core -periphery idea that the core houses the main economic power of the region a nd the outlying region and that the periphery houses the lesser economic ties with the semi -periphery in -between the two cultural identity Correct Answer: the way people categorize their culture, sometimes by the way they dress and what they eat cultural realm Correct Answer: the entire region that displays the characteristics of a culture cultural regions Correct Answer: a portion of earth's surface occupied by a population sharing recognizable and distinctive cultural characteristics global -local continuum Correct Answer: the notion that what happens at the global scale has a direct effect on what happens at the local scale, and vice -versa glocalization Correct Answer: the process by which people in a local place mediate and alter reg ional, national, and global processes innovation adoption Correct Answer: the diffusion of new ideas bario / favala Correct Answer: a shantytown in or near a city; slum area cultural adaptation Correct Answer: adjusting to a translation based on the cul tural environment of the target language cultural shatter belt Correct Answer: an area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values ethnic cleansing Correct Answer: the systematic killing or extermination of an entire people or nation ethnic conflict Correct Answer: a struggle that happened because of ethnicities interacting ethnic conclave Correct Answer: a gathering of an ethnic group ethnic group Correct Answer: people of the same race or nationality who share a distinc tive cultureThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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