Unit 1- vocabulary list-
Unit 1 Vocabulary List- Name. _________________
(most from our text book- but not all)
Directions- You must hand write the definitions ( I prefer the use of ink pen)- Most of the words can be found on pages 42-43.
*Absolute location-
Abiotic-
Acculturation-
Assimilation-
Atmosphere-
Behavioral geography-
Biosphere-
Biotic-
*circular pattern-
Cartography-
Citizen science-
Climate-
Concentration-
Conservation-
Contagious diffusion-
Cultural ecology-
Cultural landscape-
Culture-
*daylight savings time-
Density-
Diffusion-
Distance decay-
*Distortion-
Distribution-
Ecology-
Ecosystem-
Environmental determinism-
*Eratosthenes-
Expansion diffusion-
Formal region (aka uniform region)-
Functional region (or nodal region)-
Geographic information science (GIScience)
Geographic Information system (GIS)
Geotagging-
Global Positioning System(GPS)-
Globalization-
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)-
*grid pattern-
Hearth-
*Hecataeus-
Hierarchical Diffusion-
Humanistic Geography-
Hydrosphere-
International Date Line-
*Idrisi-
*Immanuel Kant-
*Landscapes-
Latitude-
*Linear pattern
Lithosphere-
Location-
Longitude-
Map-
Map scale-
*Marsh, George Perkins-
Mashup-
Mental map-
*Mercator projection
Meridian-
*Multinational corporations-
Network-
Nonrenewable resource-
Parallel-
Participatory GIS (PGIS)-
Pattern-
Place-
Polder-
Possibilism-
Poststructuralism-
Preservation-
Prime meridian-
Projection-
*Ptolemy
Region-
Relocation diffusion-
Remote sensing-
Renewable resource-
Resource-
*Regionalization-
*Robinson projection-
*Sauer, Carl-
Scale-
Site-
Situation-
*Solar time-
Space-
Space-time compression-
Spatial association-
Stimulus diffusion-
Sustainability-
Syncretism-
*Time Zone-
*Topography-
Toponym-
Transnational corporation-
Uneven development-
*US Census Bureau
Vernacular region (or perceptual region)
Volunteered geographic information (VGI)
(most from our text book- but not all)
Directions- You must hand write the definitions ( I prefer the use of ink pen)- Most of the words can be found on pages 42-43.
*Absolute location-
Abiotic-
Acculturation-
Assimilation-
Atmosphere-
Behavioral geography-
Biosphere-
Biotic-
*circular pattern-
Cartography-
Citizen science-
Climate-
Concentration-
Conservation-
Contagious diffusion-
Cultural ecology-
Cultural landscape-
Culture-
*daylight savings time-
Density-
Diffusion-
Distance decay-
*Distortion-
Distribution-
Ecology-
Ecosystem-
Environmental determinism-
*Eratosthenes-
Expansion diffusion-
Formal region (aka uniform region)-
Functional region (or nodal region)-
Geographic information science (GIScience)
Geographic Information system (GIS)
Geotagging-
Global Positioning System(GPS)-
Globalization-
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)-
*grid pattern-
Hearth-
*Hecataeus-
Hierarchical Diffusion-
Humanistic Geography-
Hydrosphere-
International Date Line-
*Idrisi-
*Immanuel Kant-
*Landscapes-
Latitude-
*Linear pattern
Lithosphere-
Location-
Longitude-
Map-
Map scale-
*Marsh, George Perkins-
Mashup-
Mental map-
*Mercator projection
Meridian-
*Multinational corporations-
Network-
Nonrenewable resource-
Parallel-
Participatory GIS (PGIS)-
Pattern-
Place-
Polder-
Possibilism-
Poststructuralism-
Preservation-
Prime meridian-
Projection-
*Ptolemy
Region-
Relocation diffusion-
Remote sensing-
Renewable resource-
Resource-
*Regionalization-
*Robinson projection-
*Sauer, Carl-
Scale-
Site-
Situation-
*Solar time-
Space-
Space-time compression-
Spatial association-
Stimulus diffusion-
Sustainability-
Syncretism-
*Time Zone-
*Topography-
Toponym-
Transnational corporation-
Uneven development-
*US Census Bureau
Vernacular region (or perceptual region)
Volunteered geographic information (VGI)