AP Human Geography Vocab

The science of making maps

The rapid, widespread diffusion feature or trend throughout a population

The fashioning of a natural landscape cultural group

The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin

A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in additive process

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics

An area organized around a node or focal point

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives

A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map

An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods

The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems

The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected

The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future

The name given to a portion of Earth's surface

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity