Geography vocab II

merging into a composite culture and becoming culturally homogenized

cultural innovation- ideas that diffuse from origin to other places

part of the landscape modified by humans

smallest distinctive items of a culture

physical environment by itself shapes humans, their actions, and their thoughts

believing one's own people/culture as setting the proper standard for others

group of languages thought to have common origin in a single earlier tongue

viewpoint that people are the dynamic forces of cultural development

placed b4 cultural landscape developed

change in the cultural landscape or dominant cultural or ethnic group

• bind together people of a state
• (opposite centrifugal forces(apart))

straight lined or curved and follow some precise measurement

center of specified activities including local national and worldwide

state whose territory is identical to that occupied by a particular nation

• political boundary, ceased to fx but still has an imprint on the cultural landscape
• E/W German border

set after the cultural landscape developed

set in place as a result of wars or colonialism

single urban function dominates

producers market goods and services, laws of supply and demand set price and quantity, and marketing is essential for production decisions and distributions

involve the occupational structure, or the proportion of workers found in each economic activity

Communist controlled society controls the development of goods and services and also supply and price

agriculture, mining, and other extractive activities

services related to information and research

manufacturing and processing of primary products

goods and services are produced for the use of the producers. Little exchange of goods and marketing is limited

called service activity, retailing and other services

from the burning of fossil fuels, generally with a pH<5

layer of water-bearing, porous rocks lying between impermeable layers

herbicides and pesticides

• excess nutrients in water
• (eutrophication)

gases released concentrate in the atmosphere, thus providing an insulation barrier for heat, causing warming of the earth

involves the cycling of water in different forms and cmposition through evaporation and transpiration

surface and subsurface waters not immediately available for use

• nuclear energy
• (fission process)

layer of air closest to the earth, extending upward about 7-8 miles

formed from automobile and industrial gas emissions