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AP Human Geography Vocabulary Unit 1

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Changing attributes of a place- built landscape, occupance
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Changing attributes of a place- built landscape, occupance
Built Landscape- an area of land represented by its features and patterns of human occupation and use of natural resources
Occupance- The building of culture from an old society to a new one. This shows how people react to their environment.
Cultural Attributes- Cultural Landscapes
Cultural features such as region, language, religion. Also economic features such as industry and agriculture. Pysical features such as climate and vegetation.
Density- Arithmetic, Physiological
Density- The frequency in which something is found in a place.
Arithmetic Density- The number of objects in an area. EX: #ppl/KM
Physiological Density- Number of people that could be sustained by agriculture in an area.
Diffusion- Hearth, Relocation, Expansion, Hierarchical, Contagious, Stimulus.
Diffusion- Process of a characteristic spreads across one place to another.
Hearth Diffusion- Place in which Innovation originates
Relocation Diffusion-The spread of an idea physically from one person to the next.
Expansion Diffusion- The spread of a trend or feature among people from one area to another.
Hierarchical Diffusion- The spread of an idea from people of authority to other places of authority.
Contagious Diffusion- Fast moving diffusion throughout the population.
Stimulus- The Spread of an underlying principle.
Direction- Absolute, Relative
Absolute Direction- Compass direction reading such as North or South.
Relative Direction- Left, right, forward, backward, up, down, directions based on peoples surroundings and perception.