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Key Issue 2
Ap Human Geography Book Key Issue 2
Term | Definition |
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Toponym | a name given to a place on Earth |
Site | physical character of a place |
Situation | location of a place relative to other places |
Remote Sensing | the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long distance methods |
Formal region | Uniform/homogeneous region. an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics |
Functional region | Nodal region. Area organized around a node or focal point |
Vernacular region | perceptual region. a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. |
Cultural ecology | study of human-environment relationships |
Environmental Determinism | how the physical environment cause social development |
Possibilism | the physical environment may limit some human actions but people have the ability to adjust to their environment |