The Human Mosaic Chapter 1

A grouping of like places or the functional union of places to form a spatial unit

The study of spatial patterns and of differences and similarities from one place to another in environment and culture

The study of the relationships between people and the places and spaces in which they live

A total way of life held in common by a group of people

All aspects of the natural physical surroundings

Term to connote the objective, quantitative, model based typed of geography that seeks to understand spatial systems and networks through applications of the principles of social science

An imaginary situtation, proposed to simulate laboratory conditions so that geographers can isolate certain causal forces for detailed study

Term to connote the subjective, humanistic, culturally oriented type of geography that seeks to understand the unique character of individual regions and places

The Love of Place

A region inhabited by people who have one or more cultural traits in common

Areas where different regions meet and sometimes overlap

Concept based on the tendency of bother formal and functional culture regions to consist of a core/node, in which defining traits are purest or functions are headquartered, and a periphery that is tributary and displays fewer of the defining traits

An area that functions as a unit politically, socially, or economically

The central point in a functional culture region where functions are coordinated and directed

A region perceived to exist by its inhaitants

The relative ability of people, ideas, or things to move freely through space

The movement of people, ideas, or things from one location outwards towards other locations

A cultural innovation that is developed in two or more locations by individuals or groups working independently of each other

The spread of an innovation or other element of culture that occurs with the bodily relocation/migration of the individual or group responsible for the innovation

The spread of innovations within an area in a snowballing process so that the total number of knowers or users becomes greater and the area of the occurrences grows

A type of expansion diffusion in which innovations spread from one important person to another, or from one urban center to another, temporarily bypassing other persons or rural areas

A type of expansion diffusion in which cultural innovation spreads by person to person contact without regards to social status

A type of expansion diffusion in which a specific trait fails to spread, but the underlying idea or concept is accepted

The decrease in acceptance of a cultural innovation with increasing time and distance from its origins

A barrier that completely halts diffusion of innovations and blocks the spread of cultural elements

A barrier that permits some aspects of an innovation to diffuse through hit, but weakens and slows the continued spread

A term that implies an ongoing set of movement of people, ideas, or things that have no particular center or periphery

A large scale movement of people between different regions of the world

Groups of people who maintain ties to their homelands after they have migrated

The binding together of all the lands and peoples of the world into an integrated system driven by capitalistic free markets, in which cultural diffusion is rapid, independent states are weakened, and cultural homogenization is encouraged

Statistics that includes life expectancy, adult literacy, educational participation, and gross domestic product, to create a measure of development

Inequitable distribution of resources, where some countries have higher HDIs than others

Complex relationship between people and the physical environment

The study of the relationships between the physical environment and culture

Belief that cultures are directly, or indirectly, shaped by the physical environment

Belief that humans, rather than the physical environment, are the primary active force; that any environment offers a number of different possible ways for a culture to develop, and that the choices among these possibilities are guided by cultural heritage

Belief that culture depends more on what the people perceive the environment to be than the actual character of the environment

An inherent danger present in a given habitat

View that humans are part of nature

View that humans are separated from nature and holds dominion over it

View that women are inherently better environmental preservationists than men

The artificial landscape, the visible human imprint on the Earth

Landscape that expresses the values, beliefs, and meanings of a particular culture

The spatial arrangement of buildings, roads, towns, and other features that people construct while inhabiting an area

A relatively dense settlement form

A type of settlement form in which people live relatively distant from each other

The spatial patterns of different land uses