APHG Unit 1

the science of making maps

• cartography
• hierarchical diffusion
• cartography
• Network

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

• contagious diffusion
• hearth
• contagious diffusion
• Pattern

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

• culture
• latitude
• culture
• Globalization

A measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume.

• density
• longitude
• density
• Concentration

Net movement of a substance, from a region of high concentration of the substance to a low concentration, which does not require energy.

• diffusion
• mercator projection
• diffusion
• Parallel

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

• distance decay
• possibilism
• distance decay
• Meridian

Determining the best ways for customers to locate,obtain,and use the products and services of an organization. Involves moving the product each step from the deign idea to the consumer.

• distribution
• prime meridian
• distribution
• cartography

the view that the natural enviroment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development

• enviromental determinism
• projection
• enviromental determinism
• contagious diffusion

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

• equator
• relocation diffusion
• equator
• culture

Spread through a population in an area in such a way that the number/area influenced continually increases.

• expansion diffusion
• robinson projection
• expansion diffusion
• density