HGeog Unit 1 Vocab

A region having a particular pattern of relief features on land forms that differs significantly from that of adjacent region

• Physiographic Region

• Perceptual Region

• Formal Region

• Informal Region

A measure of the difference between continental and marine climates characterized by the increase range of temperatures that occurs over land compared with water

• water effect

• rain shadow effect

• climate adjustment

• continentality

An area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

Evaporated moisture from water bodies is carried by the prevailing onshore breezes towards the drier and hotter inland areas.

• rain shadow effect

• climate reduction

• ocean current development

• air current impact

Growth of the number of people living in cities

• suburbanization

• urbanization

• gentrification

• urban sprawl

Deindustrialization is

• Replacement of manufacturing jobs with service sector jobs in a city

• The growth of factories in American cities as a result of a renewed focus on "Made in the USA"

• Process by which companies relocate manufacturing jobs to other regions or countries with cheaper labor

• When competing companies combine their factories together to save on production costs

The downtown heart of a central city; marked by high land values, a concentration of business and commerce, and the clustering of the tallest buildings

• Main Street

• central business district

• residential sector

• central core

Gentrification is

• the gender divide within a population

• the process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in

• the effect of more women in the population than men

• the decline of industrial activity in a city or region

Global network of satellites, sensors, and devices that are used to define absolute location, to determine elevation, and to calculate transportation routes

• Global Information Systems

• Compass

• Celestial Navigation

• Global Positioning Systems

A transition zone is

• a sharp boundary that clearly divides two states from one another

• the region that surrounds an international border

• where two geographic realms meet

• an internationally recognized border

A geographic realm is best described as

• global neighborhoods with combinations of environmental, cultural, and organizational properties

• any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

• a sovereign territory with one group of individuals who share a common history

• a country that is formally independent in the world but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country