Match the definition with the correct vocab term.

the study of the events and processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter Earth.

• Human Geography

• Environmental Determinism

• Distance Decay

• Possibilism

• Spatial Perspective

theory that argues that humans have more agency, or ability to produce a result, than environmental determinism would suggest.

• Human Geography

• Possibilism

• Spatial Perspective

• Environmental Determinism

• Distance Decay

processes causing the relative distance between places to shrink.

• Time-Space Compression

• Human Geography

• Possibilism

• Spatial Perspective

• Environmental Determinism

the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have.

• Environmental Determinism

• Spatial Perspective

• Human Geography

• Distance Decay

• Possibilism

refers to where something occurs.

• Environmental Determinism

• Spatial Perspective

• Human Geography

• Functional Region

• Possibilism

theory that argues that human behavior is largely controlled by the physical environment.

• Possibilism

• Spatial Perspective

• Human Geography

• Environmental Determinism

• Distance Decay

an area organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity.

• Human Geography

• Spatial Perspective

• Possibilism

• Functional Region

• Environmental Determinism

the expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale.

• Human Geography

• Globalization

• Environmental Determinism

• Spatial Perspective

• Possibilism

countries that have less wealth, lower education levels, and less sophisticated technology.

• Environmental Determinism

• Spatial Perspective

• Human Geography

• Possibilism

• Periphery Countries

countries with higher education levels and more advanced technology.

• Spatial Perspective

• Semi Periphery Countries

• Possibilism

• Human Geography

• Environmental Determinism