Human Geography Spatial Perspective Solution Manual - A+ Rated Study Resource

Human Geography Spatial Perspective Solution Manual - A+ Rated Study Resource Absolute direction - answer - the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west absolute distance - answer - distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length Ex: 5 miles absolute location - answer - the exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude Ex: the coordinates of New York City are 40.7128° N, 74.0060° W acculturation - answer - the process by which people within one culture adopt some of the traits of another while still retaining their own distinct culture adherent - answer - a person who is loyal to a belief, religion, or organization administer - answer - to manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them African city model - answer - a model of urban development depicting a city with three central business districts, growing outward in a series of concentric rings agglomeration - answer - the tendency of enterprises in the same industry to cluster in the same area Agribusiness - answer - the large scale system that includes the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and equipment agricultural biodiversity - answer - the variety and variability of plants, animals, and microorganisms that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture Agricultural Density - answer - the total number of farmers per unit of arable land agricultural hearth - answer - an area where different groups began to domesticate plants and animals Ex: the first agricultural hearths appeared in the Middle East, Mesoamerica, and East Asia agricultural landscape - answer - a landscape resulting from interactions between farming activities and a locations natural environment agriculture - answer - the purposeful cultivation of plants and raising of animals to produce goods for survival agroecosystem - answer - an ecosystem modified for agricultural use antecedent boundary - answer - a border established before an area becomes heavily settled Ex: These are often based on landforms, such as mountains. The Andes Mountains are an antecedent boundary that form the eastern boundary of Chile, separating it from neighboring Argentina and Bolivia. anti-natalist - answer - describing attitudes or policies that discourage child-bearing Ex: China's "One Child Policy" aquifer - answer - layers of sand, gravel and rocks that contain and can release a usable amount of water arable land - answer - land that can be used to grow crops arithmetic density (crude density) - answer - the total number of people per unit area of land artifact - answer - a visible object or technology that a culture creates Ex: buildings, roads, bridges, food, clothes assimilation - answer - a category of acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost all of the customs, traditions, language and other cultural traits of the other asylum - answer - the right to protection in a country autonomous - answer - having the authority to govern territories independently of the national government; for example, by having a separate currency bid-rent theory - answer - a theory that describes the relationships between land value, commercial location, and transportation(primarily in urban areas) using a bid-rent gradient, or slope; used to describe how land costs are determined biodiversity - answer - the variety of living organisms living in a location Biotechnology - answer - the science of altering living organisms, often through genetic manipulation, to create new products for specific purposes, such as crops that resist certain pests Blockbusting - answer - a practice be real estate agents who would stir up concern that black families would soon move into a neighborhood; the agents would convince white property owners to sell their houses below market prices boomburg - answer - a suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and spraw