Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes, and Concepts
ethnocentrism of the past is that geography is a discipline that lends itself readily to oversimplification and prejudice, espec ...
F Federation A means of ordering political space, consisting of a cluster of states or territories with limited sovereignty, joi ...
March 2010, but by the end of the year 18 states had filed or joined lawsuits chal- lenging the authority of the federal governm ...
in opposite directions and lengthens a section of crust. The third type of stress is compressional stress that shortens a sectio ...
that might be oriented horizontally, vertically, or in between. Faults are of various sizes and observed displacements can range ...
self-sufficient, making many of the items required for their work and pleasure themselves by hand, so unique crafts areoften cha ...
represents material folk culture, because it features distinctive folk instruments like the dulcimer and banjo. This style of mu ...
medicine systems include bleeding the patient, either directly or through the use of leeches, an approach common in many folk me ...
employ a feng shui expert even in the placement of furniture and use of the floor plan within a home. To the cultural geographer ...
atandir, but local cooks often prepare the bread using techniques unique to the local area. For example, the kind of bread produ ...
among slaves and poor whites in the “Deep South” of the United States. Corn (maize) was a staple among Native American groups in ...
two slices of bread. Although there is great controversy and conflicting claims over where the American hamburger was first serv ...
Forests are widespread over the tropical and middle latitude regions of the globe. Humans have actively utilized and cleared thi ...
plateaus (in much of the American West, for instance) producedry conifer forests with relatively low average annual precipitatio ...
accordant latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere), the boreal forest has developed in climates that have short, cool summers and l ...
friction over distance. Consumers will not travel more than a short distance to secure common staples like bread and milk, as th ...
tropical air masses from cold, polar air masses in each hemisphere. Thus, no one air mass permanently holds a single position an ...
The sharpness of surface air mass differences fuels middle latitude cyclones so occlusion represents the dying out of a cyclone. ...
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G Gentrification Gentrification is the process whereby urban neighborhoods are revitalized through the use of economic incentive ...
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