These were two giant Buddha statues, carved in the 500s CE, which honored the Buddhist religion of the local people and served as a site for conducting the ceremonies that make up the practice of Buddhism. For economic activity to occur, relatively permanent structures must be built -- roads, houses, factories, etc. Someone moving to Phoenix from a less car-oriented place like New York City will face pressure from the landscape to conform to car-based culture, as getting around by foot, train, or bus will be significantly more difficult. 2004. Ocean - A very large body of salt water, for example, the Atlantic Ocean. Prairie - A large flat area with grasses and few trees, for example, the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in the United States. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Cave - A large open area in the ground or in the side of a mountain or hill, for example, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. "Plymouth," Massachusetts aimed to put a familiar stamp on a strange new land for the Puritan settlers, while "Oil City," Pennsylvania leaves no doubt about what that town's founding industry was. There are a lot of geographic terms to know when studying this field, below are 50 basic geography terms with their definitions and an example to help you remember.

For example, the Russian city of St. Petersburg was named in honor of the Tsar Peter the Great, who founded the city as part of his project of linking Russia more closely to the West (St. Petersburg being Russia's only port facing west toward Europe and the Atlantic). Take, for example, the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona. In a few cases, the meaning of a name is changed without the name itself changing. Archipelago - A group or chain of islands, for example, the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge: Polity Press. Geography is the study of the earth, its physical features, atmosphere, and resources. The Forest Service, on the other hand, wants to expand the ski area by using reclaimed wastewater for snow-making.

Consider the two landscapes shown in Figure 1. In some cases, diffusion is caused by the movement of people. Festival of Sacrifice: The Past and Present of the Islamic Holiday of Eid al-Adha. For the Taliban, the Buddhas not only turned the landscape into a giant proclamation of a false religion, but they also contravened a specific commandment in some strains of Islam not to make depictions of humans. Trans. Mapping St. Petersburg. Consider, as an example, the way Christianity has been diffused around the world.