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| geographic method | using geographic information to describe the earth
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| geographic perspective | a geographic grid through which information is interpreted
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| 4 levels of GIP "Geographic Investigation Process" | Level 1: What? Where? When?Level 2: Pattern IdentificationLevel 3: Why there? How did it get there?Level 4: Prediction.. so what? What if?
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| 2 purposes of maps | 1. A tool for storing reference material2. A tool for communicating geographic information
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| Thales | applied principles of geometry to measure land area
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| Hecateus | first geography book
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| Aristotle | first to demonstrate earth was a sphere
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| Eratosthenes | first to use the word "geography", calculated the circumference of the earth to .5% accuracy
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| Thematic map | tells a story
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| Reference map | location
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| Choropleth map | colors
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| Dot map | use dots
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| Graduated circle map | point symbol >>> bigger = more
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| Isoline map | line symbols
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| cartograms | not really maps, drawn to scale
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| mathmatical location | coordinates
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| place names | toponyms
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| site | physical characteristics that determine location
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| situation | relative location
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| distribution of features | small scale, local and national
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| globalization | a force or process that makes something worldwide in scope
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| language | meaning within culture, signs, sounds, and guestures
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| cultural ecology | the study of human environment relationship
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| Environmental Determinism | "outdated", "racist", the physical environment determines social development
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| Environmental Possibilism | "emerging", environment limits some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment
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| Koppen system | divides the world into 5 main climate regions identified by letters a-e
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| Four major plant biomes: | Forest, Savannah, Grassland, Desert
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| Soil | the soil classification system has ID'd more than 12,000 soil types
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| geomorphology | the study of earth's landforms and their effects on people
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| Effects of globalization | *Uniform Cultural Landscapes - ex: McDonalds everywhere you travel*Integrated Economies: transnational corporations*Interdependent Economies: global trade & sharing of labor*Specialization of Regional Labor: primary, secondary, and tertiary job distributi
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| Density | the frequency something occurs in space
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| Concentration | the extent of a features spread over space (how they use space)
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| Pattern | geometric arrangement of objects in space
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| archetype | the original model from which similiar instances derive
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