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unit vocab

TermDefinition
perspective what a person sees
spatial perspective what a geogrepher sees were something is and why?
gography science describing the physical and cultural features of earth
urbian contains cities
rural open land used for farming
absulute location tells the absolute locatian were someone or something is
relative location describes a place close to another place
subreigons areas divided in to smaller reigons
diffusion movement of ideas and locations
GIS geographic informational systom
levees walls that prevent flooding
dust bowl land were vegetation is lost and soil eroded
human geography study of people past and present
physical geography study of landscapes and physical features
meteoralogy forcasting rain fall tempature
climatoligy track Earth's larger atmosphere systems
map skills if these are not in the book look it up
maps diagram showing physical features
globe a sphere used to show physical features
map projection presenting physical features on flat or round surfaces
distrortion misrepresentation of a real map or place
map scale ratio of map distance to real distance
legend or key describes what's on a map with using colors and symbols
direction indecator shows east west south north on a map
compass rose shows both intermediate and cardinal
cardinal directions tells you north east south west
intermediate directions tells you northeast southeast northwest and southwest
symbol to help read a map something that explains something else
political map shows countries states and cities
physical map shows oceans rivers and mountains
special purpose map design for specific use
inset map a smaller map inside a bigger map
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