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Themes and concepts of geography

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The study of spatial distribution in order to determine causes and consequences   show
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show spatial distribution  
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show placelessness  
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show formal region  
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A central point from which functions/activities are coordinated.   show
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show core-periphery  
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An area that has been organized to function politically, socially, or economically as one unit   show
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another name for a functional region   show
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a region defined by people's feelings and opinions rather than objective data   show
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another name for perceptual regions   show
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A pizza delivery area is this type of region   show
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show distance  
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show accessibility  
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The quality of transportation and communication linkages between places.   show
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The total way of life shared by a group of people.   show
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One particular aspect of a culture   show
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The spread of ideas, innovations, and other cultural traits.   show
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show relocation diffusion  
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show contagious diffusion  
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Diffusion in which a trait moves from one location to another without necessarily spreading to places between.   show
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Reconstituted dried fish that is popular in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.   show
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Diffusion in which the underlying idea of a trait is adopted but not the trait itself.   show
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A barrier that slows or weakens diffusion.   show
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show absorbing barrier  
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show globalization  
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show environmental determinism  
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The idea that any environment offers a number of choices for a culture and that cultural heritage guides these choices.   show
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show organic  
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show mechanistic  
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Term for the decrease in interaction among places as distance and/or the time it takes to travel that distance is increased   show
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show time-space compression  
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show North Korea  
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show Kuwait  
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