Chapter 1
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| show | Position of an object on the global grid; latitude and longitude.
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| Anglocentric | show 🗑
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| Azimuthal projection | show 🗑
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| show | North, south, east and west.
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| Cartogram | show 🗑
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| Cartography | show 🗑
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| Coropleth Thematic map | show 🗑
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| Cognetive (or mental) map | show 🗑
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| Conformal (or orthomorphic) projection | show 🗑
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| show | Study of human environmental interaction.
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| Data aggregation | show 🗑
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| show | Pattern in which the interaction between two places declines as the distance between the two places increases.
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| Distortion | show 🗑
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| show | Thematic map that uses dots to represent the frequency of a variable in a given area.
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| show | Map that maintains area but distorts other properties.
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| Equidisttant projection | show 🗑
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| show | Region composed of areas that have a common (or uniform) cultural or physical feature, sometimes referred to as uniform regions.
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| Four main properties of a map | show 🗑
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| show | Degree to which distance interferes with some interaction.
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| show | Group of places linked together by some function's influence on them after diffusing from a central node; sometimes referred to as a nodal region.
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| Geographic information system | show 🗑
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| show | Simplified version of what exists on the earth or what might exist in the future; helps a geographer search for answers to why patterns exist on the earth as they do.
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| show | System of satellites used to determine an exact location on the global grid.
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| Great circles | show 🗑
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| show | Baseline for time zones around the world, centered on the prime meridian; sometimes called Universal time.
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| Human-environment interaction | show 🗑
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| Human geography | show 🗑
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| show | Northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast.
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| show | Map displaying lines that connect points of equal value; for example, a map showing elevation levels.
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| Lines of latitude | show 🗑
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| Lines of longitude | show 🗑
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| Map | show 🗑
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| Map (or cartographic) scale | show 🗑
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| show | Theme in geography involving the movement occurring in a space; movement of information, people, goods, and other phenomena.
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| show | Place from which a diffusing phenomenon spreads to other places (its originating point).
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| Perceptual (or vernacular) region | show 🗑
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| Gall-Peters projection | show 🗑
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| Physical geography | show 🗑
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| Place | show 🗑
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| show | Data directly collected by the geographer making the map or conducting the study.
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| show | Map that uses some symbol to display the frequency of a variable. The larger the symbol on the map, the higher the frequency of the variable found in that region.
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| show | Map showing common features like boundaries, roads, highways, mountains and cities.
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| Region | show 🗑
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| Relative directions | show 🗑
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| show | Technique of obtaining information about objects through the study of data collected by special instruments that are not in physical contact with the objects being analyzed.
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| Robinson projection | show 🗑
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| Secondary data | show 🗑
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| show | Person's perception of the human and physical attributes of a location that give it a unique identity in that person's mind.
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| Simplification | show 🗑
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| show | Internal physical and cultural characteristics of a place, such as its terrain and dominant religions, among others.
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| show | Location (or context) of a place relative to the physical and cultural characteristics around it. THe more interconnected a place is to other powerful places, the better its situation.
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| show | Increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity that seems to be bringing humans in distant places closer together.
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| Spatial perspective | show 🗑
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| show | Map that zeros in on one feature such as climate, populatiion, or voting patterns.
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| The foundation | show 🗑
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| show | The father of history. Mapped and named the continents.
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| Aristotle | show 🗑
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| show | The father of geography. Measured the circumference of the world. Estimated 25,000 miles, actual 24,901.5 miles.
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| show | Latitude and longitude. Mapped over 8,000 known locations.
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| show | Got credit for the Strait Magellan
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| show | Father of evolution
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| Immanuel Kant | show 🗑
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| show | Considered the father of cultural ecology. The cultural landscape.
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| show | Perspective; what we are able to see. Perception: what we think about what we are able to see. Much of this is based on our body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms which in turn makes up our culture.
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| show | Spatial thinking: the skill we use to understand the arrangement of objects across surfaces - population centers, economic activities, place of interest
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| Distribution | show 🗑
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| Density | show 🗑
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| Arithmetic Density | show 🗑
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| show | People per arable land
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| show | Farmers per area
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| show | The extent of a feature's spread over space. Clustered, dispersed.
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| Pattern | show 🗑
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| Location | show 🗑
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| Site | show 🗑
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| show | Is the location of a place relative to other places (relative location). Comparing a location with a familiar one. Signifies the importance or quality of a location.
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| Region | show 🗑
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| show | The scale of the world is shrinking - space-time compression.
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| show | Answers the question where? Absolute location or specific location.
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| Relative location | show 🗑
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| show | The collection of features that distinguish one location from another location. Place tells us what is where and what it is like there. It is the distinct character of the area. Each place is unique.
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| Physical Characteristics | show 🗑
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| show | Language, customs, economy and type of government.
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| show | Describes how humans adapt and modify the natural environment.
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| Environment Determinism | show 🗑
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| show | The flow of people, materials, and ideas from place to place.
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| Region | show 🗑
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| show | An area in which certain characteristics are found throughout
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| show | State, countries and cities
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| show | Consist of a central plance and the surrounding places affected by it.
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| show | Defined by a people's feelings and attitudes. The south (dixie) is a perfect example.
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| show | Earth science: physical geography. Man-land. Spatial. Area studies- regional geography
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| Tools of the geography | show 🗑
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| Global positioning satellites (GPS) | show 🗑
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| Limits of a map | show 🗑
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| show | A map depicts equal area if the areas are distorted
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| show | No map of large areas will show distances that are equal.
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| Direction | show 🗑
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| show | Culture is the beliefs and actions that define a group of people's way of life.
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| Culture is active, nature is passive | show 🗑
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| Culture trait | show 🗑
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| Culture Convergence | show 🗑
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| Cultural hearth | show 🗑
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| Diffusion | show 🗑
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| Relocation diffusion | show 🗑
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| Expansion Diffusion | show 🗑
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| Hierarchial Diffusion | show 🗑
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| show | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic through the population. Spreads without regard for hierarchy or permanent relocation of people.
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| Stimulus Diffusion | show 🗑
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| Cultural Divergence | show 🗑
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| show | We see what our culture allows us to see
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| Environmental limitations | show 🗑
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| show | In any environment there are many possible options. The culture of the group will influence which option(s) are chosen
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| Palimpsest | show 🗑
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| Sequent Occupance | show 🗑
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