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Unit 1

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Term
Definition
Human Geography   the study of where and why human activities are located where they are  
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Physical Geography   the study of where and why natural forces occur as they do (climates, landforms, types of vegetation, etc.)  
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Absolute Location   the exact position of a place on the earth’s surface  
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Relative Location   location in relation to other places  
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Site Location   the specific location of a place, including its physical setting  
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Situation Location   the geographic position of a place in relation to other places or features of a larger region  
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Global Positioning System   a navigational system that can determine absolute location by using satellites and receivers on earth  
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Geographic Information Systems   Computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images and other pieces of information  
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Remote Sensing   any technique used to measure, observe, or monitor a subject or process without physically touching the object under observation  
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Human-Environmental Interaction   The interactions between human social systems and the rest natural ecosystem  
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Formal Regions   a region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of a product  
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Functional Regions   a central place and the territory linked to it  
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Perceptual Regions   a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data  
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Map Scale   the relationship between the size of an object on a map and its actual size on earth  
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Map Projection   a mathematical formula used to represent the curvature of the Earth on the flat surface of a map  
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Spatial Distribution   arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth’s surface  
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Environmental determinism   the study of how the physical environment caused human activities and social development  
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Possibilism   the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment  
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Topography   the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area  
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