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Identity; and Nature and Perspectives

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Anglocentric   Focused on the English culture  
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Azimuthal Prijection   Map that Maintains directions but distorts other properties; flat-plane of each hemisphere  
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Cartogram   Map that uses proportionality to show a particular variable  
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Cartography   Process of mapmaking  
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Choropleth thematic map   Map that shows a pattern of a variable, such as population density or voting patterns  
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Cognitive map   Map drawn from memory  
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Conformal or orthomorphic projection   Map that maintains shape but distorts other properties  
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Cultural ecology   Study of Human-environment interaction  
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Data aggregation   Size of geographic units being represented on a map  
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distortion   Necessary error resulting form trying to represent the round, nearly spherical earth on a flat plane or map  
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equal-area projection   map that maintains area but distorts other properties  
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equidistant projection   Map that maintains distance but distorts other properties.  
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Formal region   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   Shape, size(area), distance, and direction  
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Friction Distance   Degree to which distance interferes with some interaction  
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Functional region   Group of places linked together by some function's influence on them after diffusing form a central node; sometimes refereed to as a nodal region.  
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Great circles   Circles formed on the surface of the earth by a plane that passes through the center of the earth. the equator and every line of longitude pared with its twin on the opposite side of the earth form these  
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Isoline thematic map   Map displaying lines that connect points of equal value; for example, a map showing elevation levels  
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Mercator projection   Map showing the shapes of the continents and landforms accurately but drastically distorting the size(area) of the continents. maps that show Greenland of equal size to Africa  
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Node   Place form which a diffusing phenomenon spreads to other places; originating point  
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Perceptual or vernacular region   Region whose boundaries are determined by people's beliefs, not a scientifically measurable process  
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Gall-Peters projection   Map created by a geographer to show the relative sizes of the earth's continents accurately. Distorts shape so it is not conformal  
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Physical geography   Branch of geography concerned with spatial analysis of the structures, processes, and locations of the earth's natural phenomena, like soil, climate, plants, and topography  
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Place   Theme in geography that involves the unique combination of physical and cultural attributes that give each location on the earth its individual "stamp"  
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Primary data   Data directly collected by the geographer making the map or conduction the study  
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Proporitonal-symbol thematic map   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 on the map  
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Reference map   Map showing common features like boundaries, roads, highways,mountains, and cities.  
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Region   Theme in geography involving a spatial unit that has many places sharing similar characteristics  
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Relative directions   Directions commonly given by people, such as right, left, up, and down, among many others  
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Relative location   Location of a place or object described in relation to places or objects around it.  
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Remote sensing   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   Map showing the world with slight distorts to all four properties, rather than having one property correct and the other three drastically distorted  
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Secondary data   Data used by a geographer but collected by another source that previously conducted a study and made the data available for future use  
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Sense of place   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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Site   Internal physical and cultural characteristics of a place, such as its terrain and dominant religions, among others.  
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Nimby   Not in my back yard  
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CBD   central business district  
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Most common city structure   Linear  
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Range   Distance people will travel to get goods or services  
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Biome   Large area of a particular vegetation or species  
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Permafrost   Ground always frozen  
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staple crops   easiest to store- grass, seeds, roots  
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Moraine   Glacial Valley  
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Docane   Dry sinkhole  
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Skree   Bare rock above tree line on a mountain  
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GDP   Gross domestic product-what a country makes in one year  
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Cartogram   type of map that does not include actual size  
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Net migration   difference between the in migration and out migration of a particular country in one year  
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Potable   Safe to drink  
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