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Rubenstein ch.1

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Agriculture   the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture  
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arithmetic density   the total number of people divided by the total land area  
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base line   *a latitude line that numbers the township in the united states.  
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cartography   the art/science of map making  
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concentration   spreading of something in an area  
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connections   something people and object are in an area  
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contagious diffusion   the fast spread of something in a population  
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cultural ecology   relating everyday things to human geography  
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cultural landscape   people changing a landscape to fit their culture  
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culture   unique things a group of people share in common  
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density   the amount of things in an area  
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diffusion   the spread of things over time  
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distance decay   the closer you get to one thing, you get further away to another thing  
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distribution   *where things are on earth  
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environmental determinism    
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expansion diffusion   *the spread of something snowball effect?  
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formal region   *an area where everybody shares a unique characteristic  
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functional region   an area that has certain things because of a node or hearth  
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geographic information system   a computer system that stores data  
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global positing system   *knows exact points on earth and helps you get places  
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globalization   *a thing or trend that spreads around the world  
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greenwich means time   *a time zone?  
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hearth   where a thing or trend originates  
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hierarchical diffusion   *the spread of something from a person to other people  
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international date line   a longitude line that moves the time back 24 hours  
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land ordinance of 1785   *a law that divided the united states into townshipsn  
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latitude   east to west  
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location   *a certain area on earth  
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longitude   north to south  
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map   a flat representation of earth  
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mental map   a map in your point of view of an area  
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meridian   *  
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parallel   *meridians  
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physiology density   amount of people per an amount of suitable land  
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place   a certain point on earth  
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polder   land created by draining water from an area (Dutch)  
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possibilism   the theory that the environment will limit humans but we can adjust  
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prime meridian   *a longitude meridian  
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principle meridian   *a laditude line  
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projection   the system that processes the earths surface to a flat map  
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region   an area with unique characteristics  
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regional studies   *geography that  
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relocation diffusion   the spread of features and trends by migration  
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remote sensing   acquisition?  
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resources   a thing that is useful to people  
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scale   the size relationship between something to something else  
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section   *  
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site   the physical characteristic of a place  
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situation   finding the location of a place from knowing where another place is  
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space   the gap between 2 things  
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space-time compression   ?  
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stimulus diffusion   *the spread  
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toponym   the name of a portion of the earth  
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township   6 miles  
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transnational corporation   ?  
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uneven development   *  
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vernacular region   *an areas that exists because of culture  
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