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AP Human Geography

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show Physical landscape or environment that has not been affected by human activities  
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show How humans adjust to the challenges posed by the physical environment  
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show Area of Earth distinguished by distinctive combinations of cultural and physical features  
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show An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics  
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show Region defined by particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it  
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show Region that only exists as an idea or identity; not physical object  
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show Shows how much the true size of an area has been narrowed down to fit on a flat surface  
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show Depends on distance between places and movement or flows involving human interaction  
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show Abnormal or unrealistic representation of Earth's features and characteristics on a map  
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Geographic Information System (GIS)   show
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Global Positioning System (GPS)   show
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Grid System   show
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Latitude / Parallel   show
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show Imaginary lines around the Earth that are parallel to the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line  
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Prime Meridian   show
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International Date Line   show
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Equator   show
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Map   show
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Thematic Map   show
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Cartogram Map   show
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Dot Map   show
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show A thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area.  
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Isoline Map   show
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show A map which represents the perceptions and knowledge a person has of an area  
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show A representation designed to show the structure of an object, system, or concept  
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Map Projection   show
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Remote Sensing   show
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show New time zone for every 15 degrees west; 24 time zones ; allows time to follow with rotation of earth  
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Built Landscapes   show
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show Shows how humans interact with the environment impacting it culturally  
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Cultural Attributes / Cultural Landscape   show
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Arithmetic Density   show
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Physiological Density   show
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show Adoption of cultural elements from a place of origin to a wider area  
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Cultural Hearth   show
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show Spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another  
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Expansion Diffusion   show
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show Spread of an idea from people of authority to other people of power  
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Contagious Diffusion   show
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show Spread of a unrevealed principle even though the characteristic fails to diffuse  
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show Cardinal direction (north, south, east, west)  
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show Directions based on people's perception of places (left, right, up, down)  
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show Spread of a phenomenon over an area that shows how far things are spread out  
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Concentration   show
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show Closer together, clustered, or focused towards a centerpoint  
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show Distance that can be measured with a standard unit length (mile or kilometer)  
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show Measure of distance including costs of overcoming friction of absolute distance separating 2 places  
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show Arrangement of phenomenon across Earth's surface  
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Environmental Determinism   show
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Location   show
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Absolute Location   show
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Relative Location   show
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show A physical character of place  
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show Location of a place relative to other places  
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Toponym   show
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show Geometric or regular arrangement of something in an area  
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show Straight pattern or a pattern along straight lines  
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Centralized Pattern   show
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Random Pattern   show
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