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BB Ch 1 Vocab

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show The exact spot where something is on the Earth  
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show The ease of interaction between two points  
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show Things people build on the landscape  
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Cartography   show
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Choropleth maps   show
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show The temperature and environment of a region  
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show How something is distributed over a given area  
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show Rapid spread of something from person to person. Begins at a central point  
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show Result of human's interactions with the environment  
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show Traditions, beliefs, and customs of people in a given region  
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Density   show
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Diffusion   show
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Distance   show
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show When something gets further away from its point of origin, it gets weaker  
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show How something is spread out  
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show Maps that utilize dots to show a pattern  
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show Belief that the environment shapes human behavior  
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Equator   show
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Expansion Diffusion   show
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Field Observation   show
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Formal Region   show
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Functional Region   show
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show Settlement that has been abandoned  
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show Computer that stores geographic data and produces maps  
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show Satellite system that determines absolute location of places  
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Globalization   show
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Graduated Symbol Maps   show
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show 0 degrees longitude. The prime meridian determines this time zone  
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Hearth   show
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Hierarchical Diffusion   show
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show Maps that use lines to show elevation  
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Latitude   show
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Location   show
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show Measurement east or west of the prime meridian  
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Map   show
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Map scale   show
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show A map created in your mind  
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Meridian   show
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show Imaginary line on the earth going from east to west  
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show How something is arranged  
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Physical Geography   show
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Physical Map   show
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Place   show
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Political Maps   show
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Possibilism   show
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show 0 degrees longitude  
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Projection   show
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show How close two things are to each other  
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show A set of places that share a common characteristic  
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show Where something is in relation to something else  
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Relocation Diffusion   show
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Remote Sensing   show
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show Physical description of a place (similar to absolute location)  
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show Where something is relative to something else (similar to relative location)  
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show Shortening of travel time between places due to technological advances  
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show An idea begins to spread, but is changed and spreads even more widely  
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show Name of a place  
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show A business that operates in several countries  
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Vernacular Region   show
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