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Human Geography

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Definition
Geography   show
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Human Geography   show
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Globalization   show
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show Observations researchers make of physical and cultural landscapes with a focus on seeing similarities and differences .  
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Patterns   show
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Physical Geography   show
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show Physical locations of geographic phenomena, usually shown on a map.  
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show An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide.  
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Epidemic   show
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show Looking at where things occur, why they occur where they do, and how places are interconnected.  
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Geographic concepts   show
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Location   show
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Absolute location   show
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show The location of a place or attribute in reference to another place or attribute.  
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show Understanding the distribution of cities, industries, services, or consumers with the goal of explaining why places are chosen as sites of production or consumption.  
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Human-environment interactions   show
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show Set of theories that use environmental differences to explain everything from intelligence to wealth.  
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Hearth   show
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show Theory in geography that humans, not environment, shape culture.  
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GIS   show
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Carrying capacity   show
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show Study of the historical interaction between humans and environment in a place, including ways humans have modified and adapted to environment.  
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show An approach to studying human-environment interactions in the context of political, economic, and. historical conditions operating at multiple scales.  
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show Area of Earth identified as sharing a formal, functional, or perceptual commonality that makes it different from regions around it (one of the five themes of geography).  
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Formal Region   show
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show Learned beliefs, norms, or values passed down through generations in a culture.  
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show Area of land defined as sharing a common purpose in society.  
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show Connection points in a network, where goods and ideas flow in, out, and through the network.  
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show Area of land that an individual perceives as being similar.  
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Place   show
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show Infusing a place with meaning as a result of experiences in a place.  
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show How a place is envisioned.  
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Movement   show
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show Spread of an idea, innovation, or technology from its hearth to other people and places.  
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Spatial Interaction   show
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Distance   show
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Accessibility   show
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Connectivity   show
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Expansion Diffusion   show
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Contagious Diffusion   show
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show Spread of an idea or innovation from one person or place based on a hierarchy of connectedness. It is a specific type of expansion diffusion.  
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Stimulus Diffusion   show
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Relocation Diffusion   show
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Cultural landscape   show
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Sequent occupance   show
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show Geographical scope (local, national, or global) in which we analyze and understand a phenomenon.  
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show Changing the geographical scope at which a problem is addressed by engaging decision makers and gatekeepers at another scale.  
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show The physical and human geographies creating the place, environment, and space in which events occur and people act.  
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show The art and science of making maps.  
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Reference maps   show
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Thematic maps   show
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show Satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features.  
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show Maps of an area made from memory or experience by individuals or groups (also known as cognitive maps).  
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Activity spaces   show
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show Areas on maps that are not well-defined because they are off limits or unknown to the map maker.  
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show A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments (eg., satellites) that are physically distant from the area of study.  
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show Group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a people.  
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show A group of interrelated cultural traits, such as prevailing dress codes and cooking and eating utensils.  
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