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EVan Seifer's Chapter 1 vocab - Roisman

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show The spatial study of people, place, space, and environment.  
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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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show One of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of physical phenomena, including climate, environmental hazards, weather systems, animals, and topography.  
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Spatial distribution   show
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show An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide.  
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show Widespread, rapid diffusion of disease among a people in a particular location or region at a particular time.  
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Spatial perspective   show
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Geographic concepts   show
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show Position on Earth, including both absolute location and relative location (one of the five themes of geography).  
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show Precise location of a place, usually defined by latitude and longitude.  
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Relative location   show
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Location theory   show
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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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show Area or place where an idea, innovation, or technology originates.  
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Possibilism   show
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show The idea that land can hold a measurable amount of plant and animal life.  
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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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Political Ecology   show
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Region   show
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show Area of land with common cultural or physical traits.  
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Cultural traits   show
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show Area of land defined as sharing a common purpose in society.  
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show Connection point 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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show Uniqueness of a location (one of the five themes of geography).  
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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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Diffusion   show
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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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show The spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth across space without the aid of people moving.  
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Contagious Diffusion   show
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Hierarchical Diffusion   show
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Stimulus Diffusion   show
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show Spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth by the act of people moving and taking the idea or innovation with them.  
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Cultural landscape   show
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Sequent occupance   show
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Scale   show
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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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Context   show
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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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Global Positioning System (GPS)   show
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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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Terra Incognita   show
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show A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments (e.g., satellites) that are physically distant from the area of study.  
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)   show
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Culture   show
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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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