Chapter 1 Tier 2

Question 0

Uneven Development

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The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of globalization of the economy

Question 1

Atmosphere

Answer 1

The thin layer of gases surrounding earth

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Housing Bubble

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A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their values

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Biosphere

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All living organisms on earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms

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Cultural Ecology

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A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships

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Cartography

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The science of making maps

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Climate

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The long-term average weather condition at a particular location

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Concentration

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The spread of something over a given area

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Connection

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Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space

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Conservation

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The sustainable management of a natural resource

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Distribution

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The arrangement of something across earth’s surface

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Density

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The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area

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Ecology

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The scientific study of organisms

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Ecosystem

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A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

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A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

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The time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0 degree longitude

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Hydrosphere

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All of the water on and near earth’s surface.

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Lithosphere

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Earth’s crust and a portion if upper mantle directly below the crust

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Map Scale

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The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on earth’s surface.

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Meridian

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An arc drawn on a map between the north and south poles.

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Map

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A two dimensional, or flat representation of Earth’s surface or a portion of it.

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Mental Map

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A representation of a portion of earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located

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Network

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A chain of communication that connects places

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Nonrenewable Resources

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Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans.

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Prime Meridian

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The meridian, designated at 0 degree longitude, that passes through the royal observatory at Greenwich, England.

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Preservation

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The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.

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Projection

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A system used to transfer locations from earth’s surface to a flat map.

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Parallel

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A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the merridians

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Pattern

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The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.

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Possibilism

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The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

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Resource

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.

Question 31

Renewable Resource

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Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans

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Remote Sensing

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The acquisition of data about earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.

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Regional (Cultural landscape) Studies

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An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.

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Scale

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Generally, the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and Earth as a whole.