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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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Possibilism

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A squared normally 1 mile on a side. The land ordinance of 1785 divided townships in the United States into 36 sections.

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Section

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The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin

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Distance decay

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An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics

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Formal region

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Generally, the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on earths surface

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Scale

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The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected

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Stimulus diffusion

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The spread of an idea from persons or notes of authority or power to other persons or places

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Hierarchical diffusion

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A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where it’s headquarters or shareholders are located.

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Transitional corporation

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Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group

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Cultural landscape

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The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems

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Space time compression

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The location of a place relative to other places

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Situation

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The physical character of a place

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Sight

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The arrangement of something across earths surface

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Distribution

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The physical gap or interval between two objects

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Space

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An ark that for the most part follows 180° longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross the international dateline heading east the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When you go west, the calendar moves ahead one day.

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International Date Line

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A two dimensional, or flat, representation of earths surface or a portion of it.

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Map

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An east west line designated under the land ordinance of 1785 to facilitate The surveying and numbering of townships in the United States

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Baseline

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of Parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator

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Latitude

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The geometric or regular arrangement of something and a study area

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Pattern

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Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result and making something worldwide in scope

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Globalization

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Spread of something over a given area

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Concentration

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian

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Longitude

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

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Parallel

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A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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Geographic approach that emphasizes human environmental relationships

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Cultural ecology

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Body of beliefs, social forms, material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people

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Culture

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A north south of line designated in the land ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of townships in the US

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Principal Meridian

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Total number of people divided by total land area

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Arithmetic density

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Spread of a feature or trend from one place to another overtime

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Defusion

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The Meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal observatory at Greenwich, England.

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Prime Meridian

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The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process

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Expansion diffusion

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The acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods

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Remote-sensing

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the rapid widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population

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Contagious diffusion

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The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

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Agriculture density

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The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.

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Relocation diffusion

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A square normally 6 miles on a side. Do you land ordinance of 1785 divided much of the United States into a series of Township.

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Townships

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A specific point on earth distinguished by a particular character

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Place

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A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was there for the study of how the physical environment caused human activities.

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Environmental determinism

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The position of anything on earth’s surface

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Location

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An area that people believe to exist as a part of their cultural identity

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Vernacular region

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The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is Lantis eatable for agricultural

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Physiological density

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Relationships among people and objects across space

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Connections

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The name given to a portion of earths surface

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Toonym

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The science of mapmaking

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Cartography

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An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

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Region

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An area organized around a node or focal point

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Functional region

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The system used to transfer locations from earths surface to a flat map

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Projection

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

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Geographic information system

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A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.

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Polder

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technical-logically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use

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Resource

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Anark drawn on a Mac between the north and south poles

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Meridian

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A system that determines the precise position of something on earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

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Global positioning system

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

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Density

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The region from which innovative ideas originate

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Hearth

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The time in that zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0° longitude

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Greenwich meantime (GMT)

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And internal representation of a portion of earths surface based on what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in a place and where places are located.

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Mental map

57
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The increasing gap and economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of globalization of the economy

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Uneven development

Human Geography (17 decks)

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