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What is an isoline map?

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uses lines

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What is a cartogram?

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changes the shapes of states

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What is a heat map?

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warm colors: higher numbers
cool colors: lower numbers

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What are the three characteristics of distribution?

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density, concentration, pattern

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What is a site?

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Describes the physical characteristics of a place

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What is a formal region?

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regions with borders

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What is distance decay and time-space compression?

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distance decay: idea changes, or will not diffuse the further the way it is
time-space compression: takes longer to diffuse the further away it is

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What is an S-curve and how does it relate to diffusion?

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What is independent innovation?

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many different cultures created the same ideas but separate from each other

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What is GIS?

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geographic information system

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What is the zone of transition?

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How are time-zones measured?

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fifteen degrees

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What are parallels and meridians?

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parallels: horizontal
meridians: vertical

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14
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How many different time zones are there?

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24

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What is interregional migration (historically and presently)?

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between two regions

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What is Syllabic writing?

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uses symbols that represent words

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What is ideogrammatic writing?

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uses symbols that represent objects

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What is the most spoken official language?

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mandarin

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What makes African languages unique?

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What group/location/languages belong with the Germanic branch?

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family: indo european
group: west-germanic, germanic
languages: german, english, swedish, norwegian, danish, swiss

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What group/location/languages belong with the Indo-Iranic branch?

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What group/location/languages belong with the Balto-Slavic branch?

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What group/location/languages belong with the Romance branch?

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family: indo-european
group: italo dalmation,

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What is an isogloss

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a line that separates two languages

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What is BRP and how does it relate to standard languages?

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26
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What are the three branches of buddhism

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Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana

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What is balkanization

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Division of a place or country into several small political units, often unfriendly to one another.

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What are the five pillars of islam

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the declaration of faith (shahada), prayer (salah), alms-giving (zakat), fasting (sawm) and pilgrimage (hajj)

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What are the four noble truths

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the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering.

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What is spatial analysis

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examines the characteristics, location, and relationship between places and features on the earth’s surface in order to explain the spatial expression of human behavior patterns.

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slow, rapid, and negative stages

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slow growth: stage 4
rapid growth: stage 2
negative growth: stage 5

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What is a reason for there to be more males than females

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