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Question 1

A geographical unit based on one or more common characteristics or functions

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Reigon

Question 2

The territorial extent of an idea or object

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Scale

Question 3

A geographic perspective that seeks to identify and explain the uses of space

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Spatial Perspective

Question 4

The inhibiting effect of distance on the intensity and volume of most forms of human interaction; time space compression diminishes friction of distance

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Friction of Distance

Question 5

The study of the interactions between societies and their local environments

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Cultural Ecology

Question 6

learning and doing research involving first-hand experience, which takes place outside the classroom setting

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Fieldwork

Question 7

Images of Earth’s surface gathered from sensors mounted on orbiting satellites; these sensors record in both the visible and nonvisible portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, allowing humans to view patterns and processes that are both visible and invisible to the naked eye

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Satellite imagery

Question 8

A territorially bounded system consisting of the interaction between humans and the environment

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Ecosystem

Question 9

The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.

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Absolute Distance

Question 10

How we modify space based on who we are as a group of people

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Place

Question 11

On a map, a line that connects or links different places that share a common or equal value such as elevation

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Isoline

Question 12

Consisting of, derived from, or relating to data that is directly linked to specific geographical locations.

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Geospatial

Question 13

A geographic area that has been organized to function politically, socially, culturally, or economically as one unit

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Functional Region

Question 14

A map that distorts the geographic shape of an area in order to show the size of a specific variable the larger the area on a cartogram, the larger the value of the underlying variable

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Cartogram

Question 15

A graphic representation of the three-dimensional configuration of Earth’s surface

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Topographic Map

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Geographic perspective that acknowledges the two-way relationship between local communities and global patterns, emphasizing that the forces of globalization need to take into account local-scale cultural, economic, and environmental conditions

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GLobal Perspective

Question 17

a process of organizing the use of land to meet the occupant’s needs while respecting the capabilities of the land

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Land use

Question 18

The distribution of individual items in a geographic area

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Dispersal

Question 19

Central Points where the functions of a functional region are coordinated and directed

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Nodes

Question 20

The mental images that comprise humans’ perception of nature; environmental perception may be accurate or inaccurate

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Environmental Perception

Question 21

A system of 24 satellites that orbit Earth twice daily and transmit radio signals Earthward; the basis for many map based-apps that provide directions on how to get from one place to another

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GPS

Question 22

The built forms that cultural groups create inhabiting Earth - farm fields, cities, houses, and so on - and the meaning, values, representations and experiences associated with those forms

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Cultural Landscape

Question 23

A region where cultural markers overlap and blend into a recognizable culture

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Border zone

Question 24

The number of individual items in a particular area

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Density

Question 25

The ratio of a distance on Earth compared to the same distance on a map.

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Cartographic Scale

Question 26

Remote-sensing photography the produces fine-grained, high-resolution, highly detailed images

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Aerial Photography

Question 27

The level of analysis that explores relationships between phenomena and humans with the most detail. It is also the most malleable of scales.

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Local Scale

Question 28

The scanning of Earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it

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Remote Sensing

Question 29

A direction that can be described as position, such as in front of or behind, to the left or to the right

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Relative Direction

Question 30

A geographical area inhabited by people who have one or more traits in common

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Formal Reigon

Question 31

The decreasing distance between places, as measured by travel time or cost; often summarized by the phrase “the world is shrinking”

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Time-space Compression

Question 32

An area composed of a heavily populated urban core and its less populated surrounding areas

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Metropolitan Area

Question 33

a personal representation of a portion of Earth’s Surface

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Mental map

Question 34

Graphic elements that help organize the information in a map, such as (but not limited to) dots, stars, arrows, squares, and dotted lines

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Map Symbols

Question 35

A geographic area that is perceived to exist by its inhabitants, based on the widespread acceptance and use of a unique regional name

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Perceptual/Vernacular Region

Question 36

A map that emphasizes the spatial patterns of geographic statistics or attributes, and sometimes the relationships between them

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THematic map