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The way that humans spread over and interact with Earth

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Human geography

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Any group of individuals that shares some common characteristics

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Population

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The annual number of childbirths for every 1,000 people

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Crude birth rate

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The annual mortality rate (death rate) for every 1,000 people

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Crude death rate

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A population goes through a _______ _________ when there is a distinct and drastic change in death and birth rates

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A population goes through a demographic transition when there is a distinct and drastic change in death and birth rates

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A population goes through a demographic transition when there is a distinct and drastic change in death and birth rates

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A population goes through a _______ _________ when there is a distinct and drastic change in death and birth rates

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The distribution of economic activities

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Economic geography

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Economic geography

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The distribution of economic activities

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The number of infant deaths for every 1,000 infants within a year

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Infant mortality rate

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of infant deaths for every 1,000 infants within a year

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The study of the spread of a language

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Language demography

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Language demography

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The study of the spread of a language

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The average age to which the members within a community can be expected to live

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Life expectancy

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Life expectancy

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The average age to which the members within a community can be expected to live

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The incidence of people contracting a selected illness within a population

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Morbidity rate

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Morbidity rate

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The incidence of people contracting a selected illness within a population

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A measure of how many individuals of a population exist in a given unit of space

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population density

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population density

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A measure of how many individuals of a population exist in a given unit of space

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The study of the number and distribution of members of various religions

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Religious demography

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Religious demography

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The study of the number and distribution of members of various religions

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The making of maps is called

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cartography

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cartography

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The making of maps is called

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What maps are concerned with the surface conditions of an area?

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Topographical maps

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Topographical maps

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What maps are concerned with the surface conditions of an area?

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Maps that have been simplified to the point where only a few pieces of key information stand out (think: a map of New York’s subway system)

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Topological maps

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Topological maps

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Maps that have been simplified to the point where only a few pieces of key information stand out (think: a map of New York’s subway system)

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Maps that don’t show much geographical detail, but are instead focused on communicating some other info to the map user (think: map of the US, with each state colored in to measure population density)

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Thematic maps

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Thematic maps

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Maps that don’t show much geographical detail, but are instead focused on communicating some other info to the map user (think: map of the US, with each state colored in to measure population density)

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Maps indicate directions with:

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a compass rose

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a compass rose

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Maps indicate directions with:

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A section of the map that explains symbols or color usage

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Key, or Legend

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Key, or Legend

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A section of the map that explains symbols or color usage

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A _____ shows how much distance an inch (or a centimeter, etc.) is on a map

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Scale

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Scale

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A _____ shows how much distance an inch (or a centimeter, etc.) is on a map

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