Topic 1

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Geography

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The study of spatial variation. How and why things differ from place to place on the surface of the earth

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Geographers

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Focus on the aspects of geography

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Areal Differentiation

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One place is different than another

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Earth’s space

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Surface occupied by, or available to be occupied by humans

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Regional Geography

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Study of characteristics of specific areal settings which are termed geographic regions

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Systematic Geography

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Specific classes of things on earths surface. Involves 2 types: Human and Physical

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Physical Geography

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Natural environmental side of the human environment structure

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Human Geography

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Human side of human environment structure`

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Staples Theory

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Essence of Canadian economy and culture is influenced by exploitation and export of a series of unprocessed raw materials (fish, fur, timber, fossil fuels)

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Space

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Areal extend and may be understood in both an absolute and relative sense… shit is available to be occupied… or open area that isn’t occupied tf

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Absolute Location/space

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Exact place on earth. Identification of a place using a fixed coordinate system

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Relative Location/Space

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Position of a place in relation to other places

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Site

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Concerned with the local physical characteristics of the absolute location of a place

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Situation

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Concerned with characteristics of the relative location of a place

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Absolute Direction

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Based on the cardinal points of north, south, east, and west

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Relative Direction

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Culturally based and locationally a variable??

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Absolute Distance

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Spatial separation between 2 points on the earth’s surface measured by some accepted standard unit

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Relative Distance

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Transformation of physical distance measurements into some other relevant unit… or The measure of the social, cultural and economic relatedness or connection between 2 places

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Generalization

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Averaging over details so that a large-scale unit of study generalizes more than a small-scale unit of study

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Scale - General Definition

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Size of the area studied from local to global

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Cartographic Definition Scale

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Ratio between the size of the area on the map and the size of the same area on the earth’s surface

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Natural Landscapes

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Physical environment unaffected by human activities

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Cultural Landscapes

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Natural landscape as modified by human activities and bearing the imprint of a culture group or society

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Spatial Interaction

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Movement of goods, people, and information between places.

2: Accessibility and Connectivity

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Accessibility

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The relative ease with which a destination may be reached from other locations

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Connectivity

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Directness of routes linking pairs of places (network)

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Spatial Distribution

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Arrangement of things on the earth’s surface

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Density

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Quantity of anything per unit

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Dispersion

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Amount or spread of things over an area or around a central location

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Pattern

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Design or arrangement of things in earths space

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Region

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Earth area with distinctive and unifying physical or cultural characteristics that distinguish it from other areas

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Administrative Region

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Created by law, treaty, or regulation

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Thematic Region

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Based on one or more objectively measurable themes or properties

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Perceptual/Vernacular Regions

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Perceived to exist by their inhabitants (or outsiders)

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Formal (Uniform) Regions

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Non-overlapping areas of essential uniformity in one or a limited combination of physical or cultural features

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Functional (Nodal) Regions

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Organized around focal point. Metropolitan for example. Spatial systems defined by interactions and connections that provide an organizational basis. Emerge from patterns of interaction over space and time that connect places