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the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes

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Physical Geography

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The branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the Earth’s surface

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Human Geography

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Scale of analysis using local, national, regional and global

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Four-Level Analysis

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A system of ideas intended to explain something

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Theory

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An abstract idea; a general notation

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Concepts

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A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end

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Processes

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A system or thing used as an example to follow or imitate

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Models

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Object-oriented with coverage and concerned with how the physical world works or looks

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Spatial models

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Information which is independent of all geometric considerations

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Non-spatial data

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The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source

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Time distance decay

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An analytical tool used to measure the distance between two or more physical locations or items

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Spatial patterns

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A group or system of interconnected people or things

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Network

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Data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range

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Quantitative data

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Information that objects, events, or other features with a location on or hear the surface of the earth

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Geospatial data

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Sources that are credible for information (example - archival records, artifacts, participant observation, interviews, focus groups)

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Qualitative sources

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The relative size of the map or lense we choose to use to observe geographical phenomena

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Scales of analysis

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the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients

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Distribution

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a measure of the social, cultural, and economic relatedness or connectivity between two places

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relative distance

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shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated

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reference maps

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they show state and national boundaries and capital and major cities

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Political Maps

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Map that includes labels for features such as mountain ranges and bodies of water

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Physical Maps

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a map intended for drivers, showing roads, distances, etc in a country or area

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Road maps

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a map of a particular neighborhood, subdivision or tract of land, detailing where the original surveyors established property lines and separated each parcel or lot

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Plat maps

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shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific data themes for selected geographic areas

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Thematic maps

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a thematic map in which administrative areas are colored or shaded according to the range in which the aggregated statistic of interest falls
Choropleth Maps
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map that is a type of thematic map that uses a point symbol to visualize the geographic distribution of a large number of related phenomena
Dot distribution maps
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A map with symbols that change in size according to the value of the attribute they represent
Graduated symbol map
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lines drawn on a map connecting data points of the same value
Isoline maps
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the map that is a detailed and accurate illustration of man-made and natural features on the ground such as roads, railways, power transmission lines, contours, elevations, rivers, lakes, and geographical names
Topographic Maps
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A map that combines statistical information with geographic location
Cartogram
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shows the size of the area represented by the map
Scale
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world maps or maps of large regions such as continents or large nations
Small scale maps
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show a smaller amount of area with a greater amount of detail
Large scale maps
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its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude
Absolute location
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a description of how a place is related to other places
Relative location
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A topological property relating to how geographical features are attached to one another functionally, spatially, or logically
Connectivity
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the easiness by which people can reach the desired activity sites, such as those offering employment, shopping, medical care or recreation
Accessibility
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the pathway along which an object is moving
Direction
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a spatial observation that one place/situation proves to be part of a larger system containing the same observation
Patterns
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a specific measure of the physical space between two locations
Absolute distance
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a special form of measurement used in geography to elaborate on a number of societal factors
Relative Distance
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a localized anomaly, usually an excess of something given the distribution or variation of something else
Clustered distribution
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a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line
Linear Distribution
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how the individuals in a population are distributed in space at a given time (spread out)
Dispersed Distribution
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Distribution spread out in a more circular shape
Circular distribution
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Distribution spread out in a square like shape
Geometric Distribution
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Distribution spread out in no particular pattern
Random distribution
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outlines the strengths, resources, and needs of a particular community
Landscape Analysis
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a variant of field research that attempts to observe a targeted person or a group of targeted persons in their environment in order to gain insights into behaviour, activities and processes
Field Observations
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any type of data that directly or indirectly references a specific geographical area or location
Spatial Data
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Pictures taken from the sky. Downward view
Aerial Photography
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the process of observing and collecting data about people, cultures, and natural environments
Fieldwork
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The connection and exchange between humans and the natural world
Human-Environmental Interaction
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The physical artifacts humans have created and that form part of the landscape. Ex: buildings, roads, signs, farms and fences
Built Environment
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Anything built by humans and is in the realm of land use
Cultural Landscape
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The belief that land, forms and climate are the most powerful forces, shaping human behavior, and societal development, while ignoring the influence of culture
Environmental Determinism
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The view that acknowledges limits on the effects of natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays
Possibilism
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The patterns and movement of ideas, people products, and other phenomena
Flow
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This states that when things are farther apart, they are less connected
Friction of distance
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When things are closer together, they are more connected
Distance decay
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The increasing connection between places
Spatial interaction
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The shrinking time distance, or relative distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication
Time space compression
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Name given to a particular location or natural feature, based on its surrounding characteristics
Toponym
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When humans describe places differently based on their background
Sense of space
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The location of a place based on its surroundings and connectivity to other places
Situation
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The characteristics of the immediate location
Site
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A group of places that share similar characteristics
Region
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The area between two or more phenomena or things
Space
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The specific human, and physical characteristics of a location
Place
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Where the specific phenomena are located, either on the grid or relative to another area
Location
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The entire world examples, global earths at night image, world population density map
Global
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Multiple countries of the world example North America and south Asia
World regional
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Country examples, the United States, or Thailand
National
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A portion of a country or a region within a country examples the Midwest, or eastern China
National regional
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A province, state, city county or neighborhood example, Tennessee, or Moscow
Local
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Regions or homogenous regions that show specifically one main type of characteristic
Formal region
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Regions that are organized around a focal point, and are defined by an activity, usually political, social, or economic that occurs across the region
Functional region
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Defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to them
Perceptual regions

HGAP Terms (19 decks)

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