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Unit 1 Flashcards

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Physical Geography

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Study of natural process of things in the environment

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Human Geography

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Study of events that have shaped how humans use and change the Earth.

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Spatial Perspective

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Predicting human and physical patterns in space.

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Ecological Perspective

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Relationship between living things and their environment.

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Location

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Position something occupies the earth

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Absolute Location

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Exact location of an object

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Relative Location

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Where a place is about using other places to help.

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Place

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Related but different from location

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Site

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A places absolute location and physical characteristics

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Situation

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A places location in relation to other places and why it is important

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Space

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Area between two or more things on Earth’s surface

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Distributed

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How things are arranged

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Density

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Number of things (typically living) in a specific area

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Pattern

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How things are arranged in a specific way

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Flow

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Movements of people, good or information

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Environmental Determinism

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Environment determines the outcome of human

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Possibillism

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Humans can control the environment

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Scale

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Difference from something on paper and in real life

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Region

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Area of Earth’s surface with certain characteristics that make it stand out

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Functional Region

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An area organized by its function around a focal point

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Node

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Focus of the region

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Suburbs

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Residential area surrounding a city

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Perceptual/Vernacular Region

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Type of region that reflects people’s feelings/attitude about a place

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Globalization

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The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale

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Theory

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System if ideas intended to explain certain phenomena

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World System Theory

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Spatial and functional relationships between countries in the world economy

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Core

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Highly interconnected countries with good transportation and communication networks and infrastructure that supports economic activity

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Periphery

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Less stable government and poorer services

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Semi Periphery

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Middle of periphery and core countries but close to core countries

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Sustainable Development

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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Quantitative

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Information measured by numbers

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Qualitative

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Data interpretations of data sources such as field observations, media, reports, travel narratives, policy documents, personal interviews, landscape, and visual arts or photography.

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Census

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Official count of the number of people in a defined area

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

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Sophisticated Mapping software system

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Topography

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Shape and features of land surfaces shown on a map

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Remote Sensing

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When geospatial technology collects data from afar/no physical contact

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Cartographers

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People who make maps

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Absolute Distance

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Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length

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Relative Distance

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Distance measured in other ways such as time and money

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Absolute Direction

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North South East West, also known as cardinal direction

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Relative Direction

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Left right up down, meaning using people’s perceptions to describe location

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Map Scale

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Mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part of the real world it shows

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Reference Map

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Generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location

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Thematic Maps

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Have a theme or specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data

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