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The branch of geography dealing with human culture and its impact on the earth.

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Culture Geography (human geography)

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The study pf the earth and its features. Distribution of like on earth, including human life and how environments interact with each other

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Geography

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Languages, religion, foods, building styles, urban areas, agriculture, transportation, systems, politics, economics, population and demographic etc.

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Examples of cultural geography

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The branch of geography dealing with natural features of the earth

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Physical geography

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Water, air, animals, climate and plants

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Examples of Physical geography

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Grid, references, latitude, longitude and address

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Absolute location

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The use of landmark, time references, compass and direction.

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Relative location

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Distinctive part of the earth that has consistent or easily recognizable physical or cultural features such as 
•coastal regions     •ethic regions
•rainforests            •⛪️ and language
•resource base      •income
•political structure and boundries
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Region

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When geographers can find a pattern of the same events in places that are far apart

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Spatial pattern

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An event in one location or region can lead to change in another location or region impacting somewhere else.

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Social interaction

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Impact on the environment on human and the impact of humans on the envirnment

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Human interaction

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We depend on natural resource

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Dependance

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We adapt to climate and land forms

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Adaptation

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How we change the environment to suit out needs

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Modification

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Any geographic study must remember the idea of culture or the customs and world views of a group of people

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Culture

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Watermarks up to 70% of the earth surface

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Hydrosphere

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The earths Rocky outermost layer

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Lithosphere

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The layer of gases surrounding the earth

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Atmosphere

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The area on or near the earths surface

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Biosphere

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Mostly iron and nickel

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Core

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A layer of semi solid rock around the corner 3000 km thick

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Mantle

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A thin rocky surface layer 5 to 50 Km that

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Crust

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_______ & _______ of the mantle that causes the crust to movie

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Heating and cooling

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Through the continents were once part of one big large landmass Pangaea and move to their present position after millions of years

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Continental drift

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Patterns for the line of latitude and longing to cross one another used to determine locations on the earth

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The greatest system

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Lines that run east to west on the earth. Used to show distance north and south of the equator

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Latitude

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Lines that run north and east on the earth used to show distances east to west

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Longitude

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A round scale model of the earth

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Globe

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Symbolic representation of all or part of the planet

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Map

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Makes maps

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Cartographer

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Projection of the round earths on a flat surface

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Map projection

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Used by cartographers, computers tool for processing and organize details and satellite images with other pieces of information

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Graphic information system

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A list what symbols on the map are used for

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Key

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I’m markers that indicates

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Compass rose

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Shows the relationship between map measurements in actual directions

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Scale bar

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Shows the location and the shape of the earth’s physical features

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Physical map

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Shows the boundaries between countries and often other things like cities

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Political map

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A map that emphasizes a single idea or particular kind of information about an area

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Special-purpose map

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Molten rock that is pushed up from the Earth’s mantle

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Magma

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A process by which mountains conform Ocean dive Under continental plates continental plates

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Subduction

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A slow process in which ocean plates slide under continental plates crating to debris that can cause continents To grow out ward

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Accretion

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A process by which new land is created when sea plates pull apart and magma pulls up between the plates

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Spreading

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Layers bend in a layer of rock sometimes caused by plate

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Fold

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A crack or break in the Earth’s crust

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Fault

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Wearing away of the earth surface or wind flowing water or glaciers

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Erosion

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It is the most important thing that climate determined by

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The Earth’s position in the relation to the sun

46
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What angle is Earth tilted at

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23.5 degrees

47
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Hire the latitude the_______ The climate

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Cooler

48
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What latitude does the tropical climate region occur in

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0 - 30 degrees

49
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What is the weather like in the tropical climate region

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All year average temperature 18°C

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What degrees of latitude is the dry climate region in

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30° to 40° latitude

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What temperature is it in the mid-latitude climate region

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30° to 60° latitude

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What is the Degrees of the mid-latitude to climate regions

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30° to 60° latitude

53
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What what degrees of latitude is highlighted to located

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60° to 90° latitude

54
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This represents lots of different types and is what brings groups of people together

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Languge

55
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Has effected places negatively in the past. Different cultures follow different _____ and have Diffrent beliefs

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Religion

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This focuses on things that go on with in cultures and have a big say in what happens

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Government

57
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Focuses on goods that are imported and exported

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Economic

58
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Where they live is important because people living near by often have the same views and beliefs

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Culture region

59
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Family is #1 in all cultures. Cultures are broken down into different ethnic groups

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Social groups

60
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Is Erica getting this credit?

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HA

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