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To become a Human Geo machine.

1
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Place

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A specific point on earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic. Ever place occupies a unique location,or position, on earths surface.

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Region

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An area of earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. Geographers divide the world into a number of regions, such as North America and Latin America.

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Scale

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The relationship between the portion of earth being studied and the earth as a whole. Geographers study a variety of scales, from local to global.

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Space

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The physical gap or interval between two object.

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Connection

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Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.

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Tophographic Maps

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a topographic map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail

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Thematic Maps

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a map that focuses on a specific theme or subject area

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Weather Maps

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Maps that define region based on weather

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Choropleth Maps

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popular thematic maps used to represent statistical data of a region.

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Isoline Maps

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Isolines are lines drawn on a map connecting data points of the same value.

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Dot Density Maps

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A dot-density map is a type of thematic map that uses dots or other symbols on the map to show the values of one or more numeric data fields.

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Flow Line Maps

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Flow maps are a type of thematic map used in cartography to show the movement of objects between different areas

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Cartograms

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To convey information by changing the scale and shape of places depending on their level.

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GPS

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a system that determines the precise position of something on earth.

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Mental Map

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a personal representation of a portion of earths surface.

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Geotagging

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Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates.

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GIS

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Captures, stores, and displays geographical data

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remote sensing

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earth or from other long distance methods

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VGI

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creation and dissemination of geographic data

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map scale

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the relationship of a features size on a map to its actual size on earth.

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projection

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scientific method of transferring locations on eraths surface to a flat map

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meridian

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an arc drawn between the North

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location

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the position that something occupies on earths surface.

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toponym

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the name of a place on earth

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site

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the physical characteristic of a place

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situation

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the location of a place relative to other places

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cultural language

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a combo of cultural features such as language and religion

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formal/uniform region

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an area in which everyone shares atleast one characteristic

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functional/nodal region

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an area organized around a focal point

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vernacular/perceptual region

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an area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity.

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culture

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the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms.

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spatial assocciation

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occurs if the distribution of a region is related to the distribution of another feature.

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globalization

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a force or process that involves the entire world.

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transnational corporation

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conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries.

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poststructuralist geography

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examines how the powerful in a society dominate, or seek to control, less powerful groups, how the dominated groups occupy space.

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Humanistic Geography

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a branch of human geo that emphasizes the different ways that individuals form ideas about a place and give those places symbolic meanings,

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Behavioral Geo

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emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological basis for individual human actions in space.

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uneven development

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the increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core and periphery that results from the globalization of the economy

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assimilation

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the process by which a groups cultural features are altered to resemble those of another group.

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Acculturation

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the process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups.

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syncretism

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the combo of elements of two groups into a new cultural feature.

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diffusion

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the process by which a feature spreads across space from one place to another over time.

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hearth

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a place from which an innovation originates.

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network

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a chain of communication that connects places

45
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distance decay

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contact diminishes with increasing distance

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space-time compression

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the reduction of the time it takes for something to reach another place

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Resource

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a substance in the environment that is useful to people

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Sustainability

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is the use of earths resources in ways that ensures their availability in the future.

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renewable resource

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produced in nature more rapidly than consumed by humans

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nonrenewable resources

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produced in nature more slowly than consumed by humans

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conservation

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the sustainable use and management of earths natural resources to meet human needs such as food, medicine, and recreation

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preservationn

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the maintenance of resources in their present condition

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biotic

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composed of living organisms

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hydrosphere

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all of the water on and near earths surface

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abiotic

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composed of nonliving or inorganic matter

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atmosphere

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a thin layer of gases surrounding the earth

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lithosphere

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earths crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust

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biosphere

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all living organisms on earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms

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climate

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long term average weather condition at a specific location

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ecosystem

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a group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres by which they interact

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ecology

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the scientific study of the ecosystem

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cultural ecology

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the geographic study of human-environmental relationships

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possibilism

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the physical environment may limit some human actions

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polder

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a piece of land that is created by draining water from an area

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