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vocab 1 Flashcards

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Study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and there by change those places

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Fieldwork

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One of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes

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Human Geography

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The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact.

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Globalization

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one of two major divisions of geography. The spatial analysis of the structure, processes, and location of the Earth’s natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals, and topography.

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Physical geography

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Pertaining to space on the Earth’s surface.

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Spatial

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Physical location of geographic phenomena across space

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Spatial Distribution

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The design of a spatial distribution

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Pattern

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The study of health and disease within a geographic context and from a geographical perspective.

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Medical Geography

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An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide

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Pandemic

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10
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A disease that is particular to a locality or region.

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Epidemic

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Observing variations in geographic phenomena across space.

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Spatial Perspective

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The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from another location.

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accessibility

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The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network

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Connectivity

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14
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The overall appearance on an area.

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Landscape

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15
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Visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape

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Cultural landscape

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Sequent Occupance

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17
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Art and science of making maps

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Cartography

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Reference Maps

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Thematic Maps

20
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Position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude.

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Absolute Location

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Global Positioning System

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Geocaching

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Five Themes

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Relative Location

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Location

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Mental Map

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Location Theory

28
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The space in which daily activities occur

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Activity Space

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Human Environment

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Region

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Place

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Remote Sensing

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A collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to the user

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Geographic Information Systems

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Sense of Place

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Rescale

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Movement

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Spatial Interaction

38
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Region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity on one or more phenomenon.

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Formal Region

39
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Measurement of the physical spaces between two places

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Distance

40
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Perception of place

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