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Space

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The distance between two different areas

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Location

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Position of an object on earths surface.

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Place

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A certain point on a map

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Regionalization

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The organization of areas on the earths surface

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Globalization

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Economic political and cultural expansion

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Spatial organization

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Where people places and events are located

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Cartography

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Art/science of making maps

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Human geography

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Study of people and their cultures

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Absolute location

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Exact location of a place

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Meridian

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Line between north and south that measures longitude

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Parallel

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Circle around the globe that measures latitude

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Longitude

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Measures east to west

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Prime meridian

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0 degrees, located at Greenwich, England

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Equator

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Half way circle between north and south poles

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Latitude

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Never interact, opposite of longitude

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Relative location

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What’s nearby, human/physical features

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Distortion

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Putting 3-D globe on 2-D map

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Projection

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How a person views a map

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Scale

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Size of an area on a map compared to actual scale

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Time zone

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Regions with specific times set for those regions, makes time uniform

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International date line

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180 degrees longitude

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Toponym

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Names for places

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Site

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Physical and human characteristics of an area

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Situation

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Helps find place unknown to others, unfamiliar

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Distribution

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Arrangement of places

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Linear pattern

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Straightly organized places, like streets

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Centralized pattern

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A form around something like a statue in the middle of town for example

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Random pattern

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No certain way of laying out the area

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Region

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Regularities

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Formal region

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Physical/cultural similarities of two places ( political boundaries etc.)

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Functional region

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Cores are centered, independent area

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Core

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Center

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Periphery

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Margins of a region

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Perceptional

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Places believed to exist (little china)

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Space time compression

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Changes brought over time like technology and transportation

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Multi national corporation

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Brands worldwide

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GIS

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Geographic info system, stores data and measure object on earth etc.

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GPS

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Global Positioning System, exact location found through satellites

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Remote sensing

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Scans of earth for pictures for maps

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Climate

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Weather of an area

Vocab I (world geography) (1 decks)

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