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| 4858747361 | geography | The study of earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth | 0 | |
| 4858765809 | human geography | studies human distribution and process on Earth's surface and process that generate these | 1 | |
| 4858773434 | spatial perspective | the way you look at things around you, or the way you look at the earth and its features | 2 | |
| 4858780258 | spatial analysis | set of techniques for analyzing spatial data | 3 | |
| 4858800694 | the "why of where" | why humans live in certain places and why they live as they do in those places | 4 | |
| 4858812860 | place | physical and human characteristics that impart meaning to space | 5 | |
| 4858822893 | space | "place" imparts meaning to space | 6 | |
| 4858840693 | representation | where things are represented on a map | 7 | |
| 4858845662 | models | a simplified diagram of something | 8 | |
| 4858846788 | networks | connections and nodes | 9 | |
| 4858862075 | centralized | 10 | ||
| 4858862076 | decentralized | 11 | ||
| 4858864500 | distributed | things that are past out to other people or places | 12 | |
| 4858870635 | why do cartographers flatten the three dimensional worlds | to make it easier for us to see ad=nd look at. the maps are not size for size. They are distorted | 13 | |
| 4858885552 | cartography | mapmakers | 14 | |
| 4858896836 | map scale | third cartographic decision- ratio of map distance to the Earth distance | 15 | |
| 4858911396 | legend | symbols used to depict something on a map | 16 | |
| 4858911397 | WEIRD | White Educated Industrialized Rich Developed | 17 | |
| 4858927624 | scale of analysis | .... | 18 | |
| 4858961015 | aggregation | fourth cartographic decision size of geographic unit under investigation (cities, counties, regions, country)- the spatial pattern observed often depends on this | 19 | |
| 4858979507 | cartographic generalization | making a map | 20 | |
| 4858998244 | simplification | when a cartographer only shows what is important to the maps purpose and leaves off other data | 21 | |
| 4859007624 | symbolization | how features are represented on a map | 22 | |
| 4859011963 | classification | when cartographers will group features together for simplification | 23 | |
| 4859170771 | induction | being able to tell there is more than presented | 24 | |
| 4859185737 | distortion | things that are different than what they should be. changed do to representing something else | 25 | |
| 4859205364 | Mercator projection | sizes are wrong it was used for navigational purposes. Germany in the middle when it should be higher up | 26 | |
| 4859216795 | peters projection | equator is right in the middle of the map, has straight right angles, purpose was to show the real comparative size of the world, makes the sizes of countries the size they should be | 27 | |
| 4859244854 | goode's projection | shows the land to how proportional it is, the land is correct in size and location, accurate representation of sizes and places | 28 | |
| 4859254337 | robinson projection | better portrays relationships between land and water and minimally distorts | 29 | |
| 4859262831 | dymaxion projection | reveals land masses situated in worldwide ocean without splitting continents | 30 | |
| 4859270178 | polar projection (southern pole) | makes Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and Argentina appear central | 31 | |
| 4859280489 | thematic maps | map that highlights particular features such as temperature, population density | 32 | |
| 4859296822 | choropleth | map uses color or shading to categorize variables into classes | 33 | |
| 4859303103 | dot distribution | map best shows variation of density in an area | 34 | |
| 4859307587 | isoline | map that connects points of equal value with line | 35 | |
| 4859313440 | proportional symbol | map uses varying size of symbol to show intensity or frequency | 36 | |
| 4859325547 | topographical map | map that shows land mountains islands with names. lands with names | 37 | |
| 4859339560 | cartogram | map like things that give us information (shows data with size) | 38 | |
| 4859377297 | GIS (geographic information system) | spatial database linked to a graphic display | 39 | |
| 4859399195 | mash up | putting different layers of maps together | 40 | |
| 4859407890 | mental map | ..... | 41 | |
| 4859445490 | Genres de vie | ways of life- integration of environmental, spiritual, and cultural practices in a region | 42 | |
| 4859482970 | cultural ecology | the way that humans interact with the physical environment | 43 | |
| 4859486256 | cultural landscape | modify the way that humans interact with the physical environment in intentional and unintentional ways | 44 | |
| 4859499577 | toponym | shows land, mountains, islands, with names. land with names | 45 | |
| 4859510094 | syncretism | when new culture traits emerge as a cultural hybrid of two distinct parent traits | 46 | |
| 4859519900 | sequent ocupane | series of occupants, use to have cotton, clay, and farm but not anymore | 47 | |
| 4859532336 | region | human construct created as an organizational tool | 48 | |
| 4859553310 | formal region | areas of essential uniformity (any country) language, religion, agriculture, politics | 49 | |
| 4859564587 | functional region | defined by the interactions and connections that give it an organizational basis | 50 | |
| 4859571211 | perceptional/vernacular region | based on how people view a place. reflects feelings and images not objective data. | 51 | |
| 4859578759 | core | zone of greatest concentration or homogeneity of the culture traits that characterize a region | 52 | |
| 4859602041 | domain | area outside of the core of a culture region in which the culture is still dominant but less intense | 53 | |
| 4859608520 | sphere | zone of outer influence for a culture region | 54 | |
| 4859622580 | absolute location | the only thing located at a place, has numbers | 55 | |
| 4859625895 | relative location | kind of giving directions, nothing specific | 56 | |
| 4859636624 | longitude | time zone, 24 time zones, time zones would be exactly 15 degrees if straight, prime meridian, goes 180 degrees | 57 | |
| 4859653953 | meridian | line of longitude, imaginary semi-circles joining the earth's poles | 58 | |
| 4859661929 | Prime meridian | the earths zero of longitude | 59 | |
| 4859673114 | international date line | imaginary line of longitude on the earths surface located at about 180 degrees east (or west) | 60 | |
| 4859673115 | time zone | drawn for political reasons | 61 | |
| 4859701858 | latitude | lines going up and down. north and south | 62 | |
| 4859719261 | equator | imaginary line that goes around the earth and is at 0 degrees, separates northern and southern hemisphere | 63 | |
| 4859728029 | tropic of cancer | 23.5 degrees north, short winter long summer in between tropics | 64 | |
| 4859742286 | tropic of capricorn | 23.5 degrees south, short winter long summer in between tropics | 65 | |
| 4859747098 | arctic circle | 66.5 degrees north, days of darkness or light, permafrost- ground never really thaws out, polar regions | 66 | |
| 4859750370 | Antarctic circle | 66.5 south, temperate regions have four seasons | 67 | |
| 4859792634 | artifact | anything you touch/hold, watch | 68 | |
| 4859796947 | sociofacts | the way people interact with each other | 69 | |
| 4859803921 | mentifact | the way people think | 70 | |
| 4859808104 | Middle east | Arabic, desert, and islam | 71 | |
| 4859812905 | southwest | national parks, anglos, sunshine | 72 | |
| 4859824301 | megalopolis | means its locate in a big city | 73 | |
| 4939903929 | spatial interaction | movement and flows involving human activity | 74 | |
| 4939907485 | accessibility | ease in reaching certain locations from other locations, how easy it is to get to a place | 75 | |
| 4939919123 | connectivity | degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations (road, interstates) | 76 | |
| 4939933679 | expansion diffusion | expanding outward but doesn't leave origin | 77 | |
| 4939940914 | contagious diffusion | culture trait spreading across population | 78 | |
| 4939950441 | hierarchical diffusion | phenomena spread to major city then to intermediate size places, later to small towns and rural areas | 79 | |
| 4939960710 | stimulus diffusion | area to area but changes in some critical characteristic (clothing, music) | 80 | |
| 4939973302 | relocation diffusion | physically moved culture diffusion | 81 | |
| 4939980672 | S-curve | how things spread through space and overtime occurs as a function of statistical probability, based on principles of movement | 82 | |
| 4940010973 | barriers | make things harder to do | 83 | |
| 4940012974 | facilitator | make things happen easier | 84 | |
| 4940015495 | innovators | the build up of something | 85 | |
| 4976468228 | adapters | build up of the S-curve | 86 | |
| 4940034448 | laggards | leveling off of something | 87 | |
| 4940036953 | distance decay | the farther away something is, the harder it is to diffuse | 88 | |
| 4940046297 | friction of distance | the farther away something is, the harder it is to diffuse | 89 | |
| 4940055034 | space-time compression | the rate at which places move closer together in travel or communication time or cost (enables stores to spread out) | 90 | |
| 4972710313 | Random | Dispersed, scattered | 91 | |
| 4972712550 | Centralized | Clusters around node | 92 | |
| 4972714610 | Linear | Line doesn't have to be straight but it is in a line | 93 | |
| 4972717136 | Grid pattern | Checkerboard ex: Savannah and farmland | 94 | |
| 4972724236 | MDC | More developed country | 95 | |
| 4972726576 | LDC | Less developed country | 96 | |
| 4972729032 | Ellsworth Huntington | British geographer, said Britains had to do more to survive this makes them better and more clever then the people on islands or near Caribbean. People only had to pick fruit or go to ocean and fish | 97 | |
| 4972754158 | Possibilism | Possibilities for anyone. If live in desert im not going to build a Blair but there is a possibility for me to to do something else. Environment set limits on cultural factors | 98 | |
| 4976359565 | site | natural characteristics of a place | 99 | |
| 4976362718 | situation | relative location | 100 | |
| 4976365193 | life stages | way you go through life young/old | 101 | |
| 4976374322 | GPS | Global Positioning System | 102 | |
| 4976378561 | geocode | where your location in real life is transferred to GPS | 103 | |
| 4976386095 | ecumene | where humans live | 104 | |
| 4976400908 | built environment | anything humans build up | 105 | |
| 4976406589 | environmental determinism | culture prisoner of environment | 106 | |
| 4976417381 | uneven development | some places are more developed then others/uneven | 107 | |
| 4976431005 | globalization | spread of things around the world | 108 | |
| 4976434019 | glocalization | spread around the world but altered for local taste. ex: India has veggie burgers not meat burgers because they are not aloud to eat meat | 109 | |
| 4976500644 | urban hierarchy | certain cities are more important than others. ex: New York, LA, Tokyo | 110 |
