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7251984955AbioticComposed of non-living and inorganic matter0
7251987752AtmosphereA thin layer of gasses surrounding Earth1
7251990402BiosphereAll living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms2
7251994622BioticComposed of living organisms3
7251996182CartographyThe science of making maps4
7251998186ClimateThe long-term average weather condition at a particular location5
7252003124ConcentrationThe spread of something over a given area6
7252004476ConnectionRelationships among people and objects across the barrier of space7
7252008812ConservationThe sustainable of a natural resource8
7252012068Contagious diffusionThe rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population9
7252016357Cultural ecologyA geographic feature that emphasizes human-environment relationships10
7252019336Cultural LandscapeThe fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group11
7252021832CultureThe body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition12
7252031000DensityThe frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area13
7252035533DiffusionThe process of spread of a feature of trend from one place to another over time14
7252038200Distance decayThe diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin15
7252043416DistributionThe arrangement of something across Earth's surface16
7252132654EcologyThe scientific study of ecosystems17
7252133571EcosystemA group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact18
7252137461Environmental determinationA nineteenth- and early twentieth- century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities19
7252147772Expansion diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process20
7252153744Formal regionAn area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristic21
7252156138Functional regionAn area organized around a node or focal point22
7252163918Geographic Information ScienceThe development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies23
7252168984Geographic Information SystemA computer system that stores organizes,analyzes, and displays geographic data24
7252171867Global Positioning SystemA system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers25
7252182492GlobalizationActions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in space26
7252187538Greenwich Mean TimeThe time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude27
7252190233HearthThe region from which innovative ideas originate28
7252193229Hierarchical DiffusionThe spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places29
7252196513Housing bubblesA rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value30
7252199064HydrosphereAll of the water on and near Earth's surface31
7252201803International Date LineAn arc that for the most part follows 180 degrees longitude, although it deviates n several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross the International Date Line heading east (toward America), the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day, When you go west (toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day.32
7252213279LatitudeThe numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator (0).33

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