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5704927697DistanceThe amount of space between two things or people0
5704927698Global Positioning SystemA System that determines the precise location of something on earth by using a series of satellites tracking stations and receivers1
5704927699LocationThe position of anything on earths surface2
5704927700Mental mapA representation of a portion of earths surface based on what individual knows about a place3
5704927701Cultural landscapeThe fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group4
5704927702Absolute locationThe exact location on earth of a specific place5
5704927703Doubling timeThe number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase6
5704927704Arithmetic destinyThe total number of people divided by the total land area7
5704927705ScaleThe relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole.8
5704927706PossibilismThe theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives9
5704927707Environmental determinationApproach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences10
5704927708Diffusion routesThe spatial trajectory in which cultural traits and other phenomenons occur11
5704927709CartographerSomeone who makes maps12
5704927710Remote sensingThe acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long distant methods13
5704927711Relative locationA point in relation to another point or place14
5704927712ReligionThe system used to transfer locations from earths surface to a flat map15
5704927713MeridianAn arc drawn on a map between the north and south poles16
5704927714CartogramA diagram presentation in highly abstracted or simplified form, commonly of statistical data, on a map base or diagram17
5704927715Cultural hearthCivilizations that have a cultural influence on cultures around the world18
5704927716Physiological densityThe number of people per unit of arable land19
5704927717ParallelA circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at the right angles to the meridians20
5704927718Dependency ratioThe number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force21
5704927719Pull factorsFactors of a country that influence you to move their22
5704927720DemographyThe scientific study of population characteristics23
5704927721Distance decayThe diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin24
5704927722Demographic transition modelA model that describes population change over time25
5704927723Push factorFactors of a country that influences you to leave there26
5704927724Natural increase rateThe percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate27
5704927725OverpopulationWhen a country has to many citizens living there28
5704927726EcumeneThe portion of earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement29
5704927727Population pyramidA bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex30
5704927728Total fertility rateThe average number of children a women will have throughout her childbearing year31
5704927729Infant mortality rateThe total number of deaths in a year amount infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in a society32
5704927730Carrying capacityThe number of people, living things, or crops a region can support without environmental degradation33
5704927731TranshumanceThe seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures34
5704927732Internal migrationPermanent movement from one country to another35
5704927733CultureThe body of customarily beliefs,social forms, and material traits that together form the special tradition of a group36
5704927734IslamThe religion of Muslims, monotheistic religion, Mohammed prophet of allah37
5704927735Folk cultureCulture practiced by small, homogeneous cultures38
5704927736City stateA sovereign state comprising a city and its hinder land39
5704927737HajiAn annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca40
5704927738Plural societyA society combining ethnic contracts41
5704927739CreoleA language that results from the mixing of languages with indigenous people and colonizer's to be dominate42
5704927740ExclaveA territory or part of a territory that is surrounded by another state43
5704927741MonotheismThe doctrine of belief of only one god44
5704927742Popular cultureCulture found in large heterogeneous society's that share some things45
5704927743Multinational stateA state combining two or more ethnic groups With traditions f self determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as different nationalities46
5704927744Fertility rateNumber of births per 1,000 women47
5704927745Nation stateA state that corresponds with the occupied ethnicity that has been transformed into an nationality48
5704927746SegregationThe act or state of something being apart or set apart from something or other people49
5704927747PolytheismBelief in or worship in more than one god50
5704927748AssimilationThe process by which the language of ones culture or group comes to resemble one of another51
5704927751IsoglossA boundary in which separates different language usage predominant52
5704927752LdcA country that is a relative early stage of economic development53
5704927753MdcA country that has developed rather far along in economic development54
5704927754StateAn organized are with its own government with control over its own internal and foreign affairs55
5704927755ColonialismAn attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose it political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory56
5704927756ImperialismControl of another territory already occupied and and organized by another indigenous group57

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