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10586506845Spatial perspectiveThe way phenomenal are spaced out on earth which involves people resources and cultural elements0
10586506846Spatial relationshipsExplain why phenomena are located where they are1
10586506847Physical geographyStudy of non-human activities including weather and climate2
10586506848Human GeographyOne of the two major divisions of Geography; the spatial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes.3
10586506849Absolute locationExact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates4
10586506850Relative locationwhere a place is located in relation to another place5
10586506851Human CharacteristicsIncludes a variety of factors such as history, government, social groups, economic systems, language, religion, clothing, housing, food, or art forms6
10586506852Physical characteristicsfeatures of the earth's surface, such as landforms, water systems, climate patterns, and plant and animal life7
10586506853SiteInternal physical characteristics of a place unlikely to change8
10586506854SituationThe location of a place relative to another place9
10586506855Small scaleLarge areas10
10586506856Absolute spaceDefined boundaries11
10586506857Relative spacespace that is created and defined by human interactions, perceptions, or relations between events12
10586506858patternRelates to how objects organized by their shapes13
10586506859Types of patternsLinear,centralized,and random14
10586506860Human environmental interactionThe connection and exchange between humans and the natural environment15
10586506861cultural ecology (nature-society geography)the study of how humans adapt to the environment16
10586506862Environmental determinismBelieve that landforms and climate on most powerful shaping human behavior and societal development (RACIST)17
10586506863PossiblismView the acknowledge limits on the effects of the natural environment and focus more on the role that human culture plays18
10586506864Landscape analysisDefining landscapes19
10586506865Field observationthe act of physically visiting a location, place, or region and recording, firsthand, information there20
10586506866Special dataAll the information gathered about a particular area21
10586506867Reference MapsGovernment made which map shows political geography22
10586506868Thematic mapsMaps that show the distribution, flow, or connection of one or more characteristics and are used to show distribution23
10586506869Choropleth Mapa map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas.24
10586506870Graduated symbol mapA map with symbols that change in size according to the value of the attribute they represent.25
10586506871isoline map (thematic)Used for climate variables26
10586506872CartogramA special kind of map that distorts the shapes and sizes of countries or other political regions to present economic or other kinds of data for comparison.27
10586506873Robinson ProjectionA map projection of a world map which shows the entire world at once. Yeah28
10586506874Peters Projectiona cylindrical map projection that attempts to retain the accurate sizes of all the world's landmasses29
10586506875Mercator Projectiona map projection of the earth onto a cylinder30
10586506876conic projectiona map created by projecting an image of Earth onto a cone placed over part of an Earth model31

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