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10845588842Agricultural DensityThe number of farmers per unit area of farmland. This may mean that the country has inefficient agriculture.0
10845593305Arithmetic DensityThe total number of objects in an area. It is used to distribute population in different countries.1
10845595551BaselinesThe east:west lines separating a township.2
10845798440CartographyThe science of mapmaking.3
10845801100ConcentrationThe extent of a feature spread over space.4
10845803058ConnectionsRelationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.5
10845805090Contagious DiffusionThe rapid, widespread of diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population.6
10845811488Cultural ecologyThe geographic study of human:environment relationships.7
10845813460Cultural LandscapeA combination of cultural features such as language and religion.8
10845813462CultureThe body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms.9
10845816560DensityThe frequency with which something occurs in space.10
10845818098DiffusionThe process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time.11
10845820209Distance DecayContact decreases with increasing distance and eventually disappears.12
10845822592DistributionThe arrangement of a feature in space. The three main properties of distribution are density, concentration, and pattern.13
10845889621Environmental DeterminismUnderstanding relationships between physical environment and human actions. How physical environment caused social development.14
10845891384Expansion DiffusionThe spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process.15
10845896997Three processHierarchical diffusion, Contagious diffusion, Stimulus diffusion.16
10845899685Formal RegionAlso called a uniform region or a homogeneous region, is an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.17
10845901524Functional RegionAlso called a nodal region, is an area organized around a node or focal point.18
10845904350Geographic Information SystemGIS is a computer system that captures, stores, query, analyze, and display geographic data.19
10845906220GlobalizationA force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope20
10845908149Greenwich Mean TimThe international agreement designated the time at the prime meridian. It is the master reference time for all points on Earth.21
10845910282HearthThe place from which an innovation originates. Something originates at a hearth or node and diffuses from there to another place.22
10845912618Hierarchical Diffusion:The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places.23
10845914078International Date LineMove the clock backwards 24 hours if you are heading eastward. Move the clock ahead 24 hours if you are heading westward.24
10845914141Land Ordinance of 1785Divided much of the country into a system of townships and ranges to facilitate the sale of land to settlers in the west.25
10845916437LatitudeThe numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel.26
10845927467MapA two dimensional, or flat representation of the earth.27
10845918111LongitudeThe numbering system used to indicate the location of meridian dran on a glove and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°)28
10845927468Mental mapAn internal representation of a portion of the earth based on personal impression29
10845930198MeridianAn arc drawn on a map between the north and the south pole30
10845932010ParallelA circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at high proportions of the population31
10845934136PatternGeometric or regular arrangement of something in a study32
10845940211Physiological DensityThe number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.33
10845940212PlaceA specific part on earth34
10845942081PolderLand created by the dutch by draining water from the area35
10845946610PossibilismTheory of environment causing human limitations36
10845948231Prime MeridianThe meridian, designed as 0° longitude, passes through the Royal observatory at Greenwich England37
10845949515ProjectionThe system used to transfer location from Earth's surface to flat map.38
10845953921Regionan area distinguished by a unique combination of trends39
10845955847Regional StudiesGeography that emphasizes the relationship between social and physical in study areas.40
10845959173Relocation DiffusionThe spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people.41
10845960684Remote SensingThe acquisition of data about earth's surface42
10845964342ResourceA substance in the environment that is useful to people economically and technologically feasible to access and socially acceptable to use43
10845964343ScalePortion of earth on map and real life44
10845966160Sectiona square normally one mile on a side45
10845967912SitePhysical character of a place.46
10845970359SituationThe location of a place relative to other people47
10845973977SpacePhysical gap of interval between Objects48
10845974770Space Time CompressionThe reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communication and transport system49

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