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| 2211887873 | space | the physical gap or interval between two objects | 0 | |
| 2211887874 | spatial approach | the way people view the world where things are located, why they are located there, and how the environment varies spatially | 1 | |
| 2211903824 | scale | the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface | 2 | |
| 2211924022 | diffusion | the spread of an idea, concept, product | 3 | |
| 2211924043 | expansion diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process | 4 | |
| 2211936133 | hierarchical diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places. (kings -----> peasants) example would be iphones | 5 | |
| 2211936134 | contagious diffusion | when an idea or concept spreads equally among people no matter social class or economic position example would be illnesses | 6 | |
| 2211938000 | stimulus diffusion | when an idea or concept spreads but gets changed along the way example would be rumors | 7 | |
| 2211939845 | reverse hierarchical diffusion | The spread of an idea from persons of lower authority or places to persons or nodes of authority or power an example would be Walmart | 8 | |
| 2211942699 | relocation diffusion | when a idea spreads due to a person moving around spreading it The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another. | 9 | |
| 2211942700 | migrant diffusion | ideas and beliefs moving from one place to another example would be birds migrating in the winter | 10 | |
| 2211944803 | toponym | a name a place is known as | 11 | |
| 2211953359 | barriers of diffusion | things that may prevent an idea from diffusing | 12 | |
| 2211955244 | physical barriers | barriers that can be physically seen examples would be mountains, rivers, and hills | 13 | |
| 2211955245 | cultural barriers | ideas cannot be adapted due to beliefs | 14 | |
| 2211957384 | distance decay | how far a place is can affect the time an idea takes to reach a place and how it adapts | 15 | |
| 2211957385 | location | A specific place on the Earth | 16 | |
| 2211950067 | regions | area with one or more trait that distinguishes it from surrounding areas | 17 | |
| 2211958663 | absolute location | a specific point on the earth -latitude and longitude | 18 | |
| 2211960661 | relative location | The position of a place in relation to another place | 19 | |
| 2211965492 | globalization | how the world is interconnected | 20 | |
| 2211967131 | formal regions | regions that are organized and characterized by common property | 21 | |
| 2211967132 | perceptual regions | regions that reflect human feelings and attitude they are somewhat like mental maps | 22 | |
| 2211969068 | functional regions | regions organized by a focal point | 23 | |
| 2211973984 | mental maps | image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space |  | 24 |
| 2211978644 | map scale | compares a distance on a map with a distance in the real world | 25 | |
| 2211980942 | vernacular region | (perceptual region) a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity | 26 | |
| 2211988391 | nodal regions | a central point or focus with which a surrounding area is linked on the basis of a given kind of spatial interaction, e.g. a city and its trade area also known as functional regions | 27 | |
| 2211988392 | cultural regions | an area that is set apart from other places by the way of life of the people who live there | 28 | |
| 2211989572 | political regions | A place where people share a government. Defined by established borders. made of people who live together under one government | 29 | |
| 2211992039 | environmental region | Region defined by measurable environmental traits. Such as wetland. The barriers between these regions are often transitional. Type of formal region. | 30 | |
| 2211994341 | prime meridian | An imaginary line passing through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, which marks the 0° line of longitude. | 31 | |
| 2211994342 | longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian |  | 32 |
| 2211995857 | latitude | Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. | | 33 |
| 2211997951 | absolute distance | The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer. | 34 | |
| 2212000539 | distance | An amount of space between two things or people. | 35 | |
| 2212006764 | cluster | A number of similar things grouped together |  | 36 |
| 2212006765 | cartogram | type of map used to get around it consist of geometric figures | 37 | |
| 2212016280 | isoline map | Thematic Map with lines that connect points of equal value |  | 38 |
| 2212022121 | sinusoidal map | diamond shaped map used in countries with larger north south than east west | 39 | |
| 2212024350 | mollweide map | shows size of area relatively well, oval shaped, used to show direction of things, distorts shape and direction not flat at top or bottom and its circular |  | 40 |
| 2212035522 | flow line map | shows movement with arrows of people, goods, or ideas |  | 41 |
| 2212036663 | Mercator map | latitude and longitude are straight, destorting continents used in ship board traveling |  | 42 |
| 2212038764 | dot distribution map | dots are used to represent a certain topic/ statistic; the more dots in one region, the higher the statistic |  | 43 |
| 2212038765 | robinson map | a useful overall picture of the world; keeps correct size and shape of most continents and oceans its oval shaped and flat and used for educational purposes |  | 44 |
| 2212042557 | goodes interrupted map | map that emphasizes oceans its really accurate in size and definition shows scale of the world |  | 45 |
| 2212043724 | proportional symbol map | Type of map that uses a symbol in varying sizes to show the magnitude of a characteristic |  | 46 |
| 2212058852 | choropleth map | a thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area |  | 47 |
| 2212063386 | population | A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area. | 48 | |
| 2212065821 | arithmetic population | The population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area. | 49 | |
| 2212066995 | physiologic population | The number of people per unit area of arable land. | 50 | |
| 2212082325 | population density | A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land | 51 | |
| 2212084049 | population distribution | how population is spread out in an area | 52 | |
| 2212516587 | migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. | 53 | |
| 2212519315 | push factors of migration | Harsh climate, conflict, little access to services, employment, natural hazards, fear of persecution things that push one away from home | 54 | |
| 2212523489 | pull factors of migration | something happening in a country that is bringing people to a country economic(jobs), cultural(escaping refugees), environmental(physically attractive regions) | 55 | |
| 2212546717 | replacement rate | a total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself | 56 | |
| 2212548454 | arable | (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively. fertile land | 57 | |
| 2212561367 | decimal degrees | values of latitude and longitude expressed in decimal format rather than in degrees, minutes, and seconds | 58 | |
| 2212561368 | equator | An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole | 59 | |
| 2212562625 | north pole | 90 degrees north latitude | 60 | |
| 2212564006 | south pole | 90 degrees south latitude | 61 | |
| 2212566102 | node | a center of influence in functional or nodal regions | 62 | |
| 2212569154 | ecotone | A transitional zone where ecosystems meet. | 63 | |
| 2212566103 | international date line | 180 degrees longitude - opposite the Prime Meridian | 64 | |
| 2218022894 | place-specific | certain characteristics, like culture, social, politics, and economics, that define a place based upon the sequence of past and current societal influences | 65 | |
| 2218027321 | sequent occupancy | 66 |
