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4780532431Agricultural DensityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriulture0
4780556082Arithmetic DensityThe total number of people divided by the total land area1
4780571155Base LineAn east-west line designated under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of township in the United States2
4787337365CartographyThe science of making maps3
4787344926ConcentrationThe spread of something over a given area4
4787743004ConnectionRelationships among people and objects across the barrier of space5
4787752970Contagious diffusionThe rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population6
4787799406Cultural ecologyGeographic approach that emphasizes human- environment relationships7
4787817799Cultural landscapeFashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group8
4788078255CulturalThe body of customary beliefs, social forms, and materials traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition9
4788104836DensityThe frequency with which something exist within a given unit of area10
4788114787DiffusionThe process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time11
4788123623Distance decayThe diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin12
4791936049DistributionThee arrangement of something across the Earth's surface13
4791960043Environmental DeterminismA 19-and early 20 century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general law sought by human geographers could be found in the physical science. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities.14
4792006010Expansion diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process15
4802613176Formal regionAn area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics16
4807522187Functional regionAn area organized around a node or focal point17
4787874761LongitudeThe numbering systems used to indicate thee location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator18
4788064559Land of Ordinance of 1785A that divided much of the United States into townships to facilitate the sales of land to settlers19
4788040355LatitudeThe numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the equator20
4807543145Geographic information system (GIS)A computer system that stores, organizes ,analyzes, and displays geographic data.21
4792235930Global Positioning System (GPS )A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.22
4792214268GlobalizationAction or processes that involves the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.23
4792191475Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)The time in that zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0 longitude24
4787845078LocationThe position of anything on Earth's surface25
4787831465MapA two- dimensional , or flat, representation of Earth's surface or portion of it26
4792023272International Date LineAn are that the most part follow 180 longitude, although it deviate in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross the International Date Line heading east ( towards America), the clock moves 24 hours, or one whole day. When you go west ( towards Asia ), the calendar moves ahead one day.27
4792082585HearthThe region from which innovation ideas originate28
4792069154Hierarchical diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places29

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