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5929169130CartographyMap makers0
5929169131ScaleThe relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole1
5929169132SiteThe physical character of a place2
5929169133ToponymThe name given to a portion of earths surface3
5929169134RegionAn area distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural & physical features4
5929169135Functional regionAn area organized around a node or focal point5
5929169136Formal regionAn area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics6
5929169137Vernacular regionAn area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity7
5929169138Environmental determinismA nineteenth- and early twentieth- century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences ( modern geographers reject environmental determinism)8
5929169139Kissimmee riverKanow to control flooding9
5929169140GlobalizationActions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in space10
5929169141Transnational corporationMoves factories from high wage areas to low wage areas11
5929169142Transnational corporationRelocate non-essential employees to locations outside command centers12
5929169143Transnational corporationOrganize production according spatial division of labor13
5929169144Transnational corporationIdentify the distinctive economy14
5929169145Globalization includes uniformity of cultural beliefsUnequal access to cultural elements; enhanced communication; uniform consumption15
5929169146DistributionThe arrangement of a feature in space16
5929169147DensityFrequency with which something occurs in space17
5929169148Arithmetic densityTotal number of objects in a area ( total population/ by its land area)18
5929169149ConcentrationThe extent of a features spread over space.19
5929169150HearthInnovation originates20
5929169151Exposition diffusionSpread of a feature from one place to another (AIDS)21
5929169152Relocation diffusionSpread of idea through physical movement22
5929169153AcculturationAdapting to the people around you23
5929169154HierarchicalThe spread of an idea from persons to persons ( trumps hair)24
5929169155ContagiousSpread of characteristic throughout population25

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