7278075442 | Diffusion | The movement of a phenomenon from a hearth | 0 | |
7278089226 | Region | Territory defined by physical or human characteristics | 1 | |
7278105100 | Possibilism | Portrays how humans have manipulated the environment or created technological advances. to meet their basic needs | 2 | |
7278133263 | Cultural Landscape | The visible imprint of human activity in a location. | 3 | |
7278136167 | Environmental Determinism | Housing, food and clothing determined by climate and land forms. | 4 | |
7278165620 | Map Scale | The relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. | 5 | |
7278176004 | Developed | Country or region with an industrialized economy and population characteristics consisting of low birth rates. | 6 | |
7278176005 | Developing | Country or region with an agricultural based society and high birth rates. | 7 | |
7278182780 | Globalization | Operating or influencing on an international scale. | 8 | |
7278186851 | GPS | Uses Latitude and Longitude to give directions. | 9 | |
7278186852 | GIS | Computer layering of maps to gather geographical data. | 10 | |
7278188247 | REMOTE SENSING | Scanning the Earth's surface to look for environmental or settlement changes. | 11 | |
7278190450 | Core-Periphery | World Systems Theory that describes the location developed and developing countries. Can be based on economic or political criteria. | 12 | |
7278194065 | Tertiary | Jobs consisting of retail and public services | 13 | |
7278194066 | Primary | Jobs consisting of extraction of natural resources | 14 | |
7278204561 | Secondary | Jobs consisting of manufacturing a product | 15 | |
7278208303 | Projection | Representing a portion of the Earth on a flat surface. | 16 | |
7278211628 | Distortion | Caused by map projections, size, shape, distance, direction | 17 | |
7278215008 | Mental Map | 18 | ||
7278220383 | Distance Decay | The further one travels from the hearth, the less likely interaction will occur or will influence. | 19 | |
7278220384 | Toponym | Place name representing the culture and history of a location | 20 | |
7278365860 | Quantitative | Data that is in numbers | 21 | |
7278389251 | Qualitative | Descriptive information gathered concerning the quality of something. | 22 | |
7278401480 | Site | The physical character of a place | 23 | |
7278402857 | Situation | The location of a place relative to other places. What does a site develop to be or influence other places? | 24 |
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