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| 10767360482 | Place | a precise location on the planet | 0 | |
| 10767366748 | Region | a large area of land | 1 | |
| 10767369990 | Scale | the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole | 2 | |
| 10767389546 | Space | The gap between two objects | 3 | |
| 10767392668 | Connection | relationship between two things | 4 | |
| 10767405069 | Map | A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it. | 5 | |
| 10767428280 | Cartography | The science of making maps | 6 | |
| 10767430486 | GPS (global positioning system) | a system that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth | 7 | |
| 10767436538 | Geotagging | identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates | 8 | |
| 10767440538 | GIS (geographic information system) | A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data. | 9 | |
| 10767468088 | remote sensing | The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods. | 10 | |
| 10767473195 | VGI (Volunteered Geographic Information) | Creation and spreading of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals | 11 | |
| 10767485911 | Citizen Science | scientific research by amateur scientists | 12 | |
| 10767491932 | PGIS (Participatory GIS) | community-based mapping | 13 | |
| 10767514441 | Mashup | a map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service | 14 | |
| 10767521618 | Map Scale | The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface. | 15 | |
| 10767540293 | Ratio | comparision of two things (1 cm: 1,000 miles) | 16 | |
| 10767583426 | Written Scale | describes the relationship between map and Earth distances in words (Ex. 1 cm equals 10 km) | 17 | |
| 10767606841 | graphic scale | usually consists of a bar line marked to show distance on Earth's surface (map legend) | 18 | |
| 10767621272 | Projection | The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map. | 19 | |
| 10767631446 | meridian | An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles (longitude). The two main meridians are the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line | 20 | |
| 10767643370 | parrellel | circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equated and perpendicular to the meridians. Ex: Tropic of Cancer,tropic of Capricorn | 21 | |
| 10767650585 | Prime Meridian | The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England. | 22 | |
| 10767670153 | Greenwhich Mean Time (GMT) | The time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degree longitude. Master reference time | 23 | |
| 10767678142 | International Date Line | An arc that for the most part follows 180° longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross the International Date Line heading east (toward America), the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When you go west (toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day. | 24 | |
| 10767700442 | Location | The position of anything on Earth's surface. | 25 | |
| 10767703753 | Toponym | The name given to a portion of Earth's surface. | 26 | |
| 10767712250 | Site | The physical character climate, water sorces, topography, latitude | 27 | |
| 10767736520 | Situation | the location of a place relative to other places | 28 | |
| 10767757827 | cultural landscape | A combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation. | 29 | |
| 10767793003 | Formal Region (Uniform Region) | An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics | 30 | |
| 10767800036 | Functional Region (Nodal Region) | An area organized around a node or focal point (the main point) | 31 | |
| 10767816982 | Vernacular region (or perceptual region) | an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity | 32 | |
| 10767847537 | Culture | Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. | 33 | |
| 10767871349 | Spactial associastion | occurs within any region if the distribution of one feature is related to the distribution of another feature | 34 | |
| 10767953113 | Globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. | 35 | |
| 10767977775 | Transnational Corporation | A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located. (Mc Donalds) | 36 | |
| 10768001042 | Distribution | The arrangement of something across Earth's surface. | 37 | |
| 10768020894 | Density | the frequency with which something occurs in space (Ex houses in a neighborhood) | 38 | |
| 10768043268 | consintration | The spread of something over a given area. | 39 | |
| 10768053644 | Pattern | The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area. | 40 | |
| 10768070071 | Poststucturalist Geography | examines how the powerful in society dominate or seek to control less powerfull groups. | 41 | |
| 10768103781 | Humanistic Geography | The study of different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meanings. | 42 | |
| 10768115958 | behavioal geography | emphasizes the importants of understanding psychologizal basis for indvidual actions in space (Ex. A pattern in spaces) | 43 | |
| 10768150425 | uneven development | the increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core and periphery that results from the globalization of the economy | 44 | |
| 10768007205 | Assimilation | is the process by which a groups cultral featured are altered to resemble another groups. (weeaboos) | 45 | |
| 10768244417 | Acculturation | is the process of changes in culture that result in the meeting of two groups. | 46 | |
| 10768307280 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 47 | |
| 10768316768 | Diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time | 48 | |
| 10768320656 | Hearth | The region from which innovative ideas originate | 49 | |
| 10768324916 | relocation diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another. (Moses) | 50 | |
| 10768376162 | Expantion diffusion | the spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive prosses. | 51 | |
| 10768399584 | Hierarchical Diffusion (Expasion diffusion) | the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places | 52 | |
| 10768422303 | Contagious Diffusion | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. ( Expansion Diffusion) (Ex. orange justice) | 53 | |
| 10768439077 | Stimulus Diffusion | The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected. (Ex. innovative features of the iphone have been adopted by compeditors) | 54 | |
| 10768489384 | network | A chain of communication that connects places | 55 | |
| 10768495672 | Distance Decay | The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin. ( people in Cali and the Eagles) | 56 | |
| 10768524405 | space-time compression | The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems (Farting) | 57 | |
| 10768572440 | resorce | anything used to produce an economic good or service | 58 | |
| 10768586248 | Sastainability | the use of earths resorces in ways that insure their avalibilty in the future | 59 | |
| 10768627756 | conservation | Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment (using resources in a way that they will be there in the future | 60 | |
| 10768643067 | preservation | Maintenance of a resource in its present condition, with as little human impact as possible. (Trying to keep it as it is) | 61 |
