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| 1620028639 | geography | the study of where things are found on earth's surface and the reasons for the locations |  | 0 |
| 1620028640 | cartography | science of mapmaking |  | 1 |
| 1620028641 | eratosthenes | (276-195BC) Greek who showed that the Earth was round and calculated the circumference. off by 15% |  | 2 |
| 1620028642 | ptolemy | Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy |  | 3 |
| 1620028643 | Chinese and Islamic | made advancements outside Europe after Ptolemy |  | 4 |
| 1620040533 | age of exploration | Time period during the 15th and 16th centuries when Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for easier trade routes to China and India. Resulted in the discovery of North and South America by the Europeans. |  | 5 |
| 1620083817 | map scale: ratio, written, graphic scale | level of detail and the amount of area covered on the map depend on its map scale, 1:24,000, 1 inch equals one mile, consists of a bar line |  | 6 |
| 1620083818 | projection | scientific method of transferring locations on earth's surface on to a flat map |  | 7 |
| 1620083819 | four types of distoration | 1.shape of an area 2. distance between points may become increased or decreased 3. relative size of different areas can be altered 4. direction between points can be distorted |  | 8 |
| 1620083820 | longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |  | 9 |
| 1620083821 | latitude | Distance north or south of the equator |  | 10 |
| 1620083822 | minutes/seconds | in order to be more precise, degrees are broken down into ____ and ________. |  | 11 |
| 1620083823 | time zones | 24 hour zones that 1,000 miles apart from the other, each one is an hour before or after the one next to it, helps to differentiate between the differnt times from one point on the Earth to another point. |  | 12 |
| 1620083824 | Greenwich mean time | The time in that time zone ecompassing the Prime Meridian, or 0 degrees longitude |  | 13 |
| 1620133521 | international date line | A theoretical line following approximately the 180th meridian, the regions to the east of which are counted as being one day earlier in their calendar dates than the regions to the west. |  | 14 |
| 1620133522 | remote sensing | The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods. |  | 15 |
| 1620133523 | GPS | A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers. |  | 16 |
| 1620133524 | GIS | a computer system that captures, stores, queries, analyzes, and displays geographic data |  | 17 |
| 1620133525 | location | A specific place on the Earth |  | 18 |
| 1620133526 | toponym | the name given to a place on earth |  | 19 |
| 1620133527 | site | the physical character of a place |  | 20 |
| 1620133528 | situation | the location of a place relative to other places |  | 21 |
| 1620133529 | region | An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. |  | 22 |
| 1620133530 | 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. |  | 23 |
| 1620133531 | formal region (uniform or homogeneous) | An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics. |  | 24 |
| 1620133532 | functional region (nodal) | an area organized around a node or focal point. |  | 25 |
| 1620133533 | vernacular region | A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |  | 26 |
| 1620268108 | culture | Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. |  | 27 |
| 1620268109 | scale | Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole |  | 28 |
| 1620268110 | globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope |  | 29 |
| 1620268111 | transnational corporations | A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located. |  | 30 |
| 1620268112 | global landscapes | Increasingly uniform cultural preferences produce uniform ______ __________ |  | 31 |
| 1620268113 | density distribution | Frequency with which something occurs in space. |  | 32 |
| 1620268114 | concentration distribution | Extent of a feature's spread over space. | | 33 |
| 1620268115 | pattern distribution | refers to the geometrical arrangement of objects within an area | | 34 |
| 1620268116 | behavioral geography | is a branch of human geo. that attempts to understand the phychological basis for individual human actions |  | 35 |
| 1620268117 | humanistic geography | theoretical approach to human geography that concentrates on the conscious, creative and meaningful activities and experiences of human beings |  | 36 |
| 1620268118 | poststructuralist georgraphy | Emphasizes the need to understand multiple perspectives regarding space. | | 37 |
| 1620268119 | relocation diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another. |  | 38 |
| 1620268120 | expansion diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process. |  | 39 |
| 1620268121 | stimulus diffusion | The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected. |  | 40 |
| 1620268122 | hierarchical diffusion | spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places |  | 41 |
| 1620268123 | contagious diffusion | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. |  | 42 |
| 1620268124 | distance decay | trailing off phenomenon of diminishing contact with the increase in distance |  | 43 |
| 1620268125 | core | america, western Europe, Japan |  | 44 |
| 1620268126 | periphery | africa, asia, america |  | 45 |
| 1620268127 | sustainability | The organizing principle for sustainability is sustainable development, which includes the 3 interconnected domains: environment, economy, society |  | 46 |
| 1620268128 | environment pillar | sustainable development can only exist if conservation is embraced more fully than wasting resources or preservation of all resources |  | 47 |
| 1620268129 | economy pillar | efforts to set prices of commodities and goods based not only on supply and demand but also on costs to the environment |  | 48 |
| 1620268130 | society pillar | modifying the wants of cultures in regards to shelter food and clothing to objects that are susainable |  | 49 |
| 1620268131 | atomsphere | contains pollutants, humans have trouble breathing |  | 50 |
| 1620268132 | hydrosphere | without water humans would die |  | 51 |
| 1620268133 | lithosphere | earth's crust and layer just below the crust |  | 52 |
| 1620268134 | biosphere | All life forms on Earth |  | 53 |
