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| 9682312513 | Human Geography | a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface | 0 | |
| 9682312514 | Globalization | The act of becoming global. The spread of information, ideas, etc from one place in the world to another. | 1 | |
| 9682312515 | Spatial Perspective | observing variations in geographic phenomena across space | 2 | |
| 9682312516 | Location | The position of anything on Earth's surface. | 3 | |
| 9682312517 | Absolute Location | Coordinates, Address, Etc. | 4 | |
| 9682312518 | Relative Location | Location of a place in relation to another place or landmark. (LANDMARK) | 5 | |
| 9682312519 | Site | The exact location's physical spot. (think construction) | 6 | |
| 9682312520 | Situation | The areas around the location which contribute to the sense of the place. | 7 | |
| 9682312521 | Human-Environment Interactions | How people interact/change the place/location. | 8 | |
| 9682312522 | Place | A specific point on Earth distinguished by particular characteristics. Uniqueness of the point. | 9 | |
| 9682312523 | Sense of Place | What makes a place unique | 10 | |
| 9682312524 | Perception of Place | belief or "understanding" about a place developed through books, movies, stories or pictures | 11 | |
| 9682312525 | Movement | the change from one location to another | 12 | |
| 9682312526 | Landscape | the overall appearance of an area. Most are comprised of a combination of natural and human-induced influences. | 13 | |
| 9682312527 | Cultural Landscape | How a culture affects the landscape of an area/shapes the world around it. | 14 | |
| 9682312528 | Distortion | Inaccuracies in a map due to the translation of a 3D image to a 2D surface. | 15 | |
| 9682312529 | Equal-area projection maps | Shapes and directions are distorted but land area is kept in tact. (Peters) | 16 | |
| 9682312530 | Conformal Maps | Maps that distort area but keep shapes intact (Mercator) | 17 | |
| 9682312531 | Scale | The scope Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface. (Scope of view.) | 18 | |
| 9682312532 | Cylindrical Projection Maps | Surface of a globe projected as if on a cylinder. Most distortion at the poles, least at the equator. (Shows Accurate Direction) | 19 | |
| 9682312533 | Conic Projection Map | Map projected onto the surface of a cone whose point is usually above one of the poles. (Keeps distance, loses direction) | 20 | |
| 9682312534 | Oval Projection Maps | Used for world maps (16th and 17th century). Neither conformal or equal area. Usually a little distortion everywhere. (Combination of Cylindrical and Conic) | 21 | |
| 9682312535 | Reference Maps | Used for transportation and locating places. | 22 | |
| 9682312536 | Thematic Maps | Used to display data about a location. | 23 | |
| 9682312537 | Cartograms | Shows data in relation to size |  | 24 |
| 9682312538 | Choropleth Maps | Shows data in relation to color/intensity/shade |  | 25 |
| 9682312539 | Dot Maps | Each dot represents an amount of data. More dots = more of the variable |  | 26 |
| 9682312540 | Isoline Map | Map that uses continuous lines connecting areas of same value. (Topographic Maps do this) |  | 27 |
| 9682312541 | Parallels/Latitude | Lines measuring location on earth that wrap around, don't touch. | 28 | |
| 9682312542 | Meridians/Longitude | Lines measuring location and time zones (1 hr each 15 degrees) on earth that wrap around and touch at the poles. | 29 | |
| 9682312543 | Equator | The longest line of latitude at 0 degrees and has a constant amount of sun exposure. | 30 | |
| 9682312544 | North and South Poles | The locations on the earth which receive the least amount of sun during the winter. | 31 | |
| 9682312545 | Prime Meridian | Runs through Greenwich, England. 0 longitude. Could have been placed anywhere in the world, but was placed there. | 32 | |
| 9682312546 | 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 it 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. | 33 | |
| 9682312547 | Mental Maps | Image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space | 34 | |
| 9682312548 | Global Positioning System | Tells you where you are on the earth. | 35 | |
| 9682312549 | Remote Sensing | Collecting data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet. | 36 | |
| 9682312550 | Geographic Information Systems | Organizes, stores, analyzes, and displays geographic data. Each layer of information is a thematic layer. | 37 | |
| 9682312551 | Regions | An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries. | 38 | |
| 9682312552 | Formal Region | Formally recognized areas determined by a governing body. Sometimes called Uniform Region. | 39 | |
| 9682312553 | Functional/nodel region | A region around a central node tied by transportation and communication or by economic or functional associations | 40 | |
| 9682312554 | Perceptual/vernacular region | A place believed to exist as a part of cultural identity. (The South, The North, The Deep South) | 41 | |
| 9682312555 | Culture | Comprised of shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a society. | 42 | |
| 9682312556 | Cultural Trait | The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture. | 43 | |
| 9682312557 | Diffusion | The spread of things or ideas from one place (a hearth) to another. | 44 | |
| 9682312558 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another. | 45 | |
| 9682312559 | distance decay | The idea that the further something is away/more inconvenient it is, the less frequent/intense interaction with it will be. |  | 46 |
| 9682312560 | Cultural Barriers | Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas or practices unacceptable or unadoptable in that particular culture | 47 | |
| 9682312561 | Expansion Diffusion | When the idea/thing being spread continues to exist in it's original location as well as spreading to new locations. | 48 | |
| 9682312562 | Contagious/Viral Diffusion | The spread of a disease, an innovation, or cultural traits through direct contact with another person or another place. |  | 49 |
| 9682312563 | Hierarchical Diffusion | the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places |  | 50 |
| 9682312564 | Stimulus Diffusion | A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place | 51 | |
| 9682312565 | Relocation Diffusion | Diffusion from one place to another where the idea does not stay in the origin and moves with the people. | 52 | |
| 9682312566 | Distribution | the frequency or occurrence of something | 53 | |
| 9682312567 | Density | The amount of something in a given space. | 54 | |
| 9682312568 | Concentration | The spread of something over a given area. | 55 | |
| 9682312569 | Pattern | a consistent or characteristic arrangement | 56 | |
| 9682312570 | Enviornmental Determinism | The belief that physical environment determines potential for societal development. | 57 | |
| 9682312571 | Possibilism | The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives. | 58 | |
| 9682312572 | Cultural Ecology | Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships. | 59 |
