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| 7261971531 | Abiotic | Composed of Non-living/inorganic matter Water, sunlight, dirt, air |  | 0 |
| 7261971532 | Acculturation | process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture Gullian culture in Mt. Pleasant are still basket weaving |  | 1 |
| 7419976978 | Assimilation | process of changes in culture features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group The USA is the "melting pot" around the world since we have so many different cultures in the states |  | 2 |
| 7261971533 | Atomsphere | Thin layer of gasses surrounding Earth the ozone layer |  | 3 |
| 7261971534 | behavioral geography | Study of the psychological basis for individual human actions. if coastal regions have a flood warning we evacuate to higher areas above sea level |  | 4 |
| 7261971535 | Biosphere | the parts of Earth that contain living organisms as well as microorganism a continent where animals are only alive in that continent, and thrive naturally their and is not invasive. |  | 5 |
| 7261971536 | Biotic | Composed of Living things protest, plants animals, fungi and bacteria |  | 6 |
| 7261971537 | Cartography | The science of making maps when Eratosthenes made the first map of the world |  | 7 |
| 7261971538 | Citizen science | Scientific research by amateur scientists if a group of amateur scientist go out to the busiest city in a state and ask the locals what they think brings their town the most income. |  | 8 |
| 7261971539 | Climate | Overall weather in an area over a long period of time in Ecuador S.A. the weather stays around 70 degrees and doesn't get cold because they live right at the equator. |  | 9 |
| 7261971540 | Concentration | The spread of something over a given area. how so many people live either near the coast or near big cities and hardly any people live in rural areas |  | 10 |
| 7261971541 | connection | Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space. when in HS you see so manygroups because kids are scared to talk to other people so their connections stay within a few people |  | 11 |
| 7261971542 | Conservation | Sustainable management of a natural resource how teachers save by printing front and back |  | 12 |
| 7261971543 | Contagious Diffusion | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. how this past year one pieces have become so popular again and spread rapidly throughout the country. |  | 13 |
| 7261971544 | Cultural Ecology | Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships. Etruscans are people whose ancestors have lived in the Apennine mountains in Italy. |  | 14 |
| 7261971545 | cultural landscape | Approach that emphasizes the relationship among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area Etruscans are people whose ancestors have lived in the Apennine mountains in Italy, they still live in the mountain can survive the freezing temperature. |  | 15 |
| 7261971546 | Culture | Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. Gullians still weaving baskets and telling/sharing stories by word of mouth, also speaking in Gullah and keeping their culture strong to this day |  | 16 |
| 7261971547 | Density | The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area how many model companies that are located in New York City compared to North Carolina |  | 17 |
| 7261971548 | Diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time from China they wear masks out in public from the populated air and now famous rappers are wearing them as a fashion statement |  | 18 |
| 7261971549 | Distance Decay | decline of activity or function with increasing distance from its point of origin if your best friend moves across the country and you cant talk as much you lose touch |  | 19 |
| 7261971550 | Distribution | The arrangement of something across Earth's surface. most of the US oil is coming out of the gulf of Mexico, and most of our farming is done in the mid of the country |  | 20 |
| 7261971551 | ecology | The scientific study of ecosystems study of wetlands |  | 21 |
| 7261971552 | Ecosystem | A group of loving organisms and abiotic spheres with which they interact forests deserts, tundra, grassland, fresh water, marine |  | 22 |
| 7261971553 | environmental determinism | 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical science........ the view that physical environment controls human activities. Jamaica is based in a tropical climate. so people in Jamaica wear short sleeve shirts and shorts all year round and are near water. |  | 23 |
| 7261971554 | expansion diffusion | the spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process if there is a new game the latest one over the summer was a game called ballz, so many people downloaded it and were addicted for so long. |  | 24 |
| 7336846366 | Formal region (aka uniform region) | An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics at a college football game one teams' fans sits on one side of the field and others other go to thee other side. they are both in the same area and they all dislike the other side |  | 25 |
| 7336867524 | functional region (aka nodal region) | An area organized around a node or focal point Pawleys Island economy is focused around tourism |  | 26 |
| 7336891664 | Geographic information science (GIScience) | the development and analysis of data about Earth acquired throughout satellite and other electronic info technologies Technological maps |  | 27 |
| 7336925067 | Geographic information system (GIS) | A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data Google maps |  | 28 |
| 7336948825 | geotagging | identification and storage of a piece of info by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates if you tag where you are eating in facebook |  | 29 |
| 7336961880 | Global positioning system (GPS) | a system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute location when you type in Waccamaw High School in a GPS it will bring you directly to WHS |  | 30 |
| 7336973226 | globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope Toyota's' are made in Japan but are used world wide |  | 31 |
| 7337070104 | Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | the time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude the reason why in the United states its September 7 2017 and in Australia it is September 8 2017 |  | 32 |
| 7337087372 | Hearth | The region from which innovative ideas originate when rice was thought of in 5000 BC in south east Asia |  | 33 |
| 7337102024 | hierarchical diffusion | of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or place if one teacher starts dropping the lowest quiz grade the other teachers follow |  | 34 |
| 7337114801 | humanistic geography | study of different ways the individuals from ideas about place and give those places symbolic meaning when people that live in the south and it is 90 degrees it isn't hot for us but if you are someone who lives in normally 60 degrees weather it is blazing hot for you |  | 35 |
| 7337158947 | hydrosphere | All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans all the oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds, creeks |  | 36 |
| 7337170450 | 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 the international date line is crossed heading east (towards America), the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When it is crossed heading towards Asia the calendar moves ahead one day If u go to Australia it is the next day |  | 37 |
| 7337343295 | Latitude | the numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator The US is north of the equator Brazil is South |  | 38 |
| 7337343296 | Lithosphere | crust and upper mantle of the earth |  | 39 |
| 7337343297 | Location | The position of anything on Earth's surface. The location of Pawleys island sc is 33*23'47"N 79*07'18''W |  | 40 |
| 7337343298 | Longitude | the numbering system that indicates each meridian drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian |  | 41 |
| 7337343299 | Map | A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it. An atlas has a lot of maps |  | 42 |
| 7337463755 | map scale | the relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground one inch on the map is equal to 10,000 miles in real life |  | 43 |
| 7337463756 | Mashup | A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service If you use paper maps you can use google maps to make sure the roads are still the same and just make sure you are going to the right plae |  | 44 |
| 7337463757 | Mental Maps | Representation of a portion of Earth's surface based on what an individual knows about the place that contains personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located after Hugo houses were destroyed and locals had to help officials and construction works and tell them where everything was and who owned it |  | 45 |
| 7337463758 | Meridian | An arc drawn on a map between north and south A vertical line, longitude, prime meridian |  | 46 |
| 7337463759 | Network | A chain of communication that connects places how we use social media to stay in touch with family and friends from all round the world |  | 47 |
| 7337463760 | nonrenewable resource | a resource that comes from the earth and cannot be replaced How coal is mined we use more coal then can be produced |  | 48 |
| 7352363533 | parallel | A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians Latitude lines |  | 49 |
| 7352363534 | Participatory (PGIS) | Community-based mapping, representing local knowledge and information When there is a neighborhood that is new and hasn't been put. On gps an people need to know how to get their, the residents will decide the neighborhood and what's around it to help the people get to the neighborhood |  | 50 |
| 7352363535 | Pattern | The geometric or regular arrangement of something in. a particular area Where ever the most populated area is of a town will be where the most attractions are |  | 51 |
| 7352363536 | Place | A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characterists Nevada is well known for Las Vegas |  | 52 |
| 7352363537 | polder | Land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area. A lake or pond |  | 53 |
| 7352434067 | Possibilism | The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human action as but ppl have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and chose a course of actions from many alternatives Like living in Pawleys your cant go coal mining you would have to go somewhere north |  | 54 |
| 7352434068 | Poststructuralist geography | The study of space as the product of ideologies or value system of ruling elites Making the "right policy" |  | 55 |
| 7362756895 | preservation | Maintenance of a resource in its present condition with as little human impact as possible The Monteverade Forest, Costa Rica, keeping rain forests beautiful without cutting trees down or taking animals out of there. |  | 56 |
| 7362801020 | prime meridian | the imaginary line that runs from North Pole to South Pole through Greenwich, England 0 degrees longitude |  | 57 |
| 7362816896 | projection | The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map. Mercator, Robinson, and the Goode Homolsine are different types of map projections |  | 58 |
| 7362841000 | region | An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. South Carolina is part of the southeast region because we are a coastal state and apart of the south east coast | | 59 |
| 7362872366 | relocation diffusion | spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another if a new song comes out everyone will know about it very quickly from social media and it will be around the world in a matter of minutes |  | 60 |
| 7362922956 | remote sensing | the acquisition of data about Earth's surface for a satellite or from other long distance methods satellites can show us if there is a hurricane coming and what path they will take |  | 61 |
| 7362952597 | renewable resources | something produced in nature that ca be re-produced quickly sunlight, water etc. |  | 62 |
| 7362970284 | resource | substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use natural things found in nature |  | 63 |
| 7419608482 | Scale | Generally the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole one inc equals to 1,000 miles |  | 64 |
| 7419608483 | Site | The physical character of a place Pawleys island is an island |  | 65 |
| 7419608484 | Situation | the location of a place relative to other places Waccamaw High School is in between Murrells Inlet and Georgetown |  | 66 |
| 7419608485 | Space | The physical gap or between two objects. Alaska is 4350 miles from russia |  | 67 |
| 7419608486 | space-time compression | The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communication and transportation system from 33.5 hours to fly across the Atlantic Ocean it had changed to 8 hours and 30 minutes |  | 68 |
| 7419608487 | Spatial association | The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature Most of the crime committed in Baltimore happens near the middle and the east side of the city |  | 69 |
| 7419608488 | Stimulus diffusion | The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected. Everyone knowing of soothing tragic that happened in another country through social media |  | 70 |
| 7419608489 | Sustainability | The use of Earths renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future Wind energy, solar energy |  | 71 |
| 7419608490 | Syncretism | The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait. When Indian. Tribes would trade with each other they had to make their own language so they could understand each other |  | 72 |
| 7419608491 | Toponym | The name given to a portion of Earth's surface. How people recognize places |  | 73 |
| 7419608492 | Transnational corporation | A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located Protector and gamble employs 61,000 workers at 134 factories in 42 countries |  | 74 |
| 7419608493 | uneven development | The gap in economic conditions between regions because of globalization of the economy. Countries that have not fully developed have a unchanged slower income rate then in counties that have been already developed |  | 75 |
| 7419608494 | Vernacular region (or perception all region) | An area the people believe exists as part of their cultural identity The south is popularly distinguish as a distinct vernacular region within the US according to a number of things |  | 76 |
| 7419884250 | Volunteered geographic information (vgi) | Creation and dissemination of geographies data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals So citizens make the maps from landmarks |  | 77 |
