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| 7300494957 | Abiotic | Non-living factors This ecosystem in turn consists of abiotic and biotic features and factors. |  | 0 |
| 7399267945 | Acculturation | the blending of two or more cultures An obstacle to sustaining interest in tea is growing acculturation among younger generations of Japanese Americans. |  | 1 |
| 7399269247 | Assimilation | the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture Cultural assimilation is most commonly used to express the adaptation of immigrants to their new homeland. |  | 2 |
| 7399284056 | Atmosphere | the mixture of gases that surrounds Earth The atmosphere is a scarce resource because we are already exceeding its capacity to absorb our greenhouse gases. |  | 3 |
| 7399293334 | Behavioral geography | Study of the psychological basis for individual human actions. Behavioral geography draws from early behaviorist works such as Tolman's concepts of "cognitive maps". |  | 4 |
| 7399301153 | Biosphere | All life on earth Human activities have dramatically altered the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere during the past few hundred years. |  | 5 |
| 7399301154 | Biotic | living organisms Biotic stress is stress that occurs as a result of damage done to an organism by other living organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, amd parasites. | | 6 |
| 7399307325 | Cartography | The science of making maps Digital cartography took map creation job forward by creating maps using computers. |  | 7 |
| 7399307326 | Citizen Science | A method of collecting scientific data in which the general public participates Citizen science may be performed by individuals, teams, or networks of volunteers. |  | 8 |
| 7399311051 | Climate | Overall weather in an area over a long period of time The climate of the coast of South Carolina is sub-tropical. |  | 9 |
| 7399315191 | Concentration | The spread of something over a given area. The concentration of McDonalds in America is dense. |  | 10 |
| 7399315192 | Connection | Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space. Our family feels a deep connection to the land. |  | 11 |
| 7399317673 | Conservation | Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment We have many National Parks to conserve the land. |  | 12 |
| 7399320389 | Contagious diffusion | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. The Franc went through contagious diffusion when France switched to Euros. |  | 13 |
| 7399320390 | Cultural ecology | Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships. The roots of cultural ecology reach back more than 200 years when early scientists traveled the globe, observing how people lived in different parts of the globe. |  | 14 |
| 7399324353 | Cultural landscape | Tangible result of a human group's interaction with its environment The contemporary cultural landscape approach in geography-sometimes called the regional studies in geography- |  | 15 |
| 7399327426 | Culture | Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. Intellectually challenging culture is often distinguished from popular culture, such as tv. |  | 16 |
| 7399327427 | Density | The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area. The Netherlands has only 17 million people, but its density is around 500 people per square kilometer. |  | 17 |
| 7399337102 | Diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time Hierarchical diffusion is may result from the spread of ideas from political leaders, socially elite leaders, or other important people. |  | 18 |
| 7399337103 | Distance Decay | decline of activity or function with increasing distance from its point of origin This trailing-off phenomenon is called distance decay. |  | 19 |
| 7399340072 | Distribution | The arrangement of something across Earth's surface. The distribution of ethnicity in the united states varies considerably at all scales. |  | 20 |
| 7399340118 | Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. The geographic study of human-environment-relationships is cultural ecology. |  | 21 |
| 7399345048 | Ecosystem | A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. Human geographers are especially interested in ecosystems involving the interaction of humans with the rest of the biosphere. |  | 22 |
| 7399349061 | Environmental determinism | the idea that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment. Alexander Von Humboldt and Carl Ritter believed in environmental determinism. |  | 23 |
| 7399350886 | Expansion diffusion | the spread of an innovation or an idea through a population in an area. Expansion diffusion is a result of one of three processes, hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, and stimulus diffusion. |  | 24 |
| 7399357314 | Formal region | An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics |  | 25 |
| 7399358905 | Functional region | An area organized around a node or focal point Geographers often use functional reasons to display information about economic areas. |  | 26 |
| 7399364406 | Geographic Information System (GIS) | a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data GIS produces maps that are more accurate and attractive than those drawn by hand. |  | 27 |
| 7399418036 | Geotagging | Identification and storage of information by its precise latitude and longitude. The location of the information we gather with our cell phones is recorded through geotagging. |  | 28 |
| 7399421336 | Global Positioning System (GPS) | a system net work of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute location Our smart phones are equipped with GPS. |  | 29 |
| 7399423835 | Globalization | worldwide integration and development Globalization requires a form of common communication. |  | 30 |
| 7399427888 | Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | the time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude By international agreement GMT is the master reference time for all points on Earth. |  | 31 |
| 7399427889 | Hearth | The region from which innovative ideas originate A hearth emerges when a cultural group is willing to try something new and has the ability to nurture the new innovation. |  | 32 |
| 7399434356 | Hierarchical diffusion | Spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places Hierarchical may result when an idea is spread from someone with heightened social status. |  | 33 |
| 7399437369 | Humanistic geography | study of different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meanings Humanistic geography is a branch of human geography. |  | 34 |
| 7399446709 | Hydrosphere | All the water on earth The hydrosphere includes the moisture in our atmosphere. |  | 35 |
| 7399449087 | International Date Line | the line of longitude that marks where each new day begins, centered on the 180th meridian. When you cross the international date line you move the clock backwards or forwards 24 hours. |  | 36 |
| 7399450568 | Latitude | A measurement of distance from the equator, expressed in degrees north or south The equator is zero degrees latitude. |  | 37 |
| 7399450569 | Lithosphere | crust and upper mantle of earth The lithosphere is about 8 to 40 km of crust and 70 km of the mantle. |  | 38 |
| 7399454299 | Location | The position of anything on Earth's surface. Geographers consider three ways of identifying location, place name, site, situation. |  | 39 |
| 7399454300 | Longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees. The prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude. |  | 40 |
| 7399457130 | Map | A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it. No map is completely accurate. |  | 41 |
| 7399458562 | Map scale | the relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground Map scale vary depending on the amount of space you want to represent. |  | 42 |
| 7399458563 | Mashup | Map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service. Google Maps uses a mashup map. |  | 43 |
| 7399460984 | Mental map | A map which represents the perceptions and knowledge a person has of an area. People make mental maps of their hometowns. |  | 44 |
| 7399464872 | Meridian | An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles. Meridians are measured in longitude. |  | 45 |
| 7399464873 | Network | A chain of communication that connects places. There are many forms of social network now such as, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. |  | 46 |
| 7399467586 | Nonrenewable resource | a resource that comes from the earth and cannot be replaced Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource. |  | 47 |
| 7399467587 | Parallel | A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator. Parallels are measured in latitude. |  | 48 |
| 7399473581 | Participatory GIS (PGIS) | Community-based mapping, representing local knowledge and information. PGIS is a citizen science. |  | 49 |
| 7399473582 | Pattern | The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area. Many American neighborhoods are in a grid pattern. |  | 50 |
| 7399475574 | Place | A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character. Every place occupies a unique location on the Earth. |  | 51 |
| 7399475575 | Polder | Land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area. The dutch create a sustainable environment with polder land. |  | 52 |
| 7399478237 | Possibilism | viewpoint that people, not environments, are the dynamic forces of cultural development. According to possibilism, the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment. |  | 53 |
| 7399486501 | Poststructuralist geography | Study of space as the product of ideologies or value systems of ruling elites. Poststructuralist geography examines how the powerful in a society dominate. |  | 54 |
| 7399491795 | Preservation | Maintenance of a resource in its present condition with as little human impact as possible We try to preserve land by building national parks. |  | 55 |
| 7399491796 | Prime Meridian | the earth's zero of longitude The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England. |  | 56 |
| 7399494023 | Projection | The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map. The Robinson projection is the most used. |  | 57 |
| 7399494024 | Region | An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. The American South is a distinguishable region. | | 58 |
| 7399496111 | Relocation diffusion | spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another The movement of people causes relocation diffusion, like the diffusion of the french franc. |  | 59 |
| 7399498723 | Remote sensing | the acquisition of data about Earth's surface for a satellite Digital maps use remote sensing. |  | 60 |
| 7399501387 | Renewable resource | A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed. Trees are a renewable resource. |  | 61 |
| 7399503654 | Resource | A natural substance that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use. Coal is a resource. |  | 62 |
| 7399503655 | Scale | the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole. The scale of a map depends on the distance that is represented. |  | 63 |
| 7399505668 | Site | The physical character of a place. Important site characteristics are climate, water sources, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation. |  | 64 |
| 7399509410 | Situation | the location of a place relative to other places. Situation is a valuable way to indicate location. |  | 65 |
| 7399509411 | Space | The physical gap or interval between two objects There is a lot of space between America and Japan. |  | 66 |
| 7399511668 | Space-time compression | Describes the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place. Online friendships cause space-time compression. |  | 67 |
| 7399513749 | Spatial Association | Relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature. Spatial Association is strong if two features have very similar distributions. |  | 68 |
| 7399517914 | Stimulus diffusion | The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected. Stimulus diffusion is seen in when Apple's innovative features have been adopted by other competitors. |  | 69 |
| 7399517915 | Sustainability | Use of Earth's resources in ways that do not constrain future use. Recycling forms a sustainable environment. |  | 70 |
| 7399521291 | Syncretism | The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait. Syncretism forms a new cultural trait. |  | 71 |
| 7399523007 | Toponym | The name given to a portion of Earth's surface. The longest toponym is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateturipukakapikimaungahoronukapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand. |  | 72 |
| 7399527187 | Transnational corporation | A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries. McDonalds is transnational corporation. |  | 73 |
| 7399529478 | Uneven development | The gap in economic conditions between regions because of globalization of the economy. You can see uneven development when looking at shelters in America vs South Africa. |  | 74 |
| 7399536381 | Vernacular region/Perceptual region | an area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. Jerusalem is an important vernacular region. |  | 75 |
| 7399541599 | Volunteered geographic information (VGI) | Creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals. VGI is used to make applications like Open Street Map. | | 76 |
