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2910168953Absoloute locationA point on the earths surface expressed Nya coordinate system such as latitude and longitude.0
2910168954CartographyPractice of drawing maps1
2910168955Circular patternThe objects that circle another object; also known as centralized pattern2
2910168956Cultural LandscapeProducts of interactions between humans and their environment.3
2910168957Daylight Saving TimePushes the clock for words one hour in spring in order to allow sunlight in the afternoon in the warm spring and summer months.4
2910168958DistortionThe alteration of the original shape5
2910168959Environmental geographyA branch of that centers on the interaction of human and physical geography on the environment6
2910168960EquatorImaginary circle/line that lies exactly halfway between north/south at 0 degrees latitude7
2910168961EratosthenesGreek mathematician and geographer8
2910168962Formal regionsAn area that has striking similarities in terms of one or a few physical or cultural features9
2910168963Functional regionsAn area organized around cores or nodes10
2910168964GISA computer system that capture, stores,and displays data11
2910168965GlobalizationThe expansion of economic, political,and or cultural activities to the point they reach and have an impact on many areas around the world12
2910168966Greenwich Mean TimeA standard time at the prime meridian13
2910168967GPSGlobal Positioning System14
2910168968Grid PatternReflects a rectangular system or land survey adopted in much of the country under the ordinance of 1785.15
2910168969HecataeusWealthy Greek historian16
2910168970Human GeographyA branch of geography that focuses on people, dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earths surface.17
2910168971IdrisiTraveled with a team team to create maps18
2910168972Kant, ImmanuelPhilosopher19
2910168973LandscapeThe overall appearance of an area that is shaped by both human and natural influence20
2910168974LatitudeDistance north and south of the equator21
2910168975Linear patternA pattern that is along straight lines, like rivers, streets, on railroad tracks22
2910168976Local timeThe time in a particular region/área expressed with reference to the meridian passing through it23
2910168977LocationPosition of something on earths surface24
2910168978LongitudeNumbering system that calculates distance east/west of the prime meridian25
2910168979Marsh, George, PerkinsConsidered to be Americas first environmentalists26
2910168980Mercator projectionA cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator made to help ships navigate27
2910168981MeridianAn arc drawn between the north and South Pole that measures in longitude28
2910168982Multi-national cooperation soHave centers of operation in many parts of the globe, where economic globalization is apparent through the proliferation of.29
2910168983ParallelImaginary lines around the Earth parallel to the equator30
2910168984PatternArrangement of objects on the Earths surface in relationship to on another31
2910168985Perceptual regionsRegions that are not formal and functional; they are the places that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity.32
2910168986PerioheryThe outside boundary or surface of something; the regions margins33
2910168987Peter's ProjectionMap projection known as the equal area map projection34
2910168988PlaceA specific point on the Earth with human and physical characteristics that distinguish it from other points35
2910168989Physical geographyA branch of geography that deals with natural features and process.36
2910168990Physical site characteristicA location that includes climate, topography, soil, water sources, vegetation, and elevation37
2910168991Prime meridianLocated at the observatory in Greenwich, England at 0 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that separates the globe into two halves, East and West38
2910168992PtolemyGeographer that miscalculated the circumference of the earth39
2910168993Random patternIf no regular distribution can be seen40
2910168994RegionalizationThe tendency to form decentralized regions41
2910168995Robinson projectionCorrect distortion by curving the boundaries in on a map42
2939874858Sauer, CarlAn early 20th century geographer from California that shaped the field of human geography by arguing that cultural landscapes should be the main focus of geographic study. His study is basic to environmental geography, and his methods of landscape analysis provided a lens for interpreting cultural landscapes as directly and indirectly altered over time as a result of human activity.43
2939896957ScaleA device used for measuring44
2939897439Sitethe position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment45
2939898082Situatonmanner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment46
2939898728Solar timeSolar time is a reckoning of the passage of time based on the Sun's position in the sky.47
2939899261Spacethe portion or extent of this in a given instance; extent or room in three dimensions:48
2939901175Space time compressionfirst articulated in 1989 by geographer David Harvey in The Condition of Postmodernity, refers to any phenomenon that alters the qualities of and relationship between space and time.49
2939902586Spatial organizationcan be observed when components of an abiotic or biological group are arranged non-randomly in space.50
2939904348Spatial perspectiveWay of identifying, explaining, and predicting the human and physical patterns in space and the interconnectedness of various spaces.51
2939906410Time Zoneone of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England52
2939908470Topographythe arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.53
2939909294Toponyma place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.54
2939911789U.S. Census BureauBureau of Census' A division of the federal government of the United States Bureau of Commerce that is responsible for conducting the national census at least once every 10 years, in which the population of the United States is counted.55
2939912787Why of whereExplanations for why a spatial pattern occurs56

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