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30516634George Perkins MarshProvided first account of how humans impact earth "Man VS. Nature"
30516635Idiographicunique facts or characteristics of a place
30516636Global Postitioning SystemSatallites that help to determine a location on earths surface.
30516637Geographical Information SystemComputer tools used to capture, analyze, transform geographic data
30516638Fertile CrescentCrescent shaped area of fertile land stretching from lower nile valley, along between east Mediteranian coast and into Syria & present day Iraq
30516639EratosthenesFirst to guess circumferance of earth. Known for coining term Geography
30516640Enviromental GeographyInteraction between human and physical geography, explores impacts humans have on enviroment and vise versa
30516641Earth System ScienceApproach to physical geography, looks at interaction between physical sytems and processes on a global scale.
30516642Cultural landscapeHuman modified landscape containing imprint of culture or society
30516643Cultural EcolgyStudy of interactions between societies and the natrual enviroments they live in
30516644Cartographythe making or study of maps or charts
30516645AnthropogenicHuman-induced changes on the natural environment
30517699RegionA grouping of similiar places.
30518098Cultural DiffusionHow things (Ideas, technology) spread and why
30518099Expansion DefusionA defusion with a snow balling effect- gets bigger as more people know
30518100Hierarchical DiffusionA type of diffusion that goes from one important person to the next.
30518101Stimulus DiffusionA defusion where a specific idea is rejected but the underlying idea is accepted
30518102Absorbing BarriersCompletely stops diffusion
30518103Permeable BarrierAs things become more common rules change
30518104Neighborhood EffectIdea is accepted in small clusters from the originator
30518105Non DiffusionFailure to spread
31214811Formal RegionsOne or more different places that make it different from surrounding areas
31214812Functional RegionDiffferent places that function as a unit.
31214813Spatial PercpectivePatterns, where things are located and how they are arranged
31214814LandscapeMaterial character of a place
31214815Dr. Peirce LewisCame up with the idea that cultural landscape is our unwritten biography.
31214816Sequent occupanceleaving behind layers of imprints on the landscape of different groups of humans over time
31214817ecologyA science that studies complex relationship among the physical and living environment.
31214818Ecosystemterritoraly bounded system consisting of inorganic and organic components

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