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| 7353233505 | Human Geography | the study of spatial variations in the patterns and processes related to human activity | 0 | |
| 7353233506 | Globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. | 1 | |
| 7353233507 | Physical Geography | the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes. | 2 | |
| 7353233508 | Spatial | relating to space. "the spatial distribution of population" | 3 | |
| 7353233509 | Spatial Distribution | is the arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth's surface and a graphical display of such an arrangement is an important tool in geographical and environmental statistics. | 4 | |
| 7353233510 | Spatial Perspective | An intellectual framework that looks at the particular locations a specific phenomenon, how and why it is there, where it is, and how its spatially related to other phenomena in other places. | 5 | |
| 7353233511 | Human-Environment | the area that a human lives in. They are varied from there, even more so by humans ability to adapt the environment to us and us to the environment. : a spatial perspective that invites consideration of the relationship among phenomena in individual places-including between humans and the world | 6 | |
| 7353233512 | Determinism | the idea that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment | 7 | |
| 7353233513 | Possibilism | the idea that the natural environment places limits on the set of choices available to people | 8 | |
| 7353233514 | Absolute location | The exact position of a place on the earth's surface. Most commonly defined by latitude and longitude. | 9 | |
| 7353233515 | Relative location | the location of something in relation to something else (example: Oklahoma City is directly north of Dallas: Buffalo Wild Wings is next door to Taco Cabana) | 10 | |
| 7353233516 | Site | The absolute location of a place, described by local relief, landforms, and other cultural or physical characteristics : physical characteristics of a place | 11 | |
| 7353233517 | Situation | Location of place relative to other places | 12 | |
| 7353233518 | Toponym | the name given to a place on earth which can be named for a person, religion, origin of settlers and physical features. | 13 | |
| 7353233519 | Place | A specific point on earth distinguished by particular characteristics | 14 | |
| 7353233520 | Sense of Place | Feelings evoked by people as a result of certain experiences and memories associated with a particular place | 15 | |
| 7353233521 | Movement | an act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed. | 16 | |
| 7353233522 | Spatial Interaction | the movement of people, goods and ideas within and across geographic space | 17 | |
| 7353233523 | Absolute Distance | The distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length such as a mile or kilometer | 18 | |
| 7353233524 | Relative Distance | A measure of distance that includes the costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places. Often relative distance describes the amount of social, cultural, or economic connectivity between two places. | 19 | |
| 7353233525 | Linear Pattern | a pattern that is along straight lines, like rivers, streets, on railroad tracks. | 20 | |
| 7353233526 | Centralized Pattern | objects that circle another object; also known as centralized pattern. | 21 | |
| 7353233527 | Random Pattern | A pattern that has no regular distortion that can be seen. | 22 | |
| 7353233528 | Dispersed/Scattered | If objects in an area are relatively far apart | 23 | |
| 7353233529 | Clustered/ Agglomerated | If the objects in an area are close together | 24 | |
| 7353233530 | Physical Landscape | is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms and how they integrate with natural or man-made features | 25 | |
| 7353233531 | Cultural Landscape | The human-modified natural landscape specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society | 26 | |
| 7353233532 | Culture | the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of society | 27 | |
| 7353233533 | Cultural Diffusion | the spread of culture | 28 | |
| 7353233534 | Expansion Diffusion | a form of diffusion in which the cultural component spreads outward to new places while remaining strong in its original hearth | 29 | |
| 7353233535 | Contagious Diffusion | a form of expansion diffusion in which numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters | 30 | |
| 7353233536 | Hierarchical Diffusion | occurs when the diffusion innovation or concept spreads from a place or person of power or high susceptibility to another ina leveled pattern | 31 | |
| 7353233537 | Stimulus Diffusion | expansion diffusion in which the innovative idea diffuses from its hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters | 32 | |
| 7353233538 | Relocation Diffusion | a form of diffusion that involves the actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin to a new place | 33 | |
| 7353233539 | Cartography | The theory and practice of making visual representations of Earth's surface in the form of maps | 34 | |
| 7353233540 | Reference Map | location of places and geographic features | 35 | |
| 7353233541 | Thematic Map | A type of map that displays one or more variables- such as population, or income level-within a specific area tell stories- display a specific attribute or theme | 36 | |
| 8360853796 | choropleth map | use colors and pre-defined geographic areas to compare regions | 37 | |
| 7353233542 | Mental Map | map carried around in your head, may or may not be accurate or detailed | 38 | |
| 7353233543 | Distortion | disadvantages for maps depicting the entire world of the: shape, distance, relative size, and direction of places on maps | 39 | |
| 7353233544 | Projection | The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map | 40 | |
| 7353233545 | Generalization | relationship between distance on a map and on Earth's surface | 41 | |
| 7353233546 | Geographic Information System (GIS) | computer system for the collection, storage, and retrieval of geographic data ex: analyze spatial data to help develop good geographic strategies for use of land | 42 | |
| 7353233547 | Region | an area which is marked by common characteristics : A unique area : a territory that encompasses many places that share similar physical and/or cultural attributes | 43 | |
| 7353233548 | Formal or Uniform Region | Definition of regions based on common themes such as similarities in language, climate, land use, etc. | 44 | |
| 7353233549 | Function or Nodal Region | Definition of regions based on common interaction, for example, a boundary line drawn around the circulation of a particular newspaper : an area organized by a focal point | 45 | |
| 7353233550 | Perceptual or Vernacular Region | Highly individualized definition of regions based on perceived commonalities in culture and landscape : an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity | 46 | |
| 7353233551 | Mercator Projection | Made by Gerardus Mercator in the 1500's; it includes direction and size: makes higher latitude regions | 47 | |
| 7353258824 | Mercator Projection |  | 48 | |
| 7353233552 | Gail Peters Projection | Makes seeing relative sizes at places much easier; makes most continents longer | 49 | |
| 7353257401 | Gail Peters Projection |  | 50 | |
| 7353233555 | Goode's Homolosine Projection Equal Area | No distortion with the longitude and latitude; only useful with world maps; areas are accurate on map; | 51 | |
| 7353252667 | Goode's Homolosine Projection Equal Area |  | 52 | |
| 7353233557 | Robinson Projection | Useful for displaying info across oceans; land much smaller than others of same size | 53 | |
| 7353244467 | robinson projection |  | 54 | |
| 8360980327 | winkel tripel projection |  | 55 |
