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Scale

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Helps us understand globalization better and applies the concept effectively

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Globalization

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A set of processes that strengthens the connections and exchanges between countries/cultures - is pushing towards homogeneity

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Physical Geography

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Study of natural geography like mountains and stuff

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Geography

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The why of where

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Spatial

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Relating to space

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Spatial distribution

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How something is distributed across space

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Pandemic

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Worldwide disease epidemic

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Medical geography

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Mapping of diseases

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The spatial perspective

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Observing variations in geographic phenomena across space

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Location one of five themes

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How the geographic position of something affects what happens and why

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Location Theory

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Discuss where things should go and why based on specific criteria

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Human a environment interaction

one of five themes

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How humans interact with their environment

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Region one of five themes

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Names used to describe different areas of concentrated phenomena

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Place one of five themes

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The special character and meaning of a place developed by the people who exist there and around it

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Sense of place

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Based on meaning and emotions brought on by important events that happened there

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Perception of places

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Ideas and feelings formed by outsiders of a place based on media events and cultural traditions as well as stereotypes

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Movement - one of five themes

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The movement of people, goods and ideas across the planet

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Spatial interaction

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Interactions involving space

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Distance

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Measured physical space between two spaces

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Connectivity

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Degree of linkage between two locations

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Landscape

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The complex of features like natural human e.t.c. That make up an area

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Cultural landscape

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The visible impact of human activity on a place, logically this changes based on the type of human society
They tend to accumulate layers as occupants come and go

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Sequent occupance

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The sequential imprints/visible effects of occupants in a location

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Cartography

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The art and science of making maps

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Reference maps
Show locations and geographic features basically a map map
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Thematic maps
Tell stories, show degree of some attribute or movement or phenomena
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Absolute location
Location as plotted by coordinates
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Geocaching
Scavenger hunts using gps
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Relative location
Location of something relative to another Absolute locations don't change, relative ones do
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Mental maps
Maps your brain makes to define the world around you
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Activity spaces
Spaces where you go in a typical day
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Terra incognito
Unknown land
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Remote sensing tech
Senses data distance from the earths surface
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Google earth is an example of what
A collection of remote sensing data and geographic info systems
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Geographic information systems
Compare a variety of spatial data that also show patterns and ideas
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Scales two meanings
``` #1. Distance on earth compared to distance on map 2. The spatial extent of something like local state regional ```
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Formal region
Area based on one or more shared physical or cultural traits like the Great Plains or the French speaking areas of the world
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Functional region
Defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it. They often have a shared political social or economic purpose An example would be the city of Chicago
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Perceptual regions
Intellectual constraints designed to help us understand places we don't know. These regions have no actual borders An example would be the plethora of stereotypes about the south
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Culture
The integrated system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of that population
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Culture trait
A single attribute of a culture like wearing a turban or owning lots of guns
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Culture complex
When more than one culture exhibits a trait | Example: the practice of wearing turbans in middle eastern and Arabic countries
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Cultural Hearth
An area where a cultural traits are develop and diffuse from like Mesopotamia and agriculture
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Independent invention
When something is invented in multiple places free from outside influence Example: language
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Cultural diffusion
When ideas, people, and goods spread across space. It is affected by time and distance. Generally the greater amount the the cultural trait had to cross, the less fond it's reception
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Cultural barrier
Can stop a cultural diffusion like Islam and drinking alcohol
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Expansion diffusion
When an innovation or diffusion develops in a hearth and spreads outward while also remaining strong at home like McDonald and china
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Contagious diffusion
When all adjacent individuals and places are effected | An example is silly bandz
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Hierarchal diffusion
When only susceptible populations are effected during spread, at Leary in the beginning like crocs
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Stimulus diffusion
When a cultural trait spreads but is transformed during its diffusion like mcdonalds in India
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Relocation diffusion
Involves the actual movement of individuals who practice a cultural trait like ethnic neighborhoods in America
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Geographic concepts
Everything in this list
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Environmental determinism
Human behavior is strongly effected/controlled by their environment Very racist
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Possibilism
The choices a society makes depends in its members needs and what is available
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Cultural ecology
Culture as a system of adaptations to your environment
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Political ecology
The environmental consequences of a society's dominant economic/political arrangements

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