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TEST - UNIT ONE AMSCO Flashcards

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Physical Geography

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the study of spatial characteristic of various elements of the physical environment.
Physical geographer study things like landforms, climate, bodies of water, urban areas

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Human Geography

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the study of the spatial characteristics of humans and human activities.
Human geographers study things like population, culture, polotics

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Four Level Analysis

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CIEP (ki) - (ep)

Comprehension: think what, when, where, scale, and source?

Identification: Are there any patterns in this source? This source could be a map, chart, graph, etc. There could be multiple patterns.

Explanation: Pick a pattern from the source and explain. Why did this pattern occur there? or How did this pattern occur.

Prediction: What will be the impact on the economy, society, politics, or the environment? Describe the impacts or effects and make prodictions.

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see AMSCO book for map example for 4 level analysis (page 2)

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answers in book

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Spatial models

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Spatial models look like stylized maps and they illustrate theories about spatial distributions.

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Nonspatial models

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illustrate theories and Concepts using words, graphs or tables.

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Time distance decay

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Things such as cities, near each other are more closely connected or related than places that are far apart.

Relationship lessons as space increases

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Spatial patterns

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refer to the general arrangements of things being studied.

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Networks

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a set of interconnected cities

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Quantitative Data

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is any information that can be measured and recorded using numbers such as total number of immigrants to a city.

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geospatial data

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is quantitative and spatial.

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Qualitative sources are not usually represented by ________ and explain

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numbers. This data is collected as interviews, photographs, remote satellite imaging, descriptions, or cartoons.

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Political map

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show and labels human-created boundaries

, such as countries, States, cities and capitals.

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Physical map

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show the label natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts.

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Road map show

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the label highways, streets, and alleys.

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Plat Maps

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show and label property lines and details of land ownership.

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Choropleth maps:

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coral - pretty colors
Use various colors, shades of 1 color, or patterns to show the location and distribution of spatial data.

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Dot distribution maps

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are used to show the specific location and distribution of something across the map. Each dot Represents a specified quality.
Ex. One dot could = 100 people who own dogs

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Graduated symbol map:

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use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something. Larger sizes indicate more of something and smaller sizes indicate less. The map key is used to determine the exact amount

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Isoline Map:

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Use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations and the data across space where lines are close together, the map depicts rapid change and where the lines are farther apart the phenomenon is relatively the same.

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Topographic maps :

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display contour lines of elevation to show physical things on the Earth’s surface .

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cartogram

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the sizes of countries or other aerial units are shown

According to some specifics artistic cartograms are useful because they allow for data to be compared much like a graph, and distance and distribution are also visible like a traditional map.

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See AMSCO page 11: the size of each country reflects the total population based on the graphic which countries have the largest populations?

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look girl

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Flowline Maps;

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Maps use lines to show movement of people, Goods, ideas

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Relative location

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is a description where something is relative to other things.

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Describe Salt Lake City Utah’s relative location :

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Just south of the Great Salt Lake

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Distance

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is a measurement of how far or how near things are to each other.

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Absolute distance

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is usually measured in terms of feet, miles, m or kilometers

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29
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What distance is being shown: (ab or rel)

from home to your school is 2.2 miles

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the absolute distance

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The relative distance

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indicates the degree of nearness based on time or money.

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31
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Which distance is being shown (ab or rel)

Home to school takes 10 minutes by car or 25 minutes by walking

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rel

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Elevation

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is the distance of features above sea level usually meaning feet or meters.

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Distribution

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is the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area

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Clustered

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phenomenons are arranged in a group or concentrated area

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Linear

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phenomena are arranged in a straight line

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dispersed

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phenomena are spread over a large area

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circular

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phenomena are equally spaced from a central point forming a circle

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geometric

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phenomena are in regular Arrangement

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space

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Space is the distance between two objects.

40
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place

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Place is a specific point with human and
physical characteristics.

41
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random

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phenomena are appear to have no order in their position

42
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what distribution pattern is being shown when seeing restaurants in the food court at the mall

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clustered

43
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what distribution pattern is being shown when seeing towns along a railroad line

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linear

44
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what distribution pattern is being shown when seeing the distribution of large malls in a city

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dispersed

45
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what distribution pattern is being shown when seeing homes of people who shop at a particular store

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Circular`

46
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what distribution pattern is being shown when singing blocks form by roads in the Midwest

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geometric

47
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what distribution pattern is being shown when seeing the distribution of pet owners in a city

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random

48
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Mercator Projection:

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Rectangular, purpose : navigation, excels at Direction and lines of latitude and longitude meet at right angles but distorts size and shape LOOK AT greenland and africa

49
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Peters

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LMS - landmark Michigan school
the sizes of land masses are accurate, shapes are inaccurate especially near the poles

50
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Conic

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LOLSSD oddysset - double s d
Lines of longitude coverage, lines of latitude are curved, size and shape are both close to reality are all strengths
the weakness is our direction is not constant

51
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Robinson projection;

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the purpose is General use, strength is that there’s no major Distortion, and oval shape appears more like a globe than the other rectangle, but the Distortion or weaknesses are area shape and size and direction are all slightly distorted

52
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Polar

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DSA (desa kade and mimi school)
Advantages •All points on the map are at proportionally correct distances from the center
Disadvantage •Shape & area distortion grow larger further from the central point.

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Goode Homolosine

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SSD

Shows correct sizes & shapes – Disadvantages •Cannot accurately measure distance & cannot plot a course across an ocean

54
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Landscape analysis

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the task of defining in describing landscapes

55
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field observation

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used to refer to the act of physical visiting of location place or region and recording

56
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remote sensing

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gathers information from satellites that professional images captured from Planes with the atmosphere

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Geovisualisations

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2D or 3D interactive maps

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Global positioning system GPS

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Uses the locations of multiple satellites to determine a record receivers exact location

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geographic information systems GIS

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Computer system that can store, analyze, display information from multiple digital Maps or geospatial data sets

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smart phone and computer applications

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location where apps gather, store, and use locational data from computers or other personal devices

61
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See pages 26 through 29

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look

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Location

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identifies wear specific phenomena are located relative to another location

63
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Place

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refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location

64
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Region

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a group of places in the same area that share a characteristic

65
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Sites

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Can be described as a character of 6 at the immediate location Ex. soil type, climate, Labour force, and human structures.

66
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Situations

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refers to the type of location of a place relative to its surrounding and its connectivity to other places

67
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Toponyms

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place names

68
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some toponyms provide insights into the physical geography the history or culture of the location give an example

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Miami Beach is a beach

69
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time space compression

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time space compression is shrinking the time distance Decay or relative distance between location because of improved methods of transportation and communication THINK: technology

70
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“New York City and London are separated by an ocean but the developments of air travels greatly reduced travel time between them. As a result, they feel much closer today than they did in the 19th century even though the absolute distance of 3500 miles has not changed.” what is this an example of?

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time space compression

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Spatial interaction

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refers to the contact, movements, and flow of things between locations

72
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Flow

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the patterns and movement of ideas, people, products, and other phenomena.

73
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the friction of distance indicate

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when things are farther apart they tend to be less connect

74
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see page 33, what is the graph showing or representing

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go look girl

75
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Patterns

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refer to General arrangement of things being studies

76
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Distribution

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the way a phenomenon is spread out or arranged over an area to describe patterns

77
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matching patterns of distribution is called

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spatial Association this indicates two or more phenomena can be related or associated

78
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Human-environmental interaction

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the Dual relationship between humans and the natural world

79
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natural resource

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include items that occur and natural environments that people can you

80
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Renewable natural resources

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are unlimited and will not be depleted based on the used by people

81
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Non-renewable resources

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Limited and can be exhausted by human use

82
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Sustainability

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trying to use resources now in ways that allow their use in the future while minimizing negative impacts on the environment

83
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Built environment

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the physical artifacts that human have created that form part of landscape

84
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cultural ecology

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the study of how humans adapt to the environment

85
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environmental possibilism

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the belief that the physical environment plays a role in the success of the society, but culture can overcome environmental factors

86
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environmental determinism

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The belief that the environment dictates the success of a society

87
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4 Main scales of analysis

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are global, national, Regional, local

88
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Large scale

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more detail, zoomed, in

89
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small scale

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less detail ; zoomed out

90
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Formal region

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a region with unifying traits or commen characteristics

91
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functional region

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geographic area organized around a center point or node

92
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what kind of region is the showing: Nigeria is an area where most people speak Yoruba

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forma;

93
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what kind of region is this showing Pizza delivery areas

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Functional pizza shop is the node

94
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vernacular or perceptual region

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Exact boundaries depend on the person defining them

95
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See Pages 49 through 51 for final quiz review thing

A

look

96
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Coal mining in West Virginia is an example of..

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human environmental interactions

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