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cultural diffusion

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This means the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.

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Relocation diffusion

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an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas.

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hierarchical diffusion

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is an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places.

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what is human geography

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Is the branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place.

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what is geography

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Geography is a field of science specifically on land , features, inhabitants and phenomena for planets and where we live now the earth.

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three maps geograhphers use

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physical maps , political maps and finally thematic maps

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what is cartography

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cartography is the science of map making

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what is absolute location

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Absolute location is when you find the coordinate and exact location

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what is relative location

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relative is the opposite in that its brief like to the south of so and so.

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what is longitudinal

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scale is that the longitudinal line is the the up and down Lines

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what is latitude

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line go from left to right.

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what is globalization

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process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.

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facilitators of globalization

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which are trading goods and providing services, as well as the economic resources of capital, technology, and data

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cultural diffusion

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this means the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.

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Columbia exchange

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which was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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modern example of diffusion

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like restaurants and technology which was cool but over there was a lot of stuff we learned.

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what is formal region

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a region whose boundaries are formally defined.

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what is functional region

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this means a more focused area with boundaries and networks of transportation and communication network and people and goods and. ideas within the system.

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vernacular region

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is when places in the world share unifying characteristics.

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region

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this means An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic.

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true or false the study of human geography includes elements of physical geography

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true

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true or false human geography concern themselves with were people are found

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true

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what is a two dimentional or flat scaled model of the earth.

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map

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t or f geographers use map as a primary tool

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true

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every place occupies a unique location , or position, on earths surface

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true

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the first complete map of the world appeared in what century

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16th century

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site

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he actual location of a settlement on the Earth, and the term includes the physical characteristics of the landscape specific to the area.

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situation

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the location of a place relative to its surroundings and other places.

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biome

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a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

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equator

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an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0

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ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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toponym

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a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

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scale name

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distance measurement between each landmark.

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the most popular map projection used today

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mercator

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a mathematical process for transferring locations from one globe to a flat map is

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projection

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meridian

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a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth’s surface and the terrestrial poles.

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Greenwich mean time is measured from

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0 degrees longitude

38
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how many times zones are there

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24

39
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in standard deviation every hour equals how many degrees of movement

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15 degrees