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Absolute Direction

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the cardinal directions: North, South, East, West

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Absolute Distance

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distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length

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Absolute Location

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the exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of latitude and longitude

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Cartographer

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a person who creates maps

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Census

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an official count of the number of people in a defined area, such as a state

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Core

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classification of a country or region that has wealth, higher education levels, more advanced technologies, many resources, strong militaries, and powerful allies

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Density

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the number of things - people, animals or objects - in a specific area

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Distance Decay

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a principle that states that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction those two things will have

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Distribute

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to arrange within a given space

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Ecological Perspective

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the relationships between living things and their environments

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Environmental Determinism

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the idea that human behavior is strongly effected, controlled, or determined by their physical environment

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Formal Region

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an area that has one or more shared traits; also called a uniform region

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Friction of Distance

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a concept that states that the longer a journey, the more time, effort, and cost it will involve

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Functional Region

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an area organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of interest or activity

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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a computer system that allows for the collection, organization, and display of geographic data for analysis

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Globalization

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the expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a world scale

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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a network of satellites that orbit Earth and transmit location data to receivers, enabling users to pinpoint their exact location

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Human Geography

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the study of the processes that has shaped how humans understand, use, and alter the Earth

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Location

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the position that a point or object occupies the Earth

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Map Scale

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the relationship of the size of the map to the size of the area it represents on Earth’s surface

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Mental Maps

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internalized representations of portions of Earth’s surface

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Model

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a representation of a reality that presents significant features or relationships in a generalized form

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Node

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the focal point of a functional region

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Pattern

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the way in which things are arranged in a particular space

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Perceptual Region
a type of region that reflects people's feelings and attitudes about a place; also called a vernacular region
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Periphery
classification of a country or region that has less wealth, lower education levels, and less sophisticated technologies, and also tends to have unstable government and poor health systems
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Physical Geography
the study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment, such as land forms, plants, animals, soil, and climate
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Place
a location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics
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Possibilism
theory of human-environment interaction that states that humans have the ability to adopt the physical environment to their needs
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Qualitative
involving data that is description of a research subject and is often based on people's opinions
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Quantitative
involving data that can be measured by numbers
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Reference Map
a map that focuses on the location of places
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Region
an area of Earth's surface with certain characteristics that make it distinct yet cohesive from other areas
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Relative Direction
direction based on a person's perception, such as left, right, up, or down
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Relative Distance
distance determined in relation to other places or objects
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Relative location
a description of where a place is in relation to other places or features
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Remote Sensing
collecting or analyzing data from a location without making physical contact
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Scale
the area of the world being studied
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Semi-periphery
classification of a country or region that has qualities o both core and peripheral areas and is often in the process of industrializing
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Site
a place's absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the land forms, climate, and resources
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Situation
location of a place in relation to other places or its surrounding features
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Space
the area between two or more things
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Spatial Perspective
geographic perspective that focuses on how people live on Earth, how they organize themselves, and why the events of human societies occur where they do
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Sustainability
the use of Earth's land and natural resources in ways that ensure they will continue to be available in the future
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Sustainable Development
development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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Thematic
any map that focuses on one or more variables to show a relationship between geographic data
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Time-Space Compression
a key geographic principle that describes the ways in which modern transportation and communication technology have allowed humans to travel and communicate over long distances quicker and easier
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Topography
the representation of Earth's surface to show natural and man-made features, especially their relative positions and elevations
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Vernacular region
a type of region that reflects people's feelings and attitudes about a place; also called perceptual region
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World System Theory
theory describing the special and functional relationships between countries in the world economy; categorizes countries as part of a hierarchy consisting of the core, periphery, and semi-periphery

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