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26 Cards in this Set
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Human Geography |
the study of where and why human activities are located where they are |
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Physical Geography |
the study of where and why natural forces occur as they do (climates, landforms, types of vegetation, etc.) |
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Absolute Location |
the exact position of a place on the earth’s surface |
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Relative location |
location in relation to other places |
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Site location |
the specific location of a place, including its physical setting |
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Situation location |
the geographic position of a place in relation to other places or features of a larger region |
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Global positioning system (GPS) |
System that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth through the use of satellites in space |
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Geographic information system (GIS) |
a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data |
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Remote sensing |
the acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long-distance methods |
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Human- environment interaction |
The interactions between human social systems and the rest natural ecosystem |
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Formal regions |
a region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of a product |
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Functional region |
a central place and the territory linked to it |
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Perceptual region |
a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data |
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map scale |
the relationship between the size of an object on a map and its actual size on earth |
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Map projection |
The scientific method for transferring 3D locations on the Earth’s surface into a flat map |
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Spatial distribution |
arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth’s surface |
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Environmental determinism |
the study of how the physical environment caused human activities and social development |
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Possibilism |
the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment |
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Topography |
the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area |
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Five themes of geography |
Place, Location, Region, Human Environment interaction, Movement |
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Map |
a two-dimensional or flat-scale model of Earth’s surface, or a portion of it
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Cartographer |
Map maker |
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Parallels |
Latitude |
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Meridians |
Longitude |
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International Date line |
180 degrees longitude |
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Hearth |
the place from which an innovation originates
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