AP Hug Unit 1 vocab

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absolute direction

The cardinal direction (North, South, East, and West)

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absolute distance

A distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length.

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Census data

The primary data used by planner to understand the social, eco., and demographic conditions

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Clustering

An objects in an area close together

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Dispersal

The spacing of people within geographic population boundaries

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Distance decay

A principle stating that the further away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have

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Environmental determinism

The idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environmental

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field observations

Process of observing and collecting data about people, cultures, and natural environment

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formal region

An area that has one or more shared traits

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Functional region

An area organized by its function around a focal point

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Geographic information system (GIS)

Way of collecting, recording storing, retrieving, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying geographic data through maps

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Global

Relating to the whole world

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landscape analysis

Outline the strengths, resources, and needs of a particular community

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Land use

Humans use land for their bedding

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Local

A place of particular area or neighborhood

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Map projection

A method of your media impact of your communication activities vs. the investments involved

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National

Related to a nation

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natural resources

Something found within the natural environment that is accessible and economically valuable to humans including food, water, soil, plants, animals, and minerals.

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perceptual/ vernacular region

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place

A specific point on earth with human and physical characteristics that distinguish it from other places

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policy documents

Policies are the business rules and guidelines of a company that ensure consistency and compliance with the company's strategic direction. The Policies lay out the business rules under which a company, division, or department will operate

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Possibilism

The natural environment places constraints on human activity, but humans can adapt to some environmental limits while modifying others using technology

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reference map

Maps that show where something is in space

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region

Any area differentiated from surrounding areas by at least one characteristic

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relative direction

Relationship to an objects current location and orientation.

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relative distance

A type of measurement used in geography to describe the social, cultural, economic, and political relationships between two or more communities

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relative location

The relationship of a place to other places

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remote sensing

The process of talking pictures of the Earth’s surface from satellites to provide a greater understanding of the Earth’s geography over large distances

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satellite imagery

Images of the Earth taken from artificial satellites orbiting the planet

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Satellite navigation sytems

Global Positioning System (GPS) Satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features

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space

Refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects

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sustainability

The use of the earth’s renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that ensure resource availability in the future

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thematic map

They are maps that tell a story about a place

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time-space compression

The way that the world is seemingly getting smaller, or compressing, as a result of increased transport, communications, and capitalist processes

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