relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole
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spatial analysis
the study through observation and/or a scientific technique of hoe people/structures/ items are arranged within a space
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environmental determinism
a philosophy of geography that stated that human behaviors are a direct result of the surrounding environment
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possibilism
the theory that they physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives
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cultural landscape
a combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry and physical features like climate and vegetation. the effect humans have in the environment
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region
an area of earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics
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geographic information system (GIS)
captures, stores, queries, and displays geographic data
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global positioning system (GPS)
a system that determines the precise position of something on earth
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human-environment interaction
the effect that humans have on their environment and the effect that the environment has on humans
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land ordinance of 1785
how ownership of the vast lands in the Northwest Territory would legally transfer from the federal government to states individual landowners
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Mercator projection
a projection of the globe with more accurate shapes and directions but not accurate continent sizes
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census data
specific information about people
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Robinson projection
a projection of the globe that has accurate size but less accurate shape
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time zones
an area which observes a uniform time for commercial and social reasons
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toponym
the name given to a certain point on earth
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longitude
the system to identify the location of each meridian on the earths surface
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latitude
the numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel
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formal/uniform region
area in which (nearly) everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics
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vernacular/perceptual region
area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity
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functional/nodal region
area organized around a node or focal point
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site
the physical characteristics of a place
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situation
the location of a place relative to other places
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cultural ecology
a geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships
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prime meridian
the meridian with 0 degrees in longitude
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polder
land that the Dutch have created by draining water from an area
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LDC’s
a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development
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MDC’s
a relatively developed country that is advanced socially and economically
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hearth
a place where innovation originates
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distribution
the arrangement of a feature in space
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density
the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area
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space-time compression
the reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communication and transport systems
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distance decay
the diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
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gravity model
a model which holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service
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diffusion
the process of which one feature is spread from one place to another
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relocation diffusion
the spread of an idea through the movement of people from one place to another
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expansion diffusion
the spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive process
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hierarchical diffusion
spread of ideas from authority
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contagious diffusion
rapid widespread of ideas in a population
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stimulus diffusion
the spread of a underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse
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friction of distance
the notion that distance usually requires some amount of effort, money and/or energy to overcome
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globalization
the process of making something worldwide in scope
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