the study of where things are found on Earth's surface and the reasons for the locations
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Place
a specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
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region
an area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics
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scale
the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
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space
the physical gap or interval between two obejcts
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Connection
relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
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Location
the position that something occupies on Earth's surface
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Toponym
the name given to a place on Earth
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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 landscape
a combination of cultural features, economic features, and physical features that a region derives its unified character through
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Formal Region (Uniform Region)
an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
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Function Region (Nodal Region)
an area organized around a node or focal point
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Vernacular Region (Perceptual Region)
an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
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Culture
the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people
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Spatial Association
when the distribution of two features are related to each other
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Globalization
a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope
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Transnational Corporations
A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located
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Distribution
the arrangement of a feature in space
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Density
the frequency with which something occurs in space
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Concentration
the extent of a feature's spread over space
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Pattern
the geometric arrangement of objects in space
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Assimilation
the process by which a group's cultural features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group
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Acculturation
the process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, each of which retains distinct culture features
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Syncretism
the combination of elements of two groups into a new cultural feature
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Diffusion
the process by which a feature spreads across space from one place to another over time
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Hearth
the place from which an innovation originates
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Relocation Diffusion
the spread of an idea through physical 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
The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places
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Contagious Diffusion
the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
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Stimulus Diffusion
the spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse
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Distance Decay
phenomenon of contact diminishing with increasing of distance and eventually disappearing
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Space-time Compression
The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place.
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Network
a chain of communication that connects places
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Sustainability
the use of Earth's resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future
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Conservation
the sustainable use and management of Earth's natural resources to meet human needs such as food, medicine, and recreation
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Preservation
the maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible
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Climate
the long-term average weather condition at a particular location
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Cultural Ecology
the geographic study of human-environmental relationships
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Environmental Determinism
the belief that the physical environment caused social development
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Possibilism
the belief that the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust their environment
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Cartography
the science of mapmaking
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Global Positioning System (GPS)
a system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
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Geotagging
the identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates
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Geographic Information Science (GIScience)
the analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies
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Geographic Information System (GIS)
a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
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Remote Sensing
the acquisition of data about Earth's surface through satellite or other long-distance methods
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Mashup
a map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service
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Map Scale
the relationship of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on Earth
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Projection
the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map
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Distortion
a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map
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Latitude
the numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
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Longitude
the numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
the time at the prime meridian - the master reference time for all points on Earth
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Time Zone
any of the 24 longitudinal areas of the world within which the same time is used
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