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Human Geography
The study of the relationships between people and their environment.
Place
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.
Human Geography
The study of the relationships between people and their environment.
Place
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.
Region
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.
Culture
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition.
Diffusion
The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time.
Globalization
The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change.
Sustainability
The sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Cultural Landscape
The modification of Earth's surface by human actions.
Distribution
The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.
Density
The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
Concentration
The extent of a feature's spread over space.
Gravity Model
A mathematical formula that determines the level of interaction between two places, based on the size of their populations and their distance from each other.
Geotagging
The tagging of human knowledge and ideas to a geospatial location.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information.
Remote Sensing
The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.
Map Scale
A map that shows the ratio of sizes between a map and the actual place in the world.
Toponym
The name given to a place on Earth.
Location
The position of anything on Earth's surface.
Site
The physical character of a place.
Situation
The location of a place relative to other places.
State
An area organized into an independent political unit.
Nationalism
Loyalty and devotion to a nationality.
Nation-State
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.
Centrifugal Force
Force that divides people
Centrip
Force that unites people