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Human Geography

The study of the relationships between people and their environment.

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Place

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.

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Human Geography

The study of the relationships between people and their environment.

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Place

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.

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Region

An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.

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Culture

The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition.

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Diffusion

The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time.

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Globalization

The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change.

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Sustainability

The sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Cultural Landscape

The modification of Earth's surface by human actions.

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Distribution

The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.

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Density

The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.

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Concentration

The extent of a feature's spread over space.

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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.

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Geotagging

The tagging of human knowledge and ideas to a geospatial location.

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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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Geographic Information System (GIS)

A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information.

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Remote Sensing

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

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Map Scale

A map that shows the ratio of sizes between a map and the actual place in the world.

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Toponym

The name given to a place on Earth.

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Location

The position of anything on Earth's surface.

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Site

The physical character of a place.

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Situation

The location of a place relative to other places.

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State

An area organized into an independent political unit.

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Nationalism

Loyalty and devotion to a nationality.

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Nation-State

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.

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Centrifugal Force

Force that divides people

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Centrip

Force that unites people