Ap Human Geo Unit 1 Vocab

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using a specific pairing of latitude and longitude in a Cartesian coordinate grid

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absolute location

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The science of making maps

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cartography

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objects that circle another object; also known as centralized pattern

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Circular pattern

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The fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group; interaction between humans and environment

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cultural landscape

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pushes the clock forward one hour in the spring to allow more sunlight in the afternoon

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daylight savings time

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The alteration of an original shape

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distortion

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A branch of geography that centers on the interaction of human and physical geography on the environment

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environmental geography

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imaginary line that lives exactly halfway between North and South at 0° latitude

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equator

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first person to use the word geography

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erastothanenes

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uniform; an area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics

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formal regions

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an area organized around a node or focal point

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functional ( nodal regions)

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A computer system that captures stores analyzes and displays data

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gis

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actions are processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in

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globalization

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The time zone encompassing the prime meridian 0° longitude

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greenwich meantime

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System that uses a series of satellites tracking stations and receivers to determine precise absolute location

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gps

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reflects a rectangle or system or Land survey adopted and much of the country under the ordinance of 1785

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grid pattern

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Greek who created the first geography book around 500 BCE

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hecateaus

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branch of geography that focuses on people dealing with how human activity effects or is influenced by the earths surface

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human geography

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built on for Ptolemy's map

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idrisi

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German philosopher who compared geography and history

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Kant, immanuel

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The overall appearance of an area that is shaped by both human and natural influences

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landscapes

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on the globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator

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latitude

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A pattern that is shown a long straight lines like rivers streets or railroad tracks

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linear pattern

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it's time in a particular region or area expressed with reference to the Meridian passing through it

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local time

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The position of anything on Earth's surface

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location

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian

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longitude

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Cylindrical projection; Greenland appears larger than South America parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator

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mercator projection

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and arc drawn on a map between north and south poles

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meridian

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have a centers of operation in many parts of the globe or economic globalization is a apparent through

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Multi national corporations

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A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equal and at right angles to the meridians

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parallel

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arrangement of objects on Earth's surface in relation to one another in study

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pattern

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regions that aren't formal and functional they are places that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity

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perceptual (vernacular) regions

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The outside boundary or surface of something the regions margin

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periphery

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map that shows correct proportion of distorted shape

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peter's projection

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A specific place distinguished by our particular characteristic

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place

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Branch of geography that deals with natural features and processes

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physical geography

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A location that includes climate topography soil water sources vegetation and elevation

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physical site characteristic

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The Meridian at 0° longitude that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich England

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prime Meridian

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made Maps based on information collected by merchants and soldiers in the Roman empire

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Ptolemy

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A pattern that has no regular distortion that can be seen

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Random pattern

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an organization of Earth's surface into distinct areas that are viewed differently from other areas

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regionalization

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projection that attempts to balance projectional errors isn't perfect in areas,shape, or distance but it minimizes errors

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Robinson projection

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geographer that adopted regional studies define cultural landscape as an area fashion from nature by a culture group

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sauer,Carl

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generally the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole

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scale

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physical and human transformed characteristics of a place

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site

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location of a place relative to another place

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situation

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The time based on the position of the sun in the sky as the day progresses

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Solar time

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The physical gap between objects

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Space

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The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to to someplace far away as a result of improved communications and transportation systems

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Space time compression

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The location of places people and events and the connections among places and landscapes defines human life on earth with all of it similarities and differences

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spatial organization

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Way of identifying explaining and predicting the human physical patterns and space interconnections of various places

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spatial perspective

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A region that has adopted the same standard time usually referred to as local time

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Time zone

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arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area

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topography

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name given to a portion on earths surface

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toponym

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responsible for taking a census every 10 years

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U.S. Census Bureau

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explanations for why is spatial pattern occurs

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why of where