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20 Cards in this Set
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Cartography
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the science of making maps
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Culture
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the body of beliefs, social forms,and material traits the together constitute a group of people's distinct traditions.
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Concentration
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the spread of something over a given area
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density
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the frequency with which something exsists within a given unit of area
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formal region
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an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics
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GIS (Geographic Information System)
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a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
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GPS ( Global Positioning System)
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A system that determines the precise positon of something on Earth through a series os satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
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Latitude
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the numbering system used to indicate the location od parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
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Globalization
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Actions or processes the involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
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Longitude
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the numbering system used to indicate the location of meridian drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian
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Meridian
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an arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles
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Parallel
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a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians
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Prime Meridian
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the meridian designated as 0 longitude that passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich England
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Projection
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the system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map
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Region
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an area distinguished by unique combination of trends or features
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Scale
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Generally the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth aas a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on the Earth's surface
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Space
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the physical gap or interval between two objects
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Toponym
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the name given to a portion of the Earth's surface
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Vernacular Region
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an area that pople believe
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Location
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the position of anything on Earth's surface
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