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10 Cards in this Set
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Diffusion |
The spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time. |
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Distance Decay |
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomena with increasing distance from its orgin. |
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Distribution |
The arrangement of something across earth's area. |
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Environmental Determinism |
19th century study of how the physical environment caused human activities. |
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Expansion Diffusion |
The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in additive process |
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Formal Region |
An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics. |
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Functional Region |
An area organized around a node or focal point. |
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G.I.S. |
A computer system that stores organizes analyzes and displays geographic data. |
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G.P.S. |
System that determines precise position of something on earth. |
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Globalization |
Actions or process that involves the entire works and results in making something worldwide in scope. |
