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ABSOLUTE LOCATION The position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in degree, minutes, and secons of latitude, 0 to 90 N or S of the equator, and longitude, 0 to 180 E or W of the prime meridian. |
ACCESSIBILITY The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations. |
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ACTIVITY SPACE The space within which daily activities occur. |
CARTOGRAPHY The art and science of making maps, including data, compilation, layout, and design. |
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CONNECTIVITY The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network. |
CONTAGIOUS DIFFUSION Distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person. |
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CULTURAL BARRIER Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas, or practices unacceptable or unadoptable in that certain culture. |
CULTURAL COMPLEX A related set of cultural traits, such as prevailing dress codes and cooking/eating utensils. |
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CULTURAL DIFFUSION Expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area. |
CULTURAL ECOLOGY Multiple interactions and relationships between culture and the natural environment. |
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CULTURAL HEARTH Heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin to a wider area. |
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE The visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape. |
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CULTURAL TRAIT Single element of normal practice in a culture, such as wearing a TURBAN!!! |
CULTURE Sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by members of society (Ralf Linton's def.) |
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DISTANCES Measurements of the physical space between two places. |
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM View that the natural environment has controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development (environmentalism). |
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EPIDEMIC A disease that is particular to a locality or region |
EXPANSION DIFFUSION Spread of innovation or ideas through a population in an area in such a way that the number of those influenced grows continuously larger, resulting in an expanding area of dissemination. |
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FIELDWORK The study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places. |
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