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24 Cards in this Set
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realm
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large segments of earths surface having same broad culture complexes
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transition zone
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mark the contacts of geographic regions, rather than sharp boundaries
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absolute location
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determined by the grid system of latitude and longtidue
position from north to south: latitude position from east to west: longitude |
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relative location
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the position of one place with respect to another place or set of places
impacts on a place's accessibility to or isolation from other places at a local, regional, or global scale |
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formal region
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relatively uniform throughout their area in terms of an identifying criterion or property:
politcal units climatic regions soil distributions crops: corn belt Rocky Mountains |
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hinterland
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all parts of a region except for the core (center)
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functional region
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has a definite center or node and is based on a level of homogeneity in spatial interaction patterns that occur between this center and all other parts of the region
ex: newspaper circulation labor commuting sheds |
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continental drift
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plate tectonics are in constant motion because of heat and heated material transfers within the earth
the super-continent, Pangaea broke up |
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Lingua Franca
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a secondary language understood by people who use it when they do not know the primary language of those whom they wish to communicate
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Subduction
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when plates collide one plate slides (is subducted) under the second
Subduction zones involve an oceanic plate sliding beneath either a continental plate or another oceanic plate |
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lithosphere
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land
solid, rigid, on top of the asthenosphere |
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asthenosphere
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near the top of the earth, the partially molten and pliable region
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glaciation
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to cover with ice or glaciers
the last one covered North America and Eurasia |
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desertification
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the process by which an area becomes a desert
Steppe areas are prone to this ex: the Sahel in northern Subsaharan Africa |
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climate
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long term pattern and variation in temperature and moisture
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immigrant
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one who comes into a country
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emigrant
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one who leaves a country
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world population trends
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patterns of population impact:
patterns of wealth, natural resource consumption, exacerbate human impacts on the environment current pattern is rapid population growth |
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culture
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patterns of learned behavior transferred from generation to generation
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developed world
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mainly western nations
high levels of education, employment, literacy, access to health care, low birth and death rates |
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developing world
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(third world)
many african, south american, and asian countries -many working in agricultural sectors -low incomes -poor access to health care, education, portable water, employment -rapidly growing populations |
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core
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center of a region
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periphery
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the outskirts of a region
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globalization
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patterns of international migration, global language, international trade, international flows of capital, regional economic integration
supranational governments and global telecommunications have led to a highly interconnected world not just an economic phenomenon; its heart is an economic transformation of the world |
