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16 Cards in this Set
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Physical Geography
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the study of the natural processes and systems that shape the surface of the earth and their effects on the human condition, human population and growth on the earth.
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Human Geography
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humans' effect on, and experience with, the earth which includes how humans settle on the earth, the locations and make-up of cities, how resources are moved and shared among those cities, and what might account for a decline in the human condition in any particular area
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Systematic Geography
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when the study of geography focuses on a particular system
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Regional Geography
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the interrelationship between the different categories and focuses on one region
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Mapping
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an integral part of geography. A geographer's spatial perspective requires an understanding and applied knowledge of a variety of different types of maps, which include climate maps, road maps, topographical maps, resource maps, physical maps, and political maps.
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development
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to the progressive improvement in the conditions in which human live on the earth in both material and non-material ways
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Population distribution
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the pattern of the distribution of people over a defined area
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population density
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the concentration of people within a specific portion of a defined area
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Globalization
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to the increased interdependencies and economic relationships between nations due to a number of factors including technology and capitalism
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five themes of geography
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Movement, Place, Location, Human/environmental interaction, Regions
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Cartography
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The science of mapmaking.
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longitude
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the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
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prime meridian
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meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)
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international date line
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dateline: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
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ecosystem
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a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
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spatial integration
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the process whereby the settlement frontier is eliminated through the creation of trade areas and the establishment of ties with the core areas and the surrounding communities
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