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29 Cards in this Set
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Human Geography
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The study of where and why human activities are located
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Globalization
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Actions or processes that involve the entire world result in making something worldwide in scope
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Spatial Distribution
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Physical location of geographic phenomena across space
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Spatial Perspective
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Observing variations in geographic phenomena across space
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Five themes Of Geography
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Region, location, Human Environment, place, and movement
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Spatial Interaction
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See complementarity and intervening opportunity
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Landscape
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The over all appearance of an area.
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Cultural Landscape
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The visible imprint of human activity and culture on a landscape.
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Cartography
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The art and science of making maps.
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Reference Maps
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Maps that show the absoute location of places and geographic features.
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thematic Maps
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Maps that tell stories.
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Absolute Location
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The position or place of a certain item on the face of the earth.
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Relative Location
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The Regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places.
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GPS
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Satellite based system that shows the absolute position a place is.
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Mental Map
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Image or picture that is determined by an individual's perception.
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Geographic Information System
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A collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected
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Culture
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The Sum total of the Knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns.
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Culture Complex
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A related set of cultural traits, such as prevailing dress codes.
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Cultural Hearth
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Heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin of a major culture.
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Independent Invention
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The term for a trait with many cultural hearths that developed independent from each other.
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Cultural Diffusion
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The expansion and adoption of a cultural element.
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Time Distance Decay
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The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or invention.
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Cultural Barriers
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Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations.
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Expansion Diffusion
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The spread of an inovation or an idea throughout a population.
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Contagious Diffusion
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The distance controlled spreading of an idea
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Hierarchical Diffusion
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A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places.
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Stimulus Diffusion
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A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created.
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Relocation Diffusion
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Sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier.
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Environmental Determinism
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Apply laws from natural sciences to understanding relationships between physical environment and human actions.
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