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22 Cards in this Set
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what are the elements if study do human and physical geography have in common?
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concerned where things occur and why the occur
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what are the origins of geography?
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humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization
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who was the first person to write the word geography?
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Eratosthenes
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the name given to a portion of Earth's surface
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toponym
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position of anything on Earth's surface
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location
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an area organized around a node or focal point
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functional region
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an area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
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formal region
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an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features
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vernacular region
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a system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map
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projection
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the relationship between the the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
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scale
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fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
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cultural landscape
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follows 180 longitude
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international date line
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designated at 0 degrees longitude and passes through Greenwich England
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prime meridian
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computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data
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GIS
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reception area of a TV station. a TV station's signal is strongest in the middle
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functional region
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what is culture
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what people care about and what people take care of
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Greenwich Mean Time is measured from
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o degrees longitude
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coordinates 5E longitude, 10 N latitude what is it close to
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the equator and prime meridian
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150 E longitude, 89 N latitude are
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near the international date line and the North Pole
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170 W longitude, 11 S latitude are
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east of the international dare line and south of the equator
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a region from which a phenomenon originates
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hearth
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Americans frequently refer to the South as a place with environmental,cultural, and economic features perceived to be quite distinct from those of the rest of the United States
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vernacular region
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