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22 Cards in this Set
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Absolute location |
The position or place of a certain item in the surface of the earth as expressed in degrees,minutes,and seconds of latitude,0 to 90N or S of the equator,and longitude,0 to 180 E or W of the prime meridian Anna Hockett |
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Contagious Diffusion |
Distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person Anna Hockett |
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Cultural Diffusion |
Expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area Anna Hockett |
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Cultural Landscape |
The visible imprint of human activity and culture of the landscape Anna Hockett |
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Distances |
Measurements of the physical space between two places Anna Hockett |
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Environmental Determinism |
View that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development (environmentalism) Anna Hockett |
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Expansion of Diffusion |
Spread of innovation or idea through a population in an area in such a way that the number of influenced grows continuously larger, resulting in an expanding area of dissemination Anna Hockett |
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Fieldwork |
The study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places Anna Hockett |
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Five themes |
location, human environment, region, place, and movement Anna Hockett |
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Formal region |
type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in 1 or more phenomena:aka uniform or homogenous region Anna Hockett |
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Absolute direction |
A compass direction such as north or south are absolute direction. Saying that Canada is North of the US is an example of absolute direction. Anna Hockett |
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Absolute Distance |
An absolute distance is the exact measurement of the physical space between two places. Using the amount of miles that separates two places is an example of absolute distance. Anna Hockett |
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Area Distortion |
Disadvantages for maps depicting the entire world of the : shape,distance relative size, and direction of places on maps Anna Hockett |
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Census Data |
A periodic and official count of a country's population Anna Hockett |
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Clustering |
Objects in an area are close together Anna Hockett |
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Dispersal |
Objects in an area are relatively far apart Anna Hockett |
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Elevation |
The height of physical features such as mountains is measured from the sea level rather than the ground level Anna Hockett |
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Field Observation |
A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary Anna Hockett |
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Flows |
A pattern of migration in which migrants move back and forth betweeen two or a small number of places, such as their home and a distant work-site Anna Hockett |
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Global Scale |
The geographic scale realm encompassing all of earth Anna Hockett |
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Local Scale |
Distinctive site or physical characteristic of each place on earth Anna Hockett |
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Regional Scale |
Can apply to any area larger than a point and smaller than the entire planet Anna Hockett |
