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14 Cards in this Set
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fieldwork |
the study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places. |
The study of geography by observing people. |
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five themes |
location, human environment, region, place, and movement |
things that have to do with geography |
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formal region |
type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity and one or more phenomena; a.k.a. uniform or homogeneous region |
A region that is similar |
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absolute direction |
A compass direction such as north or south are absolute directions. Saying that Canada is north of the US is an example of absolute direction |
directions on a compass |
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absolute distance |
and 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. |
The exact measurement |
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census data |
A periodic and official count of a countries population |
population |
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clustering |
objects in an area or close together |
don’t cluster in soccer |
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dispersal |
objects in an area I relatively far apart |
disperse in soccer |
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elevation |
The height of physical features such as mountains is measured from the sea level rather than the ground level |
sea level |
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Field observation |
A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary |
observing people |
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flows |
A pattern of migration in which migrants move back-and-forth between two or a small number of places, such as their home and a distant worksite |
migration for work |
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Global scale |
The geographic scale realm encompassing all of earth |
global |
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Local scale |
distinctive site or physical characteristic of each place on earth |
local |
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Regional scale |
can apply to any area larger than a point and smaller than the entire planet |
A rational scale |
