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absolute location |
the position or place of a certain item on the surface of the earth as expressed in degrees,minutes,and seconds of latitude,0 to 90 N or S of the equator,and longitude,0 to 180 E or W of the prime meridian. |
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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. |
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cultural diffusion |
expansion and adoption of a cultural element from its place of origin to a wider area |
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cultural landscape |
the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape |
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distances |
measurements of the physical space between two places |
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environmental determinism |
view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development |
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expansion diffusion |
spread of innovation or idea through a population in an area in such a way that the number of those influenced grows continuously larger,resulting in an expanding area of dissemination |
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fieldwork |
the study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places |
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five themes |
location,human environment,region,place,and movement |
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formal region |
type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in 1 or more phenomena;aka uniform or homogeneous region |
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absolute direction |
a compass direction such as north or south are absolute directions |
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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 |
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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 |
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census data |
a periodic and and official count of a country’s population |
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clustering |
objects in an area are close together |
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dispersal |
objects in an area are relatively far apart |
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elevation |
the height of physical features such as mountains is measured from the sea level rather than ground level |
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field observation |
a method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary |
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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 work site |
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global scale |
the geographic scale realm encompassing all of earth |
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local scale |
distinctive site or physical characteristic of each place on earth |
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regional scale |
can apply to any area larger than a point and smaller than the entire planet |