World Geography

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the study of how ppl, objects, or ideas are or are not, related to one another across space

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spatial analysis

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the making of maps (specializes in the depiction of maps)

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cartography

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the study of our planet’s surface and the processes that shape it

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geography

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the study of earth’s physical process to learn how they work, how they’re affected by humans in return

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physical geography

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the study of various aspects of human life that create the distinctive landscapes and regions of the world

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Human geography

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the analysis of the geographic characteristics of a particular place

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regional geography

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tells you the subject of the map

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title

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points out some features of the map that the author wants you to notice

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caption

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the box that explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent

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legend

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aka meridians, runs from pole to pole

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longitude

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the study of how ppl, objects, or ideas are or are not, related to one another across space

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spatial analysis

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the making of maps (specializes in the depiction of maps)

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cartography

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the study of our planet’s surface and the processes that shape it

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geography

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the study of earth’s physical process to learn how they work, how they’re affected by humans in return

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physical geography

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the study of various aspects of human life that create the distinctive landscapes and regions of the world

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Human geography

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the analysis of the geographic characteristics of a particular place

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regional geography

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tells you the subject of the map

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title

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points out some features of the map that the author wants you to notice

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caption

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the box that explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent

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legend

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aka meridians, runs from pole to pole

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longitude

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aka parallels, run parallel to the equator

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latitude

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60 minutes

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60 seconds

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: 0* latitude, runs from the North Pole through Greenwich, England to the South Pole.

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prime meridian

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The half of the globe’s surface west of the prime meridian

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Western Hemisphere

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The half of the globe's surface east of the prime meridian

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Eastern Hemisphere

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The various ways of showing the spherical surface of the earth on flat paper

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projections

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popular type of map, but not used much bc its gross distortion near the poles

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Mercator projection

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: flattens the earth rather like an orange peel, thus preserving some of the size and shape of the landmasses; the oceans get snipped up

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Goodes interrupted homolosine projection

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shows the longitude lines curving toward the poles to give an impression of the earth’s curvature, and it shows an uninterrupted view of land and ocean, but accuracy is sacrificed

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Robinson projection

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True or False, Maps are bias

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True

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the entire world

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global scale

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the largest division of the globe/ a part of the globe delineated according to criteria selected to facilitate the study of patterns particular to the area

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world region

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where we live and work, whether in a city, town, or rural area

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local scale

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adjacent to one another

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Contiguous region

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the connections between the distant regions

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interregional linkages

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the practice of taking over the human and natural resources of often distant places in order to produce wealth for Europe

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European colonialism

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portions of wages

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remittances

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the growth of interregional and worldwide linkages and the changes they are bringing about

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Globalization

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comprises everything we use to live on earth that is not directly part of our biological inheritance; represented by the ideas, materials, and institutions that ppl have invented and passed on to subsequent generations

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culture

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comprises all the things that ppl use: clothing, house, etc

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Material culture

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formal or informal associations among ppl

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Institutions

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a family in its many forms for ex; or a community, which can be made up of many diff. ppl/ ordinary or casual associations, such as the family or a community

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Informal institutions

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local, state, and national governments; nongovernmental organizations that provide philanthropic services and specific business

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Formal institutions

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a group of ppl who share a set of beliefs, a way of life, a technology, and usually a common ancestry and a place

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ethnic group

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a group of ppl who share a particular set of beliefs, way of life, a technology, and usually a place

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culture group

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more overall similarity between culture groups

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cultural homogeneity

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a sense of personal affinity with a particular culture group

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cultural identity

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the right to control their own affairs and especially to retain control of their own resources

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autonomy

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the state of relating to, reflecting, or being adapted to several cultures

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multiculturalism

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: members of a particular culture group share features, such as language and common values, that help to define the group

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Cultural markers

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differences in ideas, values, technologies, and institutions among culture groups that cohabit an area

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cultural diversity

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accepted patterns of behavior based on those values

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norms

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formal and informal institutions that embody value systems

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Religions

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try to extend their influence by seeking converts

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Proselytize

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aka belief systems have no formal central doctrine and no firm policy on who may or may not be a practitioner

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informal religions

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a way of life informed by values that do not derive from any one religious tradition, is spreading

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secularism

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one of the most important criteria in delineating cultural regions/ reflects the complexities of human interaction and isolation over several hundred thousand years

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language

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regional variations in grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary

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dialects

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language of international trade

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Lingua franca

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the integrated system of knowledge, skills, tools, and methods upon which a culture group bases its way of life/ reflects material culture

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technology

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the sexual category of a person

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gender

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menopause in midlife gives women time and nrg and freedom to help succeeding generations thrive

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grandmother hypothesis

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skin color, hair texture, face and body shapes/ a social or political construct based on apparent characteristics

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race

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negative assessment of unfamiliar, often darker-skinned ppl to justify taking land and resources away from those supposedly inferior beings

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racism

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forces that can move entire continents and often take hundreds of millions of years to do their work

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internal processes

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delicate processes that take place on the surface of earth

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external processes

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focus on processes that constantly shape and reshape the earth’s surface

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geomorphologist

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a unit of the earth's surface that contains distinct patterns of physical features or of human activities

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region

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the willingnesss to sacrifice one's own well-being for the sake of others

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altruism