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34 Cards in this Set
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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 McKinna Copple |
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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 McKinna Copple |
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Cultural diffusion |
Expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area McKinna Copple |
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Cultural landscape |
The visible imprint of human activity and culture in the landscape McKinna Copple |
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Distances |
Measurements of the physical space between two places McKinna Copple |
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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) McKinna Copple |
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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 McKinna Copple |
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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 homogenous region |
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Absolute direction |
A compass direction such as north or south. Ex. Saying that Canada is north of the US McKinna Copple |
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Local scale |
Distinctive site or physical characteristic of each place on earth McKinna Copple |
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Regional scale |
Can apply to any area larger than a point and smaller than the entire planet McKinna Copple |
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Absolute distance |
The exact measurement of the physical space between two places.Ex: using the amount of miles McKinna Copple |
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Area distortion |
Disadvantages for maps depicting the entire world of the shape distance relative size and direction of places McKinna Copple |
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Census data |
A periodic and official count of a country’s population McKinna Copple |
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Clustering |
Objects in an area close together McKinna Copple |
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Dispersal |
Objects in an area relatively far apart McKinna Copple |
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Elevation |
The height of physical features such as mountains is measured from the sea level rather than ground level McKinna Copple |
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Field kbservation |
A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary Mckinna Copple |
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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 McKinna Copple |
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Global scale |
The geographic scale realm encompassing all of earth McKinna Copple |
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Absolute direction |
A compass direction such as north or south. Ex. Saying that Canada is north of the US McKinna Copple |
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Local scale |
Distinctive site or physical characteristic of each place on earth McKinna Copple |
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Regional scale |
Can apply to any area larger than a point and smaller than the entire planet McKinna Copple |
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Absolute distance |
The exact measurement of the physical space between two places.Ex: using the amount of miles McKinna Copple |
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Area distortion |
Disadvantages for maps depicting the entire world of the shape distance relative size and direction of places McKinna Copple |
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Census data |
A periodic and official count of a country’s population McKinna Copple |
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Clustering |
Objects in an area close together McKinna Copple |
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Field observation |
A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary Mckinna Copple |
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Elevation |
The height of physical features such as mountains is measured from the sea level rather than ground level McKinna Copple |
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Field kbservation |
A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary Mckinna Copple |
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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 McKinna Copple |
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Global scale |
The geographic scale realm encompassing all of earth McKinna Copple |
