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Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Human Geography | the study of where and why human activities are located where they are |
| Physical Geography | the study of where and why natural forces occur as they do (climates, landforms, types of vegetation, etc.) |
| Absolute Location | the exact position of a place on the earth’s surface |
| Relative Location | location in relation to other places |
| Site Location | the specific location of a place, including its physical setting |
| Situation Location | the geographic position of a place in relation to other places or features of a larger region |
| Global Positioning System | a navigational system that can determine absolute location by using satellites and receivers on earth |
| Geographic Information Systems | Computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images and other pieces of information |
| Remote Sensing | any technique used to measure, observe, or monitor a subject or process without physically touching the object under observation |
| Human-Environmental Interaction | The interactions between human social systems and the rest natural ecosystem |
| Formal Regions | a region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of a product |
| Functional Regions | a central place and the territory linked to it |
| Perceptual Regions | a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data |
| Map Scale | the relationship between the size of an object on a map and its actual size on earth |
| Map Projection | a mathematical formula used to represent the curvature of the Earth on the flat surface of a map |
| Spatial Distribution | arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth’s surface |
| Environmental determinism | the study of how the physical environment caused human activities and social development |
| Possibilism | the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment |
| Topography | the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area |
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