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AP Geography Chpt. 1

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Agricultural density   show
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Arithmetic density   show
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show An east-west line designated under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of townships in the United States  
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Cartography   show
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Concentration   show
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show Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space  
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Cantagious diffusion   show
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show Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships  
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Culture   show
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show The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area  
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Diffusion   show
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Distance decay   show
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show The arrangement of something across Earth's surface  
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Environmental determinism   show
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Expansion diffusion   show
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Formal region (or uniform or homogeneous region)   show
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show An area organized around a node or focal point  
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Geographic info system   show
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Global Positioning System   show
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show Action or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope  
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show The time in that zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0* longitude  
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show The region from which innovative ideas originate  
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Hierarchical diffusion   show
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show An arc that for the most part follows 180* longitude, it changes where you are. When you cross the International Date Line heading east (US) the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. when you go toward Asia, the calendar moves ahead one day.  
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Land Ordinance of 1785   show
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show The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator  
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show The position of anything on Earth's surface  
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Longitude   show
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Map   show
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show A representation of a portion of Earth's surface based on what an individual knows about a place  
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show An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles  
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Parallel   show
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show The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture  
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Pattern   show
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show A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character  
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show Land created by the dutch draining water from an area  
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show The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives  
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show The meridian designated as 0* longitude, that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England  
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Principal meridian   show
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show The system used to transfer location from Earth's surface to a flat map  
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Region   show
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Regional (or cultural landscape) studies   show
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show The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another  
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show The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods  
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Resource   show
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Scale   show
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Section   show
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show The physical character of a place  
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show The location of a place relative to another place  
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Space   show
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Space-time compression   show
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Stimulus diffusion   show
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show The name given to a portion of Earth's surface  
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show A square normally 6 miles on a side. The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the US into a series of townships  
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show A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located  
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show The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy  
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Vernacular region   show
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