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AP Human Geo

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Geography   show
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show the spatial analysis of human phenomena, including population, cultures, activities, and landscapes  
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Globalization   show
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show observations researchers make of physical and cultural landscapes with a focus on seeing similarities and differences  
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show description of the spatial distribution of human or physical phenomenon  
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show one of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of physical phenomena, including climate, environmental hazards, weather systems, animals, and topography  
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Spatial distribution   show
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show an outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide  
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Epidemic   show
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Spatial perspective   show
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Geographic concepts   show
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show position on earth, including both absolute location and relative location (one of the 5 themes of geography)  
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show precise location of a place, usually defined by latitude and longitude  
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show the location of a place or attribute in reference to another place or attribute  
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Location theory   show
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show the reciprocal relationship between humans and the physical world  
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Environmental determinism   show
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Hearth   show
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Possibilism   show
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Carrying capacity   show
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show study of historical interaction between humans and environment in a place, including ways humans have modified and adapted to environment  
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show an approach to studying human-environment interactions in the context of political, economic, and historical conditions operating at multiple scales  
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show area of earth identified as sharing a formal, functional, or perceptual commonality that makes it different from regions around it  
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Formal Region   show
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show a learned belief, norm, or value passed down through the generations in a culture  
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Functional Region   show
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Nodes   show
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Perceptual/Vernacular Region   show
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Place   show
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show infusing a place with meaning as a result of experiences in a place  
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show how a place is envisioned  
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show mobility of people, goods, and services across the earth (one of 5 themes of geography)  
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Diffusion   show
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show degree of connectedness or contact among people or places  
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show the measured physical space between things  
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Accessibility   show
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show position of a place or area relative to others in a network  
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show the spread of an idea or an innovation form its hearth across space without the aid of people moving  
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show spread of an idea or innovation from one person or place to another person or place based on proximity; specific type of expansion diffusion.  
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show spread of an idea or innovation from one person or place to another person or place based on a hierarchy of connectedness; specific type of expansion diffusion  
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show a process of diffusion where two cultural traits blend to create a distinct trait  
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Relocation Diffusion   show
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show the visible human imprint on the landscape  
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Sequent Occupants   show
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show geographical scope (local, national, or global) in which we analyze and understand a phenomenon  
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Rescale   show
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show the physical and human geographies creating the place, environment, and space in which events occur and people act  
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Cartography   show
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Reference Maps   show
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show a map that tells a story, typically showing the degree of some attribute or the movement of geographic phenomenon using map symbols  
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Global Positioning System (GPS)   show
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Mental Maps   show
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Activity Spaces   show
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show areas on maps that are not well defined because they're off limits or unknown to the map maker  
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Remote Sensing   show
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)   show
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Culture   show
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show a group of interrelated cultural traits, such as prevailing dress codes and cooking and eating utensils  
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