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AP Human Geography

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Geography   show
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Human Geography   show
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show Processes heightening interactions, increasing interdependence, and deepening relations across country borders.  
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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 a human or physical phenomenon (e.g., scattered or concentrated)  
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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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Spacial Distribution   show
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show An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide.  
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show Widespread, rapid diffusion of disease among a people in a particular location or region at a particular time.  
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show Looking at where things occur, why they occur, where they do, and how places are interconnected.  
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Geographic Concepts   show
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Location   show
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show Precise location of a place, usually defined by latitude and longitude.  
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Relative Location   show
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Location Theory   show
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show Thinking geographically requires understanding the reciprocal (mutually affecting each other) relationship between humans and the physical world.  
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Environmental Determinism   show
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Hearth   show
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show Theory in geography that humans, not environment, shape culture.  
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show The idea that land can hold a measurable amount of plant and animal life.  
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show Study of the 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 (one of the five themes of geography).  
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Formal Region   show
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Cultural Traits   show
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Functional Region   show
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Nodes   show
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show Area of land that an individual perceives as being similar.  
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show Uniqueness of a location (one of the five themes of geography).  
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Sense of Place   show
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show How a place is envisioned.  
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Movement   show
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show Spread of an idea, innovation, or technology from its hearth to other people and places.  
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Spacial Interaction   show
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show The measured physical space between two places.  
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show Ease of flow between two places.  
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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 innovation from 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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Hierarchical Diffusion   show
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show A process of diffusion where two cultural traits blend to create a distinct trait.  
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show Spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth by the act of people moving and taking the idea or innovation with them.  
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Cultural Landscape   show
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show Imprints left on the cultural landscape by a series of successive societies. Each society contributed to the cumulative cultural landscape.  
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show Geographical scope (local, national, or global) in which we analyze and understand a phenomenon.  
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show Changing the geographical scope at which a problem is addressed by engaging decision-makers and gatekeepers at another scale.  
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Context   show
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Cartography   show
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Reference Maps   show
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Thematic Maps   show
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show Satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features.  
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show Maps of an area made from memory or experience by individuals or groups (also known as cognitive maps).  
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show Places within the rounds of daily activity.  
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show Areas on maps that are not well defined because they are off-limits or unknown to the map maker.  
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show A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the area of study.  
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)   show
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show Group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a people.  
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Culture Complex   show
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