Key Terms Intro
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| show | Broadly, the geographic dimension or expression of any phenomenon; more specifically, anything related to the organization of space on the Earth's surface.
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| show | The basic spatial unit in our world regionalization scheme. Each realm is defined in terms of a synthesis of its total human geography - a composite of its leading cultural, economic, historical, political, and appropriate environmental features.
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| show | Absolute location is the position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in latitude and longitude. Relative location is the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places.
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| show | A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena; also called uniform region or homogeneous region.
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| show | The shift in the characteristics and spatial distribution of Earth's climates in response to a long-term trend in atmospheric warming.
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| show | The way people have arranged themselves in geographic space. It represents the sum total of the adjustments that a population has made to its natural, cultural, and economic environments.
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| show | The process of urbanization involves the movement to, and the clustering of, people in towns and cities - a major force in every geographic realm today. Another kind is when an expanding city absorbs rural country side and transforms it into suburbs.
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| show | The array of landforms that constitutes the Earth's surface (mountains, hills, plains, and plateaus) and the physical features that mark them (water bodies, soils, and vegetation).
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| show | Controlling power and influence over a territory, especially by the government of an autonomous state over the people it rules.
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