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AP Hum Geo Ch1

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show The study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places.  
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human geography   show
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globalization   show
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physical geography   show
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spatial   show
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show Physical location of geographic phenomena across space.  
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pattern   show
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region   show
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show The fourth theme of geography as defined by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project; uniqueness of a location.  
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sense of place   show
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perception of place   show
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movement   show
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spatial interaction   show
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show A condition that exists when two regions, through an exchange of raw material and/or finished products, can specifically satisfy each other’s demands.  
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intervening opportunity   show
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show Measurement of the physic al space between two places.  
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show The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other  
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show The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network.  
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show The overall appearance of an area. Most landscapes are comprised of a combination of natural and human-induced influences.  
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cultural landscape   show
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sequent occupance   show
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show The art and science of making maps, including data compilation, layout and design. Also concerned with the interpretation of mapped patterns.  
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show Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude.  
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thematic maps   show
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absolute location   show
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show (GPS) Satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features.  
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show A hunt for a cache, the Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates which are placed on the Internet by other geocachers.  
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relative location   show
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mental map   show
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show The space within which daily activity occurs.  
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generalized map   show
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remote sensing   show
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geographic information systems   show
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show Involvement of players at other scales to generate support for a position or an initiative (e.g., use of the Internet to generate interest on a national or global scale for a local position or initiative).  
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formal region   show
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show A region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it.  
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show A region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea and not as a physically demarcated entity. For example, in the United States, “the South” and “the mid-Atlantic region” are perceptual regions.  
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show The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society. This is anthropologist Ralph Linton’s definition; hundreds of others exist.  
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culture trait   show
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culture complex   show
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show Heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin of a major culture.  
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independent invention   show
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cultural diffusion   show
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show The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin.  
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cultural barrier   show
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expansion diffusion   show
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contagious diffusion   show
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hierarchical diffusion   show
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show A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.  
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relocation diffusion   show
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geographic concept   show
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environmental determinism   show
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show Line on a map connecting points of equal temperature values.  
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show Geographic viewpoint - a response to determinism – that holds that human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development. Nonetheless possibilities view the environment as providing a set of broad constraints that lim  
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cultural ecology   show
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political ecology   show
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