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| the science or art of making maps |
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| an indication of the relationships between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances. |
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| a lack of proportionality in an image resulting from defects in the optical system |
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| a mathematical formula which assists in representing the curved surface on the earth onto a flat surface of a map |
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| a tool that allows geographers any analysts to visualize data in several different ways in order to see relationships and patterns in a given area or subject |
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| Global positioning system that is consisted of 31 satellites that are 20,200 km away from earth |
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| the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object |
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| an actual location of a settlement on the earth and is composed of the physical characteristics of the landscape specific to that area |
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| the location of a place relative to its surroundings and other places |
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| invisible lines that run from east to west on the earth; 0 degrees latitude = equator |
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| invisible lines that run from north to south on the earth; 0 degrees longitude = prime meridian |
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| a point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as longitude and latitude |
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| U.S. Land Ordinance Of 1785 |
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| an ordinance that was used to raise money through the sale of land in the largely unmapped territory west of the original states acquired after the end of the Revolutionary War in the 1783 Treaty of Paris |
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| an informal region that will depend upon a people's idea of what the region is characterized by what you believe that depends on how you define a region : |
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| an official region with defined boundaries surrounding a homogenous phenomenon: ex: wheat belt, corn belt, rust belt, bible belt, rocky mountains |
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| Functional ( Nodal ) Region |
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| as you move away from the node it becomes less important until it doesn't matter |
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| picturing a map in your mind and being able to describe where a place is located based on common knowledge: |
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| the spatial property of being crowded together: |
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| the mass per unit volume of a substance under specified conditions of pressure and temperature |
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| the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user : |
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| place where a phenomenon begins : |
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| the way any phenomenon travels across space (between places) over time: |
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| rapid diffusion of a phenomenon throughout multiple communities that does not require migration: |
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| a single idea that spreads and adapts as it moves from place to place: |
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| ideas that spread from larger ares to smaller areas: |
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| requires human migration. Occurs when individuals or groups move from one are to another and carry their ideas and practices with them: |
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| ideas or phenomenon that spread from person to person or location to location regardless of a population's size or social class |
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| the diffusions of a phenomenon can change over time and frequently does |
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| the quality in a person or society that arises for a concern that is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. |
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| the process of increased interconnectedness among countries most notably in the areas of economics , politics, and culture: |
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| transnational corporation |
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| a corporation that is registered in more than one country or that has operations in more than one country: |
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| the theory that the enviornment determines the behavior and culture of humans and how advanced they are socially, politically, technologically, and economically: |
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| though the enviornment can limit human, the humans can overcome those limits with advances in technology and innovation: |
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| any phenomenon that alters the qualities of and relationship between space and time: |
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| the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments: |
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| the study of the many cultural aspects found throughout the world and how they relate to the spaces and places where they originate and then travel as people continually move across various areas: |
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