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Geography
9th Grade
09/12/2013

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Absolute Location
Definition
The mathematical location of a place on a map using latitude and longitude
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Cartography
Definition
The art of making maps
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Circular Pattern
Definition
A pattern circling an area
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Cultural Landscapes
Definition
The people and the physical enviroment
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Distortion
Definition
The problem of accurately displaying a three-dimensional object of a two-dimensional surface.
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Equator
Definition
The exact middle of the Earth, between the North and South Pole.
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Eratosthenes
Definition
A Greek scholar who accurately calculated the circumference of the Earth using Geometry.
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Formal Regions
Definition
A Region with a certain trend within the region.
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Functional(nodal) Regions
Definition
A region whose trend gets of less importance the farther from the center.
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GIS
Definition
Geographic Information System
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Globalization
Definition
A trend spreading across the world.
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GPS
Definition
Global Positioning System
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Human Geography
Definition
Geography that focuses on people in a certain place.
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Idrisi
Definition
An 11th Arab scholar who made maps that were accurate at that time.
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Latitude
Definition
The distance north or south of the equator.
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Location
Definition
The position of something on Earth's surface.
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Marsh, George Perkins
Definition
A 19th century geographer who focused on the interactions of humans to their environment, and emphasized on conserving the Earth.
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Mercator projection
Definition
A type of map projection that was designed for navigating ships from the Atlantic Ocean Between Europe and the Americas
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Multi-National corporation
Definition
A company that has headquarters in many parts of the world
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Parrallel
Definition
A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator
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Perceptual(Vernacular) Regions
Definition
Regions that are places that people believe to be part of their cultural identity.
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Peters Projection
Definition
A map that focuses on keeping the masses equal in the map.
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Place
Definition
A specific point on Earth with human and physical characteristics that distinguish it from other points.
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Physical geography
Definition
Geography that focuses on the physical characteristics of a place.
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Ptolemy
Definition
A Greek scholar who, after Eratosthenes, also calculated the circumference of the Earth, but was short of 9000 miles.
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Regionalization
Definition
The organization of Earth's surface into distinct areas that are viewed as different from other areas
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Robinson Projection
Definition
Another projection used for balancing all distortions by creating more errors.
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Sauer, Carl
Definition
A man who believed that the interactions between humans and their environment should be the base of geography.
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Site
Definition
The physical characteristics of a place
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Situation
Definition
The relativity to other similar places.
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Space
Definition
The physical gap or distance between two objects.
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Spatial Perspective
Definition
The way places and things are arranged and organized on the surface of the Earth.
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Toponym
Definition
The name of a specific location
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U.S. Census Bereau
Definition
A once-every-ten-years check-up on the population of the US.
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"Why of Where"
Definition
Explanations for why a spatial pattern occurs.
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