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| human induced changes on the natural environment |
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| theory and practice of making visual representations of the earth's surface in the form of maps |
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| the study of the interactions between societies and the natural environments they live in |
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| the human modified natural landscape specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society. |
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| systematic approach to physical geography that looks at the interaction between the earth's physical systems and processes on a global scale. |
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| intersection between human and physical geography which explores the spatial impacts humans have on the physical environment and vice versa. |
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| head librarian at Alexandria during 3 century bc; one of the first cartographers; computed the earth's circumference; coined the term geography |
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| name given to crescent shaped area of fertile land that includes the nile valley, east mediterranean, syria, and present day iraq |
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| geographical information systems |
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| a set of computer tools used to capture, store, transforms, analyze, and display geographic data. |
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| global positioning system |
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| set of satellites used to determine location on the earth's surface with a portable electronic device |
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| pertaining to the unique facts or characteristics of a certain place |
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| inventor; diplomat; politician; scholar; book about how human actions have impacted the natural systems |
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| physical landscape or environment that has not been affected by humans |
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| concepts or rules that can be applied universally. |
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| claimed that geography drew from four distinct traditions |
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| studies of structures, processes, distributions, and change through time of natural phenomena. |
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| roman geographer/astronomer; author of guide to geography that included maps using longitude and latitude |
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| data associated with more humanistic approach; collected through interviews, artwork...etc |
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| associated with mathematical models and statistics used to analyze spacial location and association. |
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| widespread adoption of of quantitative data |
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| territory that encompasses areas that share a common attributes (physical or cultural); often larger than a single city |
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| study of geographic regions |
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| observation and mathematical measurement of the earth's surface using aircraft and satellites |
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| geographer from UC Berkeley; defined concept of cultural landscape as fundamental unit of geographical analysis; results from human/environment interaction |
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| feelings evoked by people as a result of certain experiences and memories associated with a particular place |
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| intellectual framework that looks at the particular locations of specific phenomena; how and why it is where it is; how it is spatially related to other places |
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| concept of using only what we have, not diminishing the earth's ability to provide to future generations |
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| study of earth's systems as a whole, instead of focusing on a single place |
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| individual maps of specific features that are overlaid on one another in a GIS to understand and analyze a spatial relationship |
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| AKA perceptual regions- regions that people associate things with; imaginary boundaries |
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