Cartography

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the science of mapmaking

Exp: a map in a textbook was made using cartography

Climate

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the normal weather for a particular location

Exp: the four seasons in a temperate climate

Cultural Ecology/Cultural Landscapes

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the way humans and the environment interact and change each other

Exp: the Egyptian Pyramids

Natural Landscapes

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physical landscape that has not been altered by human activities

Exp: the Rocky Mountains

Culture

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the set of beliefs, social forms, and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions

Exp: Mormons

Diffusion:

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the spread of a feature or trend from one place to another

Exp: clothes

Hearth/Node

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the region from which innovative ideas originate

Exp: the core countries: North America, Europe, and Japan

Relocation Diffusion

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the spread of a feature or trend spread through the movement of people from one place to another

Exp: AIDS

Expansion Diffusion

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the spread of a feature or trend from a specific point outward, three types of expansion diffusion

Exp: cellphones

Hierarchical Diffusion

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the spread of a feature or trend from a node or focal point

Exp: marijuana legalization

Contagious Diffusion

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the spread o a feature or trend quickly and completely through a population

Exp: epidemics like the plague

Stimulus Diffusion

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the spread of part of a feature or trend, typically just a specific characteristic

Exp: cell phones, ideas taken from Apple and applied to other brands' cell phones

Distance

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the amount of space between two things

Exp: Havana, Cuba is less than two hundred miles from Florida, but culturally they are very different

Absolute Distance

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a distance that can be measured in standard units, it has an exact measurement

Exp: Wilton is thirteen miles from Muscatine