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| Area that contains a similar human (cultural) or physical trait; cold hard facts |
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How you see it;
area defined by the way humans view it |
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| area organized around a focal point, a place of reference; includes communication, trransportation and even broadcast areas |
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| smaller area within a region usually based on locatuion; ie. West Texas, Pacific Coast |
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| Area where 2 or more regions overlap and share characteristics of both regions |
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| shared pattern of learned behavior passed from generation to genetration; traditions; way of life |
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| Focal or source point of a culture or tradition; point of radiation for ideas, innovations, and ideology |
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| spreading of a cultural element |
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| common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
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distinct culkturally discrete spatial unit; region where certain cultural norms prevail;
place where people live the same ways, believe same things |
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| government where powers are shared between the central (national) and localized (states, cities) governments |
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system where economic decisions (what to produce and how much to produce) are controlled by a central government
Communism
Socialism |
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economic sustem where the decisions are left to private citizens on what to produce and how much to produce
Capitalism
Free Enterprise |
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| politicalsystem where the power resides with the individual, the people are sovereign |
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| polical system where the power is held by a small group of people |
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| human imprinton th esurface of the earth; how people have changed physical geography |
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| economic system that combines elements of other economic systems; ie. Market economy & Command economy |
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| economic system that bases decisions on the way things have always been done (you make shoes because your dad and his dad made shoes) |
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| Physical Geography Examples |
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| lakes, rivers, mountains, deserts, forests, etc. |
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| Cultural Geography Examples |
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| cities,towns, roads, dams, power lines, pollution, etc. |
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| Examples of Formal Regions |
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| Santa Anna, Texas, United States, South America, Scandanavia, etc. |
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| Central Texas, West Texas, Northern Africa, Southeast Asia, etc. |
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| Languages, Ethnicity, Technology, Religion, Economics, Political Systems, Art/Music, Education, Customs/traditions, |
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| Components of Cultural Geography |
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1. Landscapes 2. Hearths 3. Diffusions 4. Regions
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beliefs, values, customs, language, ethnicity, religion, institutions, economics, politics, education, art, music, technology |
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| Government system where all or most of the power is in a centralized government |
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| government with supreme power in a single person; ie. a King or Queen |
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