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Human Geography
Exam 1
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
09/12/2011

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Human Geography
Definition
spatial organization of human activities and with people's relationships tho their environments
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Longitude and Latitude
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Long-angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds east or west from the prime meridian. run from north pole to south pole

Lat-angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds north or south from the equator.

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Geographical Imaginationing allows us to...
Definition
understand changing patterns,  processes, and relationships among people, places, and regions
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Geographic information systems (GIS)
Definition
an organized set of computer hardware, software, and spatially coded data that is designed to manipulate, and display geographically referenced information
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Global Positioning Satelite
Definition
system of satellites that orbit Earth on precisely predictable paths, broadcasting highly accurate time and locational information
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