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| Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group. |
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| The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time. |
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| The diminishing importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin. |
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| Environmental Determinism |
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| A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities. |
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| Formal Region (or uniform region or homogeneous region) |
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| An area in which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics. |
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| Functional Region (or nodal region) |
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| An area organized around a node or focal point. |
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| Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. |
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| The region from which innovative ideas originate. |
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| The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator (0°). |
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| The position of anything on Earth's surface. |
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| The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°). |
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| A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it. |
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| An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles. |
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| A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians. |
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| The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area. |
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| The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives. |
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| An unique area of Earth with its combination of features. |
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| The movement of physical processes, human activities, and ideas within and among regions. |
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| Transnational Corporation |
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| A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located. |
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| Vernacular Region (or perceptual region) |
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| An area the people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |
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