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| the distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person—analogous to the communication of a contagious illness. |
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| a form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples. an urban hierarchy is usually involved, encouraging the leapfrogging of innovations over wide areas, with geographic distance a less important influence. |
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| a form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place. |
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the direction of place in reference to a map including the Earth's entire surface |
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the length of a path in space extending from one point to another |
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distance relative to a specified reference point, usually one in motion |
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| Environmental determinism |
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the view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development. Also referred to as environmentalism. |
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the position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude, 0°to 90° north or south of the equator, and longitude, 0°to 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian passing through Greenwich, England (suburb of London) |
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| the external locational attributes of a place; it relative location or regional position with reference to other nonlocal places |
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| name-the 4th theme of geography as defined by the Geography Educational National Implementation Project |
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| geographic viewpoint—a response to determinism—that holds that human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development. |
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| - formal region is an area that is uniform in characteristics |
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A type of region characterized by its function such as a city-region or a drainage basin. |
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| the degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations. Accessibility varies from place to place and can be measured. |
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| the degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network. |
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the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction |
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| maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of some attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon. |
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A special type of map in which the variation in quantity of a factor such as rainfall, population, or crops in a geographic area is indicated; a dot map is one type. |
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A presentation of statistical data in geographical distribution on a map. |
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