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The Geographer's Craft
Vocabulary
Section 2, Chapter 1
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| hypotheses | educated guess |
| scientific method | the systematic approach to knowledge followed by scientists- is to collect information that can prove or disprove that hypothesis |
| census | detail counting of the population |
| remote sensing | a method of data collection that employs airplanes and satelites to produce photographs or computer generated images of the earth's surface. |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Computer programs that can rapidly process massive amounts of scientific data. |
| great circle | an imaginary line that circles the earth, dividing it into two equal halves |
| topography | features of the earth's surface and political boundaries |
| cartographers | map makers |
| distortion | a change made to the original shape |
| map projections | ways of showing the round earth on flat paper |
| cardinal directions | N,S,W,E |
| intermediate directions | NE,NW,SE, SW |
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