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| cultural ecology | Geographic approach emphasizes human-environment relationships. |
| cultural landscape | Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group. |
| culture | Body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that make up a tradition of a group of people. |
| environmental determinism | Physical environment causes human activities. |
| formal region | Area in which everyone shares a distinctive characteristic. |
| Greenwich mean time | The time in the time zone with the prime meridian. |
| functional region | An area organized around a node or focal point. |
| International Date Line | An arc at 180 degrees longitude, marking the next or pervious day. |
| latitude | Parallels on the globe measuring distance north and south of the equator. |
| longitude | Meridians on the globe measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian. |
| location | Position of anything on earth's surface |
| mental map | a representation of a place based on personal impressions. |
| meridian | Arc on a map between the north and south poles. |
| paralell | A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator. |
| polder | A specific place on Earth distinguished by a particular character. |
| possibilism | Theory that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment. |
| Prime Meridian | Line at 0 degrees longitude that runs through Greenwich England. |
| regional studies | Emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in an area. |
| resource | A useful substance in the environment. |
| site | The physical character of a place. |
| situation | The location of a place relative to other places. |
| toponym | Name given to a portion of Earth's surface. |
| Vernacular region | An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |
