| A | B |
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| Cartography | The science of map-making |
| Concentration | How spread out something is over a given area |
| Density | How much of something exists within a given unit of area (square mile, etc.) |
| Diffusion | Spreading things out around an area, or the world (trends, language, etc.) |
| Distance Decay | As things get further apart, the less important they become |
| Distribution | How things are organized around the world (like religion) |
| Environmental Determinism | The environment has a controlling influence on how you will live your life |
| Environmental Possibilism | The environment impacts your life, but you can adapt to it and use technology to adjust |
| Formal Region | Has specific boundaries based on a shared characteristic |
| Functional Region | An area that is based on a central node...providing a specific service (fire department, school district) |
| Vernacular / Perceptual Region | An area that people believe exists, though it is informal and not agreed on by everyone |
| GIS (Geographic Information System | A COMPUTER system that allows you to layer multiple pieces of information to make maps |
| GPS (Global Positioning System) | A series of SATELLITES (24) in space that allow for finding location |
| Remote Sensing | Using satellites, cameras, radar, and other technology to create images of the Earth's surface |
| Projection | Transferring a three-dimensional image onto a flat, two-dimensional surface (example: Creating a map of the Earth) |
| Movement | How and why things, people, and ideas travel from one place to another |
| Region | An area that has shared, common characteristics |
| Place | An area with features that are unique |
| Location | Where you are on the planet's surface |
| Human/Environment Interaction | How humans alter the environment to suit their needs / how the environment impacts how we live |
| Human Characteristic | Things made by people |
| Physical Characteristic | Things produced (made) by the Earth |
| Resources | Things that come from the Earth (plants, animals, oil, water, land) that we use |
| Absolute Location | An exact spot on the Earth (address, GPS coordinates) |
| Relative Location | Where something is in relation to something else |
| Adaptation | Changing the way you do something in order to survive and thrive |
| Scale | The relationship between a part of the Earth's surface and the entire Earth itself |
| Site | The unique features that make up a place |
| Situation | Where a place is and its features relative to other places (example: Chicago is situated in the midwest) |
| Homogeneous | People in an area are very similar to each other ("alike") |
| Heterogeneous | People in an area are different from one another |
| Toponym | A place name based on a person, event, animal, or geographic feature |
