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study of how humans behave physically and psychologically in relation to particular environments.
human factors
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A feature of the environment that affects organism function and population growth rates
Physical factors
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weather conditions in a region over a long time
climate
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all the plants or plant life of a plane, taken as a whole
vegetation
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a map element with arrows pointing in all 4 directions
compass rose
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measures distance on a map
scale
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shows particular theme connected with specific geographic areas
thematic map
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lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measure in degrees
latitude
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lines on a globe drawn in a north-south direction and measured in degrees.
longitude
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an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the north pole and south pole
equator
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imaginary line drawn from the north pole through Greenwich, England, to the south pole
prime meridian
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pertaining to production, distribution, and use of income, wealth and commodities.
economic
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human society, relationships, languages
social
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ideas, customs, and social behavior of society
culture
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government/politics
political
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human population, as the # of births and deaths
demographic
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act or process of growth, progress
developement
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emerging markets
less developed
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high levels of economic development
more developed
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a country whose level of economic development ranks between the developing and first world classification
newly industrialized
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region with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
formal regions
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the process by which manufacturing based on machine power becomes widespread in an area
industrialized
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region made up of two different places that are linked and function as a unit
functional regions
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ability to interpret or become aware of something through the senses
perceptual/vernacular
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an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
regions
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statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition or structure.
social distribution
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the study or use of systems for storing retrieving and sending information
information technology
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global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise data
global positioning systems
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system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze and manage and present geographic data.
Geographic information system (GIS)
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an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
region
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