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Concentration
the spread of something over a given area
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Contagious diffusion
the rapid, wide spread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population
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Cultural landscape
fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.
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density
the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area
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diffusion
the process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
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distance decay
the diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
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distribution
the arrangement of something across the Earths surface.
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Expansion diffusion
the spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process
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Formal region
An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics
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Functional region
an area organized around a node or focal point
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geographic information system
a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays geographic data
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Global postioning system
A system that determines the precise position of something on earth through a series of satelites trackind stations and receivers
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Globalization
Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
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Greenwich mean time
the time in that time zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 longitude
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Hearth
the region from which innovative ideas originate
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hienarchical diffusion
the spread of a feature or trend from one key person node of authority or power to other person or place
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latitude
the numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
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location
the position of anything on the earth surface
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map
a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of earth surface or a portion of it
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meridian
an arc drawn on a map between the north and south poles
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parallel
a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at the right angles to the meridians
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pattern
the geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
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place
a specific point on the earth distinguished by a particular character
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polder
land created by the dutch by draining water from a particular character
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possibilism
the theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of actions from many alternatives
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prime meridian
the meridian designated as 0 longitude, that passes through the royal obervatory at greenwich england
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projection
the system used to transfer locations from earth surface to a flat map
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Region
the system used to transfer location from earths surface to a flat map
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relocation diffusion
the spread of a feature or tread through bodily movement of people from one place to another
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remote sensing
the acqusition of data about earth surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long distance methods
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site
the physical character of a place
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situation
the location of a place relative to other places
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space
the physical gap or interval between two objects
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