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Cartographer
A precise position on Earth’s surface
Absolute location
How we modify space based on who we are as a group of people
Place
The pattern by which a phenomenon such as the movement of people, or their ideas, technologies, or preferences, spread from a particular location through space and time
Diffusion
A territorially bounded system consisting of the interaction between humans and the environment
Ecosystem
Boundaries that are disputed for religious, political, or cultural reasons
Contested boundaries
Natural resources that Earth will naturally replenish over time
Renewable resources
A thematic map that shows data aggregated for a specific geographic area, often using different colors to represent different values
Choropleth map
Geographic scale that identifies and analyzes geographic phenomena within a state or province, a city or town, or neighborhood
Local scale of analysis
The built forms that cultural groups create in inhabiting Earth - farm fields, cities, houses, and so on - and the meaning, values, representations, and experiences associated with those forms
Cultural landscape
Occurs when a specific trait is rejected, but the underlying idea is accepted
Stimulus diffusion
The mental images that comprise humans’ perception of nature; environmental perception may be accurate or inaccurate
Environmental perception
In debut order, the eighth member of LOONA
Choerry
A geographic area that has been organized to function politically, socially, culturally, or economically as one unit
Functional region
A map that shows geographic locations on Earth’s surface, such as the locations of cities or oceans
Reference map
Geographic scale that identifies and analyzes geographic phenomena within a particular region
Regional scale of analysis
A map projection that avoids shape distortion and the restrictions of a rectangular map by creating interruptions in the map’s continuity; in each section, map projection regions are shown “equally” like an orange peel being laid out in a flat surface
Goode Homolosine Projection
A map projection that is useful for navigation because the lines connecting points on the map represent the true compass direction; however, landmasses become increasingly distorted the farther away they are from the equator
Mercator projection
A map that distorts the geographic shape of an area in order to show the size of a specific variable; the larger the area on a cartogram the larger the value of the underlying variable
Cartogram
The ties established between regions and countries that over time collectively create a global economic system that is not necessarily based on equality
Interdependence
The process of examining patterns and processes within and between regions at multiple geographic scales (local, national, regional, and global)
Regional analysis
Also known as the “first law of geography”; the idea that near things are more related than distant things, and interaction between two places decreases the farther apart they are
The inhibiting effect of distance on the intensity and volume of most forms of human interaction (time-space compression diminishes friction of distance)
Friction of distance
Geographic perspective that acknowledges the two-way relationship between local communities and global patterns, emphasizing that the forces of globalization need to take into account local-scale cultural, economic, and environmental conditions
Glocal perspective
The belief that any physical environment offers a number of possible ways for a society to develop and that humans can find ways to overcome environmental challenges
Possibilism