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Geography
9th Grade
08/23/2010

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Term
geography
Definition
study of the earth's surface
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perspective
Definition
a way of regarding situations or topics
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cartography
Definition
the making of maps and charts
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meteorology
Definition
predicting what the weather will be
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region
Definition
location of something
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formal region
Definition
an area within which everyone shares in common one or mare distinctive characteristics
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functional region
Definition
Area organized around a node or focal point
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perceptual regions
Definition
region that only exists as a conceptualization or idea
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climate graphs
Definition
a graph of the climate over time
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map projections
Definition
any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other shape on a plane
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contiguous
Definition
very close or connected in space or time
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topography
Definition
configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
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population pyramid
Definition
illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population
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