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| Two-dimensional scale model of the Earth’s surface |
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| Level of detail and amount of area covered on a map |
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| Scientific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map |
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| An arc drawn between the North and South Poles |
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| Numbering system to identify meridian |
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| Passes through Greenwich, England, 0’ |
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| Circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator |
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| Indicates the location of a parallel |
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| Greenwich Mean Time or Universal Time, time at the Prime Meridian. Master time |
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| Mostly follows 180’ longitude. One day back heading eastward, one day forward heading westward |
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| Development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies |
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| Acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from satellites |
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| Global Positioning System, 24 satellites which allow a receiver to determine its location |
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| Geographic Information System, computer system that captures, stores, and displays geographic information |
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| Point on Earth’s surface distinguished by a particular characteristic |
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| Position that something occupies on the Earth’s Surface |
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| Physical character of a place |
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| Location of a place relative to other places |
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| An area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics |
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| A combination of cultural, economic, and physical features |
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| Also called the cultural landscape approach, initiated by Paul Vidal de la Blache and Jean Brunhes. Later adopted by Americans Carl Sauer and Robert Platt |
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| Also called a uniform region, an area where everyone shares at least one common distinctive characteristic |
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| The arrangement of a feature in space |
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| Also called a Nodal Region, an area organized around a node or focal point |
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| Also called a vernacular region, an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |
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| An internal representation of a portion of the Earth’s surface |
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| Body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people |
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| The relationship between the portion of Earth being study and Earth as a whole |
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| A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope. |
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| A rapid increase in the values of houses followed by a sharp decline |
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| Transnational Corporation |
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| Conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries. |
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| The physical gap or interval between two objects |
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| The frequency with which something occurs in Space |
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| The extent of a feature’s spread over space |
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| Geometric arrangement of objects in space |
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| Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space |
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| A place from which innovation originates |
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| The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another |
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| The spread of an idea through the physical movement of people from one place to another |
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| The spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive process |
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| The spread of an idea from authority or power |
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| Rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population |
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| The spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails |
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| Contact diminishes with increasing distance |
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| The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place |
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| The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place |
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| Produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed |
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| Produced in nature more slowly than consumed |
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| Use of resources in a way that ensures resource availability |
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| The sustainable use and management of resources to meet human needs |
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| Maintenance of resources in their present condition |
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| Composed of living organisms |
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| Composed of inorganic matter |
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| Layer of gas surrounding the Earth |
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| All water features on Earth |
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| The crust and upper portion of the mantle |
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| All living organisms on Earth |
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| Long-term average weather conditions of a particular location |
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| A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact |
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| When soil is carried away by wind or water |
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| When plants draw more nutrients than natural processes can replace |
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| Geographic study of human environment relationships |
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| Environmental determinism |
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| Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter- the physical environment caused social development |
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| The Physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust their environment |
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| A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area (Dutch) |
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