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Aristotle - correct answer Aristotle's proof (c.350 BC) of the earth's sphericity and his introduction of the general principle of dividing the globe into zones Climate - correct answer The composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. Concentration - correct answer The way a feature is spread over an area. Culture - correct answer The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group Cultural ecology / and or Possibilism - correct answer Though the physical environment may limit certain human activates, humans can adapt to their environment or adapt the environment to their activities. Density - correct answer The frequency with which a feature occurs in an area. Density (Agricultural) - correct answer The ratio if the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture Density (Arithmetic) - correct answer a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. Density (Housing) - correct answer A measurement of housing units in a given area Density (Physiological) - correct answer (Physiological) The ratio of arable land to a country's population. Diffusion - correct answer The spread of a feature or human characteristic through space. Diffusion (Expansion) - correct answer Hierarchical Diffusion: The spread of ideas from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons places; Ex laws against the use of cell phones in cars Contagious Diffusion - correct answer the rapid widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout a population like people doing a wave at a stadium or the spread of influenza. Stimulus Diffusion - correct answer The spread of an underlying principal such as the transmission of news from news papers, to radio, to television, to the internet. Diffusion (Relocation) - correct answer The spread of an idea through the physical movement of people from one place to another, such as the spread of Amish communities through the United States. Distortion - correct answer A change in the shape of an image resulting from imperfections of scale. Distribution - correct answer The spatial arrangement of something over earth's surface. Environmental determinism - correct answer view that human activities are governed by the environment, primarily the physical environment. Environmental modification - correct answer Human beings ability to adapt their environment for their own purposes. Eratosthenes (c.275-194 BC) - correct answer established mathematical geography as a science GIS - correct answer A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information Global scale - correct answer A phenomena which is global in its effect. Globalization - correct answer The process of transformation of local or regional cultural phenomena into global ones and in general the increasing interdependence of the world economies. GPS - correct answer A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by calculating the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver. Greenwich Mean Time - correct answer the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; Immigration - correct answer To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. International Date Line - correct answer a theoretical line following approximately the 180th meridian, the regions to the east of which are counted as being one day earlier in their calendar dates than the regions to the west Landforms - correct answer One of the features that make up the earth's surface, such as a plain, mountain, or valley. Landscape (Cultural) - correct answer Geographical areas or properties uniquely representing the combined work of nature and of man. Landscape (Natural) - correct answer Geographical areas or properties unaffected by human activity. Latitude Regions - correct answer The differences between them relate to climate, and the behavior of the sun. They are as follows: 1. The North Frigid Zone, north of the Arctic Circle 2. The North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer 3. The Torrid Zone, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn The South Temperate Zone, between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle 4. The South Frigid Zone, south of the Antarctic Circle Location (Absolute) - correct answer Is the exact spot where something is on the earth represented by longitude and latitude or a street address. Location (Relative) - correct answer Is the place that something is in comparison to something else. Longitude - correct answer The angular distance from prime meridian: the angular distance east or west of the prime meridian that stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole and passes through Greenwich, England. Longitude is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Map Scale - correct answer measurement of distances on the map and conversion to real-world distances Meridian - correct answer An imaginary great circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South geographic poles. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude. Parallel - correct answer An imaginary east-west line circling a globe Pattern - correct answer The geometric arrangement of objects which could be regular or irregular. Place - correct answer a space, area, or spot, set apart or used for a particular purpose Prime Meridian - correct answer The zero meridian (0°), used as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured. It passes through Greenwich, England Projection - correct answer a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude Ptolemy - correct answer Ptolemy applied its principles in the first half of the second century AD Region (formal/ uniform) - correct answer A Region marked by relative uniformity of characteristics; congressional districts are uniform regions. Region (functional/nodal) - correct answer A region defined by a social or economic function that occurs between the node or focal point and the surrounding areas. Region (perceptual/vernacular) - correct answer It is an area that exists in the minds of a society, for example the American "South" Remote Sensing - correct answer the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body Resources - correct answer Factors of production occurring in nature; Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of natural resources. Site - correct answer The physical characteristics of a place. Situation - correct answer is the place that something is in comparison to something else. Soil - correct answer The top layer of the earth's surface, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with organic matter. Space - correct answer An extent or expanse of a surface or three-dimensional area Spatial association - correct answer The degree to which things are similarly arranged over space Spatial interaction - correct answer The relationships between people and objects in space. Terracing - correct answer In agriculture, a terrace is a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed as a method of soil conservation to slow or prevent the rapid surface runoff of irrigation water Toponyms - correct answer Place names