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GPS- Brenda G

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(Global Positioning System) a system of satellites that locates absolute location of a person, vehicle, etc...

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Eratosthenes- Castaneda

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A Greek mathematician that used geometry to measure estimated the size of the Earth. He was also a geographer, astronomer, and historian.

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Geography - Potts

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field of science dedicated to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of Earth

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Physical Geography - Oscar O.

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The branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes.

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Daylight Savings Time~ Bailon L

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pushes the clock forward one hour in the spring in order to allow more sunlight in the afternoon during the warm spring and summer months.

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Carl Sauer - Fernando S

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Carl Ortwin Sauer was an American geographer. Sauer was a professor of geography at the University of California at Berkeley from 1923 until becoming professor emeritus in 1957 and was instrumental in the early development of the geography graduate school at Berkeley

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Gps- Maria

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Uses a series of satellites, traking stations, and receives precise absolute locations on earth.

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Grid pattern- Brenda G.

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an intersection of roads that form a right angle (90 degrees)

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Solar time - Jaime T

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It is the practice using the suns position in order to know the current time and what solstice you are in

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Physical Site Characteristics - Oscar O.

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Characteristics of a place including climate, topography, soil, water sources, vegetation, and elevation.

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parallel- Samuel

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imaginary lines that extend around the earth parallel to the equator

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Periphery-Samantha M

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the outside edge of an area : the area that surrounds a place or thing

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Functional (nodal) regions- Castaneda

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An area, with something similar, that surrounds a focal point, a node, that goes outwards from the node

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idrisi - Yamileth J

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an 11th century Arab geographer, worked for the king of sicily to collect geographical information into a remarkably accurate representation of the world.

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Cultural Landscape ~ Bailon L

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products of interactions between humans and their environments

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space time compression- Diana vargas

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The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems

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AP Human Geography - Potts

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What makes this course interesting? Study the distribution, processes, and effects of the human population on our planet Learn how to use and interpret maps, data sets, geographic models, GIS, aerial photographs, and satellite images

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George Perkins Marsh- Erika M

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a 19th century American geographer, mostly known for Man and Nature which he focused on the impact of human actions of the environment

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Mercator Projection- Erika M

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its mostly use for navigation because the direction on the map is accurate

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spatial organization- Diana vargas

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The location of places, people, and events, and the connections among places and landscapes (defines human life on earth, with all its similarities and differences)

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Equator- Castaneda

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An imaginary line that splits the Northern and Southern hemisphere, and marks zero degrees on the latitude line.

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meridian- Samuel

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An imaginary line forming a great circle that passes through the Earth's North and South poles

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Local Time - A.Martinez

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The specific time at a particular place of a time zone.

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space- Diana vargas

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The physical gap or interval between two objects

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Site- Fernando S

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The absolute location of a place, described by local relief, landforms, and other cultural or physical characteristics

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Situation - Jaime T

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the relative location of a certain place to other locations

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Place-Samantha M

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one of the 5 themes of geography; place is an area that is defined by everything in it

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Kant, Immanuel - Yamileth J

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was a German philosopher, who, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is "the central figure of modern philosophy."

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Circular Pattern ~Bailon L

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objects that circle another object; also known as centralized pattern

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Toponym- Roy

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a name derived from the name of a place, or the name given to a portion of the earth's surface

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Greenwich Mean Time -Brenda G

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a local solar time on the prime meridian at 0 degrees at Greenwich ,England

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Peters projection-Samantha M

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a world map projection in which areas are shown in correct proportion at the expense of distorted shape, using a rectangular decimal grid to replace latitude and longitude. It was devised in 1973.

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"Why of Where- Roy

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is the central question of Human Geography ,which asks why people live where they do, or explains why a special pattern occurs

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Absolute-location

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The exact location of a place or a mathematical grid of the earth divided by two sets of imaginary arcs.

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Globalization- Alkazia

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The expansion of economic, political, and cultural, activities.

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GIS-Alkazia

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The computer system that captures , stores, analyze and displays data.

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Scale- Fernando S

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The ratio between the size of an area on a map and he actual size of that same area on the earth's surface

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Landscapes - Yamileth J

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all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

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Longitude - A.Martinez

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The distance of a place west & east from the meridian on the earth's surface.

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multi-national corporation- Samuel

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a very large corporation that has facilities in other countries and in the home country

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Location - A.Martinez

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A particular place or point in a physical space. There's 2 types, (absolute and relative) of location. Absolute being the exact position of where something is and relative being the location of something being compared to the actual location.

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US Census Bureau- Roy

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A division of the federal government of the United States bureau of commerce that is responsible of conducting the national census at least once every 10 years, in which the population of the United States is counted

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