Geography Concepts and Terminology

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What are maps that show physical (landforms and rivers) or political features (countries and states) of an area?

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Reference Maps

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What word means using Earth's resources in a way that meets our current needs without preventing future generations from meeting theirs?

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Sustainability

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If you describe where a place is in relation to other places or landmarks, you are giving its...

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Relative Location

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What word describes how technology and transportation make it easier to connect with different places?

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Time-Space Compression

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If you want to just collect information about the earth's surface without making physical contact-usually by satellites, drones, or aircraft, you would use...

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Remote Sensing

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If you want to capture, store, analyze, and display information tied to a specific place, you would use...

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

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If you want to find the exact location of a place you want to go to, you would use...

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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What is the word for the physical characteristics of a place?

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Site

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What word refers to the movement of people, goods, information, or ideas from one place to another?

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Flow

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What is the word for the idea that the natural environment completely shapes human behavior and development?

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Environmental Determinism