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Human geography
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Study of people and cultures
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Physical geography
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Study of nature, such as climate, soil, animals, etc.
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Pandemic
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WORLDWIDE outbreak of disease
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Epidemic
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REGIONAL outbreak of disease
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What are the five themes of geography?
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Location - geographical location of people and places
Human/Environment - how humans cause changes in the environment and visa versa
Region - Features concentrated in a certain area\
Place - labeling or associated a place with certain emotions or traits
Movemnt - mobility of people, goods, services, and ideas.
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Landscape
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Natural features, human structures, and other tangible objects that gives a place its shape
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Cultural landscape
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Imprint of human activity on the landscape
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GPS
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Allows people to accurately locate themselves by satelite
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GIS
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Geographic information system; used to layer data
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Relative location
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Describes the location of a place in relation to features around it
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Absolute locations
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Location as measured by latitude and longitude
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Formal region
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Marked by physical criteria or a shared cultural traits
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Functional region
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Product of interactions; not necessarily culturally similar
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Perceptual regions
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Regions without definate boundaries, used in daily life.
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Culture
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Way of life
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