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the process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, each of which retains distinct culture features
the process by which a group's cultural features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group
the study of the psychological basis for individual human actions in space
all living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms
composed of living organisms
the science of making maps
scientific research by amateur scientists
the long-term average weather condition at a particular location
the spread of something over a given area
the relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
the sustainable management of a natural resource
the rapid, wide-spread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout the population
a geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships
an approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area
the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition
the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area
the process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
the diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
the arrangement of something across Earth's surface
a group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact
a nineteenth- and early twentieth-century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities
the spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process
an area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
an area organized around a node or focal point
the development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies
a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data
identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates
a system that determines the precise location of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
the region from which innovative ideas originate

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