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Human Geography introduction
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Geography Earth-Writing-- Point is to store reference material Tool for communicating geographic information Writing Cartography—two dimensional representation of 3 dimensional space
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Geographical Writing ….
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Cartography…
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ancient
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roman
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Medieval/fanciful
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Age of exploration
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empirical
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scale Relative size Ratio, fraction, description
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distortion Shape Distance Size direction
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divisions Meridians Parallels (longitude)
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Divisions Conceptual (hemispheres) Date line & time zones
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regions Definition Kinds Formal Functional Vernacular (cultural)
Spatial associations
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formal Universal features Predominant features
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Formal
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functional functional
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vernacular
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Spatial associations
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