Geography and Development Concepts

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5 Themes of Geography

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Location, Place, Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction

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Location

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Absolute Location is the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found. Relative location describes a place in comparison to other places around it.

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Place

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Physical features and cultural characteristics of a location

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Human-environment interaction

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People learn to use what the environment offers them and to change that environment to meet their needs.

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Movement

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Major modes of transportation used by people, an area's major exports and imports, and ways people communicate

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Region

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An area of the earth's surface with similar characteristics, usually more than one. These may include physical, political, economic, or cultural characteristics.

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Sustainability

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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Diffusion

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The spread of something across the earth's surface

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More Developed Country (MDC)

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A country that has progressed through industrialization and has a high standard of living

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Less Developed Country (LDC)

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A country that is in the early stages of economic development and has a lower standard of living