HGeo

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A computer system that captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data. It measures the position of an object on earth and stores it in a computer along with countless.

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a GIS

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The computer system identified in Question #1 would most likely be helpful in solving problems related to?

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the viability of building houses on hillsides

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Eratosthenes was the first person to?

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use the term "geography"

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Which term means "how a feature is spread over a specific area?"

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diffusion

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Geographers typically use longitude and latitude to describe?

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absolute location

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Which of the following is a type of region categorization that emphasizes the relationship between core and peripheral areas?
Options: formal regions, uniform regions, functional regions, perceptual regions, vernacular regions

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functional regions

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The pressure that people place on the land to produce enough food is measured by?

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physiological population density

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According to demographic transition theory, at which stage in a country's development is the population most likely to increase? Options: Stages 1 and 2, Stages 3 and 4, Stages 2 and 4, Stages 1 and 4, Stages 2 and 3

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Stages 2 and 3

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During the late 1800s, an important pull factor for immigration to the United States was? Options: a potato famine in Ireland, political unrest of Germany and Eastern, political persecution in Russia, the Industrial Revolution, forced migration of slaves from Africa

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the Industrial Revolution

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Refugees fleeing from the Balkans during the 1990s were mostly reacting to?

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cultural push factors