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Place
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Specific point on earth distinguished by a particular character
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Region
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Area of earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features
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Scale
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Relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
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Space
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Refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects
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Connections
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Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
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Cartography
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Science of mapmaking
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Scale
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Relationship of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on earth
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Projection
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Scientific method of transferring locations on earths surface to a flat map
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Land ordinance of 1785
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Divided much of the country into a system of townshipd and ranges to facilitate the sale of land to settlers in the West
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Township
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Square 6 miles on each side
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Principal meridians
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North south lines separating twnships
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Base lines
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East west lines separating twnships
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Sections
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Township is divided into 36 sections 1 square mile
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GIS
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(geographic information system) computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data in layers
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Remote sensing
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The finding of data about Earth's surface from a satellite or from other long-distance methods
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