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Geographic Tools
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Instruments used to collect, organize, store, or display geographic information
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Physical Characteristics
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Features of the Earth's surface, such as landforms, water systems, climate patterns, and plant and animal life
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Physical Processes
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Actions of nature that change the physical environment
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Climates
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Regional long-term trends in weather and atomospheric conditions
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Ecosystems
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Networks of plants and animal interacting with the environment
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Patterns of Settlement
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Distribution of populations among urban and rural communities
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Urbanization
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Increase in the percentage of people living in cities
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Migration
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Movement of people, often influenced by push-and-pull factors
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Population Growth
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Increase in the number of people in a specific area
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Cultures
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Learned behavior of people, including their belief systems, languages, governments, and material goods
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Science and Technology
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Discoveries and inventions that help people to change or adapt to their environments
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Government and Citizenship
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How different viewpoints influence political decisions, divisions, and policies connected to geograhic issues
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Cooperation and Conflict
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Methods used by countries and organizations t pursue goals, such as maintaining or expanding control over territory
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Economic Systems
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Ways in which a society satisfies basic needs through the production and distribution of goods and services
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Economic Activities
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Use of natural resources, production of goods, provision of services and distribution of information
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