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Encyclopedia of World Geography
GEOGRAPHY'S primary focus is "where?" This question has been an essential part of human history from its outset. Knowing where there was water, food, safety,
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Introducing Geography
What is geography? Put simply, geography is the study of the evolving character and organization of the Earth's surface. It is about how, why, and where human
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Maps and Cartography
Cartography is the field of geography concerned with making maps. A map is a paper representation of space showing point, line, or area data—that is, locations
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latitude and longitude
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE are points on lines that graph the Earth and allow cartographers and others, by assigning measurements to the lines, to fix the location
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The Shape of the Earth
As we all learn early in school, the Earth's shape is very close to a sphere. Pictures taken from space by astronauts and by orbiting satellites also show us
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core and periphery
CORE AND PERIPHERY are terms used in geographic models to describe areas of differing economic production and political power and can be applied to both intra-