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WGUD199IntroductiontoPhysicalandHuman Geography–WGUD199(IntrotoGeography4)
1.spatialdata:datathatcanbelinkedtoaspecificplaceonEarth
2.non-spatialdata:datathatcannotbelinkedtoaspecificplaceonEarth
3.globalpositioningsystem(GPS):atechnologythatcollectsinformationaboutEarth
throughtheuseoforbitingsatellites
4.triangulation:amathematicalprocessforfindingtheexactlocationofanun-known
pointonEarthbymeasuringthedistancetoitfromother,knownpoints
5.geographicinformationsystem(GIS):atechnologythatcombinesremotesensing,GPS
data,andspatialandnon-spatialdatatoperformpowerfulanalysesoftheearth 6.sovereignty:independence,whenappliedtoanation(state);theabilityforastatetomanageits ownaffairswithoutdirectionfromanyotherstate
7.unitarystate:anationthatisgovernedbyastrongcentralauthority
8.federalstate:anationmadeupofsmallerunitswithsomedegreeofgoverning
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