Key Term 3

Question 0

Housing bubble

Answer 0

Rapid increase in the value if houses followed by a sharp decline in their value

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

Force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope

Question 2

Transnational corporation

Answer 2

Conducts research, operates factories, and products in many countries, not just where its headquarters and principal shareholders are located

Question 3

Distribution

Answer 3

Arrangement of a feature in space

Question 4

Space

Answer 4

Physical interval or gap between two objects

Question 5

Density

Answer 5

Frequency with which something occurs in space

Question 6

Concentration

Answer 6

Extent of a feature’s spread over space

Question 7

Pattern

Answer 7

The geometric arrangement of objects in space

Question 8

Connection

Answer 8

Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space

Question 9

Hearth

Answer 9

Place from which an innovation originates

Question 10

Diffusion

Answer 10

a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time

Question 11

Relocation diffusion

Answer 11

Spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another

Question 12

Expansion diffusion

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Spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive process

Question 13

Distance decay

Answer 13

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin

Question 14

Space-time compression

Answer 14

the reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place

Question 15

Uneven development

Answer 15

The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy

Question 16

Scale

Answer 16

Relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole

Question 17

Hierarchical diffusion

Answer 17

Spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places (political leaders)

Question 18

Contagious diffusion

Answer 18

Rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population (AIDS prevention and goes viral)

Question 19

Stimulus diffusion

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Spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse (apple ipad and iphone copy cats)

Question 20

Behavioral geography

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Branch of human geography that emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological basis for individual actions (aka whites and blacks, gays flocking to one place)

Question 21

Humanistic geography

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Branch of human geography that emphasizes the different ways that individuals perceive their surrounding environment

Question 22

Network

Answer 22

A chain of communication that connects places

Question 23

Post structuralist geography

Answer 23

Emphasizes the need to understand multiple perspectives regarding space