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human geo 3
chapter 3
Question | Answer |
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The study of spatial interactions can be applied to what 3 things ? | People, Goods, and Ideas. |
Of the 3 things that spatial interactions can be applied to, what make up the larger percent ? | Goods. |
What are the three flow determining factors spatial interaction ? | Complementarity, transferability, and intervening opportunity. |
Define complementarity. | Occurs when the areas specialize in different commodities for which there is effective demand.(Supply and demand) |
Define transferability. | A statement about the cost of an interaction. |
Define intervening opportunities. | More prone to go shorter distance. |
Give an example of transferability. | HIV drugs. |
What does distance decay imply ? | Short distance contacts are more likely than long distance contacts. |
What does the gravity model state ? | As the number of miles increases, the number of contacts decreases. |
True or False: Transferability decreases at a decreasing rate. | False; transferability decreases at an increasing rate. |
Riley's Law uses what two things as the variables ? | Population and distance. |
True or False: Territoriality is the willingness to defend one's home ground. | True. |
What 3 things affect activity space ? | Age, mobility, and opportunity. |
What is the daily movement ? | The activity space. |
What is the time-space prism ? | Helps describe volume of space and length of time. |
In what area are most people inclined to settle in and why ? | Inclined to settle in areas where natural disasters occur because they don't occur frequently. |
What are the 3 causes of interregional moves in America ? | Changes in life cycle, changes in careers, and personal mobility issues. |
Define critical distance. | The effort involved in travel exceeds the willingness to travel. |
According to the book, why does personal space have to do with cultural and circumstantial factors. | Because the side is different than the front and Anglos are different that Latinos. |
True or False: The directional bias in the US is an North-South flow. | False; and East-West flow because of where the established cities are. |
What is an example of reluctant relocation ? | The 8 million Indonesians on Java being moved to other islands starting in 1969. |
The decision to migrate involves what ? | Weighing opportunities in the new place compared to home. |
What are areas that dominate a locale's in-and-out migration are known as what ? | Migration field, and they tend to persist over time. |
Define channelized migration. | The tendency for migration to flow between areas that are socially and economically allied by past migration patters. |
True or False: Channelized migration often has a greater than expected flow of movement. | True. |