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AP GEO CH 1 K.I. 3
Adams HCHS AP Human Geo. Rubenstein Ch1 Key Issue 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Concentration | The spread of something over a given area. |
| Contagious diffusion | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. |
| Density | The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area. |
| Diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time. |
| Distance decay | The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin. |
| Distribution | The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface. |
| Expansion diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a additive (snowballing) process. |
| Globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. |
| Hearth | The region from which innovative ideas originate. |
| Hierarchical diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places. |
| Pattern | The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area. |
| Relocation diffusion | The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another. |
| Space-time compression | The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems. |
| Stimulus diffusion | The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected. |
| Transnational Corporation | A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located. |
| Uneven development | The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy. |
| Housing bubble | A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value. |
| Network | A chain of communication that connects places. |
| Scale | Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole. |
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