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AP Human Geography mrs.rivera fourth set of 16 (Blji)

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Cultural Diffusion   The expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area  
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Time-Distance Decay   The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source  
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Cultural Barrier   Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas or practices unacceptable or unadpoted in that particular culture  
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Exapansion Diffusion   The spread of an innovation or an idea through a population in an area in such a way that the number of those influenced grows conitnually larger, resulting in an expanding area of dissemination  
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Contagious Diffusion   The distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.  
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Hierarchial Diffusion   A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or people.  
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Stimulous Diffusion   A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaption is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait or another place.  
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Relocation Diffusion   Sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier agents as they evacuate the old areas and relocate to new ones.  
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Geographic Concept   Ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions  
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Environmental Determinism   The view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects  
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Isotherm   Line on a map connecting points of equal temperature values  
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Possiblism   Geographic viewpoint- a response to determinism- that holds that human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development.  
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Political Ecology   An approach to studying nature- society relations that is concerned with the ways in which environmental issues both reflect, and are the result of, the political and socioeconomic contexts in which they are situated.  
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Cultural Ecology   The multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment.  
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