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Maps, place, space,
Chapter 2 of Barron's AP human Geography study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define: Site | the refers the the physical and cultural features of a place, independent of that place's relationship to other places around it |
| Define: Absolute Distance | teh distance that can be measured with a standared unit of length, such as a mile or kilometer |
| Which has a higher Transferability: Milk or Computer chips | Computer chips, because that can be eaisly shiped and made anywhere |
| Define: Tobler's first law of geography | Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related then distant things |
| Define: distance Decay | the decrease in interaction between two phenomena places, or people as the distance between them increases |
| Define: Gravity Model | Population of city #1 + Population of city #2 / ( distance apart * distance apart) |
| Define: Relocation Diffusion | when people migrate from one place to another, brining with them cultural traditions from there previous homelands |
| Define: Hierachical Diffusion & Emaple | something is transmitted between places becasue of something the two places have in common, Example: New york Fashion |
| Define: Contagious Diffusion & Example | something is transmitted over space because people who carry it are close to each other, example: the flu |
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