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AP humangeo ch.1 pt4
AP Human Geography mrs.rivera fourth set of 16 (Blji)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cultural Diffusion | The expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area |
| 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 |
| Cultural Barrier | Prevailing cultural attitude rendering certain innovations, ideas or practices unacceptable or unadpoted in that particular culture |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Hierarchial Diffusion | A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or people. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Geographic Concept | Ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions |
| Environmental Determinism | The view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects |
| Isotherm | Line on a map connecting points of equal temperature values |
| Possiblism | Geographic viewpoint- a response to determinism- that holds that human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development. |
| 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. |
| Cultural Ecology | The multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment. |
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