1.3

Question 1

globalization

Answer 1

force/process that involves entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope

Question 2

scale

Answer 2

relationship between portion of earth studies and earth as whole

Question 3

transnational corporation

Answer 3

conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries

Question 4

space

Answer 4

physical gap/interval between two objects

Question 5

distribution

Answer 5

arrangement of a feature in space

three main properties: density, concentration, and pattern

Question 6

density

Answer 6

frequency with which something occurs in space

of a feature and land area

Question 7

what three basic concepts help explain why similarities among places and regions don’t result from coincidence

Answer 7

scale (from local to global), space (distribution of features), and connections (between places)

Question 8

concentration

Answer 8

extent of a feature’s spread over space

close together: clustered
relatively far apart: dispersed

same # of objects and same size area for clarity

used to describe changes in distribution

Question 9

pattern

Answer 9

geometric arrangement of objects in space

Question 10

behavioral geography

Answer 10

emphasizes importance of understanding psychological basis for individual human actions

Question 11

humanistic geography

Answer 11

emphasizes different ways individuals perceive surrounding environment

Question 12

poststructuralist geography

Answer 12

emphasizes need to understand multiple perspectives regarding space

especially minorities

Question 13

connection

Answer 13

relationships among people and objects across barrier of space

Question 14

hearth

Answer 14

place from which an innovation originates

Question 15

diffusion

Answer 15

process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one point to another over time

Question 16

relocation diffusion

Answer 16

spread of an idea through physical movement from one place to another

Question 17

expansion diffusion

Answer 17

spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive process

3 ways: hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus

Question 18

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 18

spread of an idea from person/node of authority/power to other persons/places

Question 19

contagious diffusion

Answer 19

rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population

Question 20

stimulus diffusion

Answer 20

spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse

Question 21

distance decay

Answer 21

contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears (now uncommon)

Question 22

space-time compression

Answer 22

reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place

Question 23

network

Answer 23

chain of communication that connects places

Question 24

uneven development

Answer 24

increasing gap in economic traditions between regions in core and periphery that results from globalization of economy