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Question 1

geographic processes

Answer 1

the physical and human forces that work together to form and transform the world

Question 2

diffusion

Answer 2

the pattern by which a phenomenon such as the movement of people, their ideas, technologies, preferences, spreads from a particular location thru space and time

Question 3

independent invetion

Answer 3

occurs when the same/very similar innovation is developed at the same time in different places by different ppl working independently

Question 4

expansion diffusion

Answer 4

occurs when ideas/practices spread thruout a population, from area to area, in a snowballing process, so that the total number of knowers or users and the area of occurrence increases

Question 5

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 5

occurs when ideas leapfrog from one important person, community, or city to another, bypassing other persons, communities, or rural areas

Question 6

reverse hierarchical diffusion

Answer 6

occurs when ideas leapfrog from a lower level of a hierarchy to a high level

Question 7

contagious diffusion

Answer 7

the wavelike spread of ideas in the manner of a contagious disease or forest fire, moving thru out space without regard for hierarchy

Question 8

stimulus diffusion

Answer 8

occurs when a specific trait is rejected, but the underlying idea is accepted

Question 9

relocation diffusion

Answer 9

occurs when individuals/groups with a particular idea/practice migrates from one location to another, thereby bringing the idea/practice to their new homeland.