Chapter 1 Flashcards
Uneven development
The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core
Concentration
Extent of a feature’s spread over space
Diffusion
Process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time
Density
Frequency with which something occurs in space
Pattern
Geometric arrangement of objects in space
Stimulus diffusion
The spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse
Agricultural density
Number of farmers per unit area of farmland
Toponym
A name given to a place on Earth
Globalization
A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something world wide in scope
Situation
Location of a place relative to other places
Hearth
The place from which an innovation originates from
Scale
Relationship of a features size on a map to its actual size
Cartography
Perfecting the science of map-making
Map
Flat representation of Earth’s surface
Space-time compression
Reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place
Transitional corporation
Conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its head quarters and principle shareholders are located
Physical density
Number of persons per unit of area suitable for agriculture
Contagious diffusion rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
Contagious diffusion
Remote sensing
Acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting Earth
Distribution
Arrangement of a feature in space
Arithmetic density
Total number of objects in an area
Expansion diffusion
The spread of an idea from one place to another in a snowballing process
Distance decay
The farther away one group is from another, the less likely the two groups interact
Relocation diffusion
The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another
