Geography Key Terms (Place to Stimulus diffusion)

Vocabulary flashcards covering key geography concepts and diffusion types from Page 4-32 notes.

Place

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.

Scale

The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.

Region

An area distinguished by one or more distinctive characteristics.

Globalization

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.

Distance decay

The diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

Formal region (uniform region)

An area in which most people share in one or more distinctive characteristics.

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A computer system that captures, stores, queries, and displays geographic data.

Global Positioning System (GPS)

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

Remote sensing

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.

Relocation diffusion

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.

Hierarchical diffusion

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

Contagious diffusion

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

Stimulus diffusion

The spread of an underlying principle.