Thinking Geographically Review

Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?

• GPS
• GIS
• Scale
• Mental Map

Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is?

• Relative Location
• Absolute Location
• Generalized Maps 
• GIS

Relative location is...

• location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.
• Precise coordinates of a place.
• General trends we see of a given phenomenon.
• Digitized representations of the environment.
  

 Representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization (ex. local, regional, global)

• Mental Maps
• Scale
• GPS
• Regions

An area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse is...

• Cultural Trait
• Cultural Hearth
• Cultural Diffusion
• Culture complex

What is expansion diffusion?

• When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
• a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
• 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.
• A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.

What is hierarchical diffusion?

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

• When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.

• 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.

• A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.

What is contagious diffusion?

• The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population by contact from person to person.

• When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.

• a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.

• A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.

A region that focuses around a node

• formal
• functional 
• perceptual
• quantitiative

Which of the following is not a type of region that geographers identify?

• formal 
• nodal
• vernacular
• political