module 4 geography

Fill in the blank: Spatial clustering takes place when plotted points are grouped in a particular area, meaning that they are most definitely related in some way or according to some ________.

• variable

• color

• shape

• size

Fill in the blank: Spatial analysis is used in non-geographical fields such as sociology, psychology, epidemiology, biology, business, and ________.

• marketing

• engineering

• literature

• astronomy

Fill in the blank: Spatial disruption is a tool used in many fields to measure the physical location in which things ________.

• occur

• disappear

• move

• exist

Fill in the blank: Uniform patterns show an even spacing between entries and often imply that human planning occurred when the ________ was created.

• distribution

• chaos

• randomness

• disorder

Fill in the blank: Adaption refers to the ways people modify their cultures, or learn new things to adapt to changing environmental, economic, or ________ circumstances.

• political

• geographical

• social

• technological

Fill in the blank: Subculture refers to individuals and organizations within a culture who have ideas and beliefs that deviate from the larger cultural ________.

• norms

• values

• traditions

• practices

Fill in the blank: Cultural adaptation is a natural shift in societal ________.

• systems

• norms

• values

• beliefs

Fill in the blank: Spatial diffusion is the spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, etc from place to ________.

• place

• time

• person

• event

Fill in the blank: Assimilated refers to when two cultures merge to form a new culture with remnants of each ________.

• culture

• language

• tradition

• custom

Fill in the blank: Contagious diffusion is the spread of ideas or innovations over an area due to person-to-person contact within a culture or across different ________.

• cultures

• continents

• languages

• cities