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Geographers describe this as the world getting smaller because of connectivity and transferability.
What is time-space compression?
100
When a group brings an innovation or invention as they move.
What is relocation diffusion?
100
This describes the history of landform transformation by the humans that lived there.
What is sequent occupance?
100
When geographers monitor the Earth from distance typically using satellites or aircraft.
What is remote sensing?
100
What projection is this?
Robinson
200
The study of landscapes, oceans and observable items on the Earth.
What is physical geography?
200
When an idea spreads but slight changes or variations are made to it.
What is stimulus diffusion?
200
The farther places are apart the less their relationship will be.
What is distance decay?
200
This type of location changes over time and is in relation to humans or physical features.
What is relative location?
200
What projection is this?
What is Mercator.
300
The distance between two locations.
What is physical distance?
300
Oprah endorsing an idea and it spreading would be an example of this diffusion.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
300
The interconnection of the world without regard to political boundaries.
What is globalization?
300
Technology used to triangulate exact location from space.
What is GPS?
300
An area of cell phone service would be what type of region?
What is functional?
400
Synonyms for parallels and meridians.
What is latitude and longitude?
400
spread of ideas or items across space.
What is spatial diffusion?
400
Everything is related to everything on Earth.
What is the Basic Law of Geography?
400
A map that merely shows places and features.
What is a reference map?
400
The area above all has a dry, arid climate. What type of region is shown?
What is a formal?
500
The idea that humans can overcome any harsh or physical environment using intuition.
What is possiblism?
500
Contagious, hierarchical and stimulus are all types of this diffusion.
What is Expansion diffusion?
500
A closer, more attractive option presents itself.
What is an intervening opportunity?
500
This type of map tells a story by showing the degree of some attribute.
What is a thematic map?
500
What type of thematic map is being shown?
What is a chloropleth map?