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Chapter 2 of Barron's AP human Geography study guide

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Define: Site   the refers the the physical and cultural features of a place, independent of that place's relationship to other places around it  
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Define: Absolute Distance   teh distance that can be measured with a standared unit of length, such as a mile or kilometer  
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Which has a higher Transferability: Milk or Computer chips   Computer chips, because that can be eaisly shiped and made anywhere  
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Define: Tobler's first law of geography   Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related then distant things  
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Define: distance Decay   the decrease in interaction between two phenomena places, or people as the distance between them increases  
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Define: Gravity Model   Population of city #1 + Population of city #2 / ( distance apart * distance apart)  
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Define: Relocation Diffusion   when people migrate from one place to another, brining with them cultural traditions from there previous homelands  
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Define: Hierachical Diffusion & Emaple   something is transmitted between places becasue of something the two places have in common, Example: New york Fashion  
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Define: Contagious Diffusion & Example   something is transmitted over space because people who carry it are close to each other, example: the flu  
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