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An individual's activity space is primarily affected by

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age, mobility, and opportunity

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When the effort involved in travel exceeds the willingness to travel, the principle in operation is

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critical distance

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The most effective and usual means of accumulating information affecting spatial interaction is

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personal contact

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The concept of place utility refers to

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the perception of opportunities and attractiveness

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Hierarchical diffusion of an innovation

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is enhanced by effective communication of specialized information

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Among the reasons for migrating, push factors

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encourage relocation away from original residence areas

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People are often inclined to settle in areas of known natural hazards because

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specific hazards don't occur with great frequency

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The "home town" mental map developed by an individual

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includes awareness of routes and reference points

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The migration field for any locale is

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usually fairly stable spatially over time

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A diffusion process that follows an S-shape curve indicates that the innovation

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first spread slowly, then more rapidly until saturation occurred

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The concept of activity space is useful for better understanding that each human

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has a territory with which he/she is most familiar

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A local campaign to promote a new product is most likely to result in a pattern of diffusion affected by

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contagion

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Mobility is LEAST affected by

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number of interpersonal contacts

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Which one of the following is/are NOT a barrier to interaction?

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computers

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When a product or an idea disperses outward from a center of origin, the process is known as

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contagious diffusion

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Which one of the following is a diffusion process?

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hierarchical diffusion

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Distance decay implies that

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short-distance contacts are more likely than long-distance contacts

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A classification of objects into categories so that each category has an increasingly higher status is called

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a hierarchy

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Barriers to the flow of information give rise to

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directional biases

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Studies of the perception of natural hazards reveal that

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a high-hazard areas are often desireable places in which to live

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Which one of the following is a push factor?

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dissatisfaction with current job

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The value that an individual places on each known, potential migration site is called

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place utility

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The larger the differential between present circumstances and perceived opportunities, the

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more that people are willing to spend on moving

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Areas that dominate a locale's in- and out-migration patterns constitue the

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migration field

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Hierarchical migration implies that a person moves from

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a smaller city to a larger city

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Willingness to defend home ground is called

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none of the above

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The generation of new ideas is commonly fostered by

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interchange among specialists

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The impressions that people have from observation about the environment of local or distant areas is called

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environmental perception

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The term diffusion refers to a pattern of

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movement

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Within the United States, directional biases favor information flows between

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East and West

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The spread of travel agencies, first to larger cities and then to smaller population centers, is an example of

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hierarchical

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Rural to urban migration in Third World countries frequently reflects

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misperceptions and misinformation

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Spatial diffusion would most likely be used to explain distribution of

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a new technology

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Mental maps most characteristically show

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impressions about places

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The claim of an area as home ground and the defensive measures taken to defend it have specific reference to the term

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territoriality

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The spread of AIDS in a region is an example of

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contagious diffusion

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Determination of the critical distance can be affected by

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cost, effort, and time

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The area in which people move about and carry on their daily activities is known as

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activity space

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In the journey to work in North America, the major factors that plays a role in the determination of critical distance appears to be

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time required in getting to work

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Which one of the following is considered a pull factor in regard to migration?

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amenities of living in Australia

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Which one of the following major recent international migration steams is correctly paired with its chief fundamental cause?

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from Mexico to the United States-economic

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The tendency for people to migrate from smaller to larger places is called

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hierarchical migration

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T/F:Territoriality is the spatial expression of one's mental map.

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False

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T/F:A migration field is formed by totaling the activity spaces of a number of people.

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False

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T/F:Spatial diffusion declines rapidly with distance. With migration behavior, one expects places close to one another to have a greater rate of migration than places far from one another.

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True

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T/F:New inventions and innovations are usually the result of isolated contemplation.

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False

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T/F:Environmental perception refers to our personal awareness and beliefs about place and space.

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True

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T/F:People's perception of the world usually tends to exaggerate the importance of nearby areas.

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True

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T/F:Channelized migration is primarily an ethnic characteristic.

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False

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T/F:Migration decisions most realistically are viewed as the outcome of both push and pull influences.

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True

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T/F:A hierarchical routing of information flows displays the effect of distance decay.

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False

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T/F:We form place opinions and perceptions only on the basis of personal experience.

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False

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T/F:Hierarchical diffusion is flow from larger to smaller centers; hierarchical migration is movement from smaller to larger centers.

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True

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T/F:People with limited knowledge of opportunities elsewhere are more apt to migrate than are those in full possession of detailed place utility data.

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False

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T/F:Most migration decisions are based upon assessments of alternate economic opportunities.

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True

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T/F:Without exception, the more crowded an area, the greater the number of effective interactions between people.

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False

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T/F:Current migration paths in the United States clearly show hierarchical movement.

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False

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