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| is the relation of a feature's size on a map and its actual size on Earth's surface. |
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| is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope. |
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| Transnational Corporation |
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| conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters and principal shareholders are located. |
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| The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems. |
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| The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin. |
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| The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another. |
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| The spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process. |
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| Is the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of auditory or power to other persons or places. |
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| Is the rapid, widespread diffusion of characteristics throughout the population. |
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| Is the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse. |
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| The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions of the economy. |
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| Is the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time. |
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| The place from which an innovation originates. |
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