Question

What is the term for the overall change in position?

Answer 1

Hi!

When we're looking at a basic overview of a change in position, this is known as displacement. Displacement is a vector quantity, compared to distance, which is a scalar quantity.

What this means is that displacement is focusing on magnitude and direction, instead of just the magnitude. 

Hopefully, this helps! =)

Answer 2

That's "displacement". It only depends on the beginning and ending locations, and doesn't care about the route between them.