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Ap human 1-4 Midterm Flashcards

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Globalization

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The world has become more similar,smaller, and more accessible.

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What is Human Geography

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The study of: how people make places
how we interact with each other across space
how we make sense of others and ourselves in our locality, region, and world

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Location

5 themes of geography

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The geographical position of people and things on the Earth’s surface and how it affects what happens

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Absolute location

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Provides a definite reference for locating a place

Ex. Lines of latitude and longitude

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Geography

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Study of the physical and cultural features of the earth’s surface
invented by Greek astronomer Eratosthenes

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5 themes of Geography

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Movement, Religion, human environmental interactions, Location, Place

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Relative location

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describes a places location in relivance to its surronding features

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Environment interactions

5 themes of geography

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how humans dapt and modify the enviornment

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Region

5 themes of geography

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Areas in which specific features are concentrated or that share similar characteristics

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formal region

types of regions

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has a shared cultural or physical tait

ex. french speaking countries

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functional regions

types of regions

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Centered around a node or focal point have a shared political, social, or economic purpose what makes it a functional region is when the node dominates everything around it

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Perceptual regions

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An area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity.
ex. The Bible Belt

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what are perceptual regions also called?

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vernacular

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how many perceptual regions are the U.S

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12

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Sense of place

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infusing a place with meaning and emotion.

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perception of place

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belief or understanding ofnwhat a place is like, often based on movies books stories or pictures

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Movement

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Mobility of goods, and ideas

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what does spatial interactions depend on

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the distance among places, the accessibility of places, and the transportation and connectivity among places.

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Cultural Landscape

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visible imprint of human activity on a landscape

ex. buildings, roads, memorials, churches, homes

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landscape

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material of a place; relationship between features and human structures that give a place a particular form

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Cartographers

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the art and science of making maps

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Two main types of maps

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reference
thematic

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Reference maps

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show locations of places and geographical features, Focus is on accuracy, showing absolute location

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Thematic maps

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focuses on data ypically showing the degree of some attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon

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Mental maps

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Maps we carry in our minds of places we have seen and places we have heard of

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Scale

meaning 1

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The distance on a map compared to the distance on earth

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Scale

meaning 2

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The extent of something
Shows patterns at different levels

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Global scale

scale of analysis

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The level of the entire planet, as well as the global scale of systems and processes

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Regional scale

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a level of a specific region or geographical area that is larger than a single community or neighborhood but** smaller** than the entire nation

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National scale

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describes the level of a specific** country** or nation

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culture

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the lifestyle values & beliefsof peoples

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Culture trait

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A single attribute of a culture

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Cultural hearth

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Area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse

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when and where was Islam founded in

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Islam was founded in the 500’s on the arabian peninsula

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independent invention

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When traits develop in more than one hearth without being influenced by its development elsewhere

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Cultural diffusion

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Dissemination of ideas people or goods across space

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time distance decay

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The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin. - languages change the farther they are away from their hearth

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cultural barriers

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prevailing attitudes or cultural taboos can mean certain innovations, ideas, or practices are not acceptable in particular cultures

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expansion diffusion

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occurs when an innovation or idea develops in a source area and remains strong there while spreading outward.

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2 types of expansion diffusion

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contagious diffusion and hierarchical diffusion

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contagious diffusion

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that refers to the spread of ideas through one-to-one interactions between individuals

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hierarchical diffusion

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the spread of culture starting from the most powerful and influential people within the culture.

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Stimulus diffusion

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occurs when a culture changes as it spreads from its original point.

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example of stimulus diffusion

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The hamburger was introduced to India, but the hindu religion prevents the consumption of beef so they changes the hamburger

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what animal is considerd holy in India

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cows - they roam freely

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relocation diffusion

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When people move, or relocate, they spread ideas along with them

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Eratosthenes

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The head librarian at Alexandria during the third century
B.C. who is credited with creating the term “geography“.

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Diffusion

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The spreading of a feature or trend from one place to
another over time.

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Place

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The uniqueness of a location; a specific point on Earth
distinguished by a particular character.

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Longitude

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of
meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°).

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GPS

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A system that determines the** precise position** of
something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking
stations, and receivers.

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Hearth

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The place from which innovations or ideas originate.

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Projection

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The system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a** flat map**.

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Topographic Map

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A map that shows a three-dimensional representation of the Earth’s surface.

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Cultural Ecology

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Study of the interactions between societies and their local environments.

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Latitude

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The numbering system used to indicate the location of
parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.

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Activity Space

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Places where someone goes on a day-to-day basis.

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Possibilism

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The theory that while the physical environment may set
limits on human actions, people have the ability to adjust
to the physical environment and choose a course of actions from many alternatives.

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GIS

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A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

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Space-Time Compression

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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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Resource

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is
economically and technologically feasible to access, and is
socially acceptable to use.

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Site

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The physical character of a place.

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Compass Rose

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Drawing on a map that shows the four cardinal directions.

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Situation

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The location of a place relative to other places.

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Isoline

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Maps that show lines that connect points of equal value.

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Reverse Hierarchical
Diffusion

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When ideas diffuse from lower levels to higher levels.

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Environmental
Determinism

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a theory that stated human behaviours are a direct result of the surrounding environment

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Distance Decay

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The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

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the time at the prime meridian - the master reference time for all points on Earth.

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International Date Line

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An arc that for the most part follows 180° longitude,
although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing
land areas.

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Remote Sensing

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the process of taking pictures of the Earth’s surface from satellites (or, earlier, airplanes) to provide a greater understanding of the Earth’s geography over large distances.

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Planar Projection

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Map projection that is tangent to the globe at a single point.

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Sequent occupance

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Different societies over time leave their cultural marks on a location, which creates its cultural landscape. This shows how humans and nature interact with each other.

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Complementarity

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When two regions specifically satisfy each other’s needs through exchange of raw materials and or finished goods.

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Anthropogenic

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Human-induced changes on the natural environment.

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Aggregation

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To come together into a mass, sum, or whole.

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Nomothetic

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a feature that is universally applicable across a multitude of regions- a trait that is not specific to one group

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Proportional symbols map

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the size or number of something in different places. The symbols represent how big or how many there are, compared to each other.

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Idiographic

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a feature that is unique to a particular geographic region.

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Geoid

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The actual shape of the earth, which is rough and oblate, or slightly squashed.

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Choropleth

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a special-purpose map that uses color to show population density

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demography

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the study of population

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Population Density

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measure of total population relative to land size (arithmetic population density)

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Physiological Population Density

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Measures total population to the area of of arable land

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Egypt

Physiological Population Density

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201 people per square mile population density
5717 people per square mile physiological population density

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Agricultural Density

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The number of farmers per unit of arable land

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Population Distribution

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Descriptions of locations where individuals or groups (depending on scale) live
Often represented on dot maps

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East Asia

(Unit 2)

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Mostly china, korea, japan
one fourth of the world’s population
Large cities, ribbons of high population density along the yangtze and yellow rivers

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South Asia

(Unit 2)

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india, pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka
Growing faster than East Asia because of china’s declining fertility
By 2030, India will have ⅛ of world’s population
Himalayascreate a physical barrier that prevents expansion

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Southeast Asia

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indonesia (4th largest country in population), Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos

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Europe

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Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia
Follows coal fields and is very urban (89% in UK, 88% in Germany, 74% in France)
715 million European cluster (less than half of south asia )

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North America

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Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston
Called megalopolis

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Thomas Malthus

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Warned that population was increasing faster than food supplies needed to sustain it

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A Population Bomb

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Warned that population increase was outpacing food production

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neo-malthusians

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believe that the population of the world is growing too quickly for the scale of agricultural production to keep up

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Anti-Malthusians

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AKA cornucopians
Emphasize humanity’s ability to overcome population problems and provide enough food

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ester boserup

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People will develop new farming methods

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Natural increase (NIR)

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Subtract deaths from births
Ignores immigration and emigration

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Demographic Transition

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Multistage model, based on Western Europes experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization

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Great Britain’s Example

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Study of population growth over 300 years
Studied the change in birth rates, death rates, and natural growth rates over the course of british industrialization

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Stage 1

The Demographic Transition Model

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low growth - high birth rates, high death rates. no countries

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Stage 2

The Demographic Transition Model

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high growth - high birth, declining death rates. Nigeria. poor country with lots of growth

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Stage 3

The Demographic Transition Model

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moderate growth - low death, declining birth rates. India. not because of a high TFR because they have a lot of ppl. not super poor, not super rich

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Stage 4

The Demographic Transition Model

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low growth - low birth, low death. all modern countries are at least in stage four, america, australia

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Stage 5

The Demographic Transition Model

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tationary population level (SPL) or declining population. very low birth, low death. negative growth

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Population Composition

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The number of men and women and their ages

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Poorer countries

population pyrimids

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birth and death rates are high
High TFR, high infant mortality rates, low life expectancy

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Wealthy countries

population pyrimids

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lower birth and death rates
Low TFR, longer life expectancy

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infant mortality rate (IMR)

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Death during the first year after birth
One of the leading measures of the condition of a countries population
Normally given as the number per 1000 live births

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Life Expectancy

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Figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live
Usually higher for women

106
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3 catagories of disease

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infectious diseases
chronic or degenerative diseases
Genetic or inherited diseases

107
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infectious diseases

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65% of all diseases
Result from an invasion of parasites and their multiplication in the body
Malaria, covid

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chronic or degenerative diseases

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Maladies of old age
Reflects higher life expectancy

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Genetic or inherited diseases

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Can be traced to our ancestry
sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, lactose intolerance

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Endemic

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disease prevailing over a small area

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epidemic

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disease that spreads over a large area

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pandemic

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disease that is global in scope

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Types of Infectious Diseases

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Vectored and non vecterd

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Vectored

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Transmitted by an intermediary agent (vector) from one host to another
Malaria

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non vectored diseases

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Transmitted by direct contact between host and victim
influenza

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3 catogories of Government’s Effects on Population Change

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pronationalst, eugenic, and antinatalist

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pronatalist (expanse)

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Encourage large families and raise the rate of natural increase
Former Soviet Union and China under Mao Zedong
Some modern European countries due to aging populations

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Eugenic

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Designed to favor one race or cultural sector
Nazi Germany
Japan?

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antinatalist (restrictive)

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Reduce rate of natural increase
India
China after Mao

120
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3 types of movement

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cyclic
periodic
migration

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Cyclic Movement

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Journeys that begin at our home base and bring us back to it
commuting

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Periodic Movement

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Also involves returning home, but with a longer period of time than cyclical movement
migrant labor
transhumance

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Migration

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Movement that results in permanent relocation across significant distances

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international migration

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Movement across country borders
Also called transnational migration

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internal migration

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Within a country’s borders

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Two Types of Migration

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forced migration
Voluntary migration

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force migration

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The imposition of authority or power that produces involuntary movement

128
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Voluntary migration

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Occurs after a migrant weighs options and choices

129
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1st law of migration

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Every migration flow generates a return or coutermigration

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Examples of Forced Migration

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Largest in history: African slave trade
1780’s to 1830’s: British convicts sent to Australia
1800’s: Native Americans forced away from tribal homelands
1930’s: German Jews

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2nd law of migration

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The majority of migrants move a short distance

131
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3rd law of migration

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Migrants who move longer distances tend to chose urban distances

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4th law of migration

A

Urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas

133
Q

5th law of migration

A

families are less likely to make international moves than young adults

134
Q

step migration

A

Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages

135
Q

intervening opportunity

A

Presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the presences of a nearer opportunity that diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away

136
Q

intervening obstacles

A

barrier that interferes with how people arrive at their destination

137
Q

chain migration

A

Develops when migrants move along kinship links

138
Q

Push Factors

A

Conditions and perceptions that help a migrant decide to leave a place

139
Q

pull factor

A

Circumstances that attract the migrant to certain locations

140
Q

Types of push and pull factors

A

economic conditions
political circumstances
armed conflict and war
environmental conditions

141
Q

Refugees

A

A person who flees across an international boundary because of a well - founded fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion

142
Q

Internally displaced person (IDP)

A

People displaced within their own country

143
Q

asylum

A

Right to protection in the first country in which a refugee arrives

144
Q

Quotas

A

Limit the number of migrants from each region or country

145
Q

selective immigration

A

Bars people with certain backgrounds from entering a country

146
Q

Why do Growth Rates Vary in India?

A

1960s population planning program
1970s country began forced sterilization
program for men with 3 or more children.
22.5 million men were sterilized.
2004 state of Uttar Pradesh began guns for
sterilization program.

147
Q

The Demographic Transition
in Great Britain

A

Studied the change in birth rates, death rates,
and natural growth rates over the course of
British industrialization.

148
Q

Population Pyramid

A

Bar graph representing the distribution of a population by
age and gender.

149
Q

Dependency Ratio

A

The number of people under the age of 15 and over 64
compared to the number active in the labor force.

150
Q

Arable Land

A

Land capable of sustaining agriculture.

151
Q

Remittances

A

Money that migrants send back to their families in their
home country.

152
Q

Carrying Capacity

A

The largest population that an environment can support at
any given time.

153
Q

Metacity

A

A city with more than 20 million people.

154
Q

Critical Distance

A

The distance beyond which cost, effort, and/or means play
a determining role in the willingness of people to travel.

155
Q

Natural Increase

A

Population growth measured as the excess of live births
over deaths; does not reflect either emigrant or immigrant
movements.

156
Q

Stationary Population
Level

A

The level at which a national population ceases to grow.

157
Q

Total Fertility Rate

A

The number of children born to an average woman in a
population during her entire reproductive life.

158
Q

Ecumene

A

The portion of the Earth occupied by permanent human
settlement.

159
Q

Zero Population Growth

A

When birth rate equals death rate.

160
Q

Epidemiologic Transition

A

Focuses on distinctive causes of death in each stage of
demographic transition.

161
Q

Megacity

A

A city with more than 10 million people.

162
Q

Industrial Revolution

A

A conjunction of major technology that transformed the
process of manufacturing goods and delivering them to markets in the late 18th century.

163
Q

Net Migration

A

The difference between the level of immigration and
emigration.

164
Q

Brain Drain

A

Large scale emigration by talented people.

165
Q

Counterurbanization

A

Net migration from urban to rural areas in MDCs.

166
Q

Census

A

A complete enumeration of a population.

167
Q

Demography

A

The scientific study of population characteristics.

168
Q

Overpopulation

A

When the number of people in an area exceed the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of
living.

169
Q

Population Cohort

A

Individual age groups within a population pyramid.

170
Q

Doubling time

A

the time it takes for a population to double in size

171
Q

popular culture

A

Large, incorporates heterogeneous populations, typically urban, with quickly changing cultural traits

172
Q

local cultural

A

Group who sees themselves as a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those customs and traits in order to claim uniqueness and distinguish themselves from others

173
Q

Popular Culture

A

ubiquitous
Can change in a matter of days or hours
Includes things like music, dance, clothing,and food

174
Q

time-space compression

A

Cities are now much closer because of airplanes, high-speed trains, expressways, cell phones, and e-mail

175
Q

Language

A

Set of sounds and symbols used for communicating

176
Q

how do geograpgers differentiate languages

A

mutual intelligibility

177
Q

mutual intelligibility

A

The ability of 2 people to understand each other when there speaking

178
Q

Cantonese vs. Mandarin

A

Chinese is considered one language and Mandarin and Cantonese are dialects of Chinese, but they aren’t mutually intelligible at all

179
Q

Separate languages that are mutually intelligible

A

Danish and Norwegian
Hindi and Urdu
Spanish and portuguese
Navajo and Apache

180
Q

isogloss

A

Geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs

181
Q

Language Families

A

Group of languages with a shared but distant origin before recorded history

182
Q

Language branch

A

within a family, related through a common ancestor from thousands of years ago, confirmed through archeological evidence

183
Q

Language group

A

within a branch, related through a common ancestor from the relatively recent past, with few differences in grammar/vocab

184
Q

renfrew hypothesis

A

Indo-European began in the fertile crescent

185
Q

The Conquest theory

A

Early speakers of Indo-European spread from east to west on horseback, overpowering earlier inhabitants and beginning the diffusion of Indo-European tongues

186
Q

Agricultural theory

A

Indo-European diffused westward through Europe with the diffusion of agricultural

187
Q

dispersal hypothesis

A

Indo-European languages first moved from the hearth eastward into present-day iran and then around the caspian sea into europe

188
Q

The Languages of Europe

A

Mostly Indo - European

189
Q

Romance languages

A

Local languages mixing with Latin

190
Q

Germanic languages

A

Diffused from Northern Europe
English was influenced by the Norman conquest of Engalnd in 1066

191
Q

Slavic languages

A

Developed as Slavic people migrated from Ukriane about 2000 years ago

192
Q

Languages of Africa

A

Extreme Linguistic diversity
Effects of colonialism
Nigeria
Over 500 languages

193
Q

Lingua Franca

A

A language used among speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade and commerce

194
Q

pidgin

A

mixture of 2 languages

195
Q

creole

A

when the pifgin languages developed native speakers

196
Q

Monolingual States

A

Countries where almost everyone speaks the same language

197
Q

ex of Monolingual states

A

japan
uruguay
iceland
denmark
portugal
poland

198
Q

Multilingual States

A

Countries with langmore than on language

199
Q

two languages of belgium

A

Flanders: flemish
Wallonia: french

200
Q

Monotheistic religon

A

Worship a single deity

201
Q

polytheistic

A

Worship multiple gods

202
Q

animistic religon

A

Inanimate objects (e.g., mountains, rivers, trees) possess spirit and should be revered

203
Q

Two classifications of religons

A

universalising religions - Actively seek converts
ethnic religions - Adherents are born and do not seek converts

204
Q

what was the first monothestic religon

A

judaism

205
Q

Toponyms

A

Geographic term for place name

206
Q

Hinduism

A

Originated in the Indus river Valley in Pakistan over 4000 years ago
No single founder or theology
Based on ancient practices like ritual bathing and belief in karma and reincarnation
Most consider it polytheistic

207
Q

what religon are most pakinstans

A

Muslim

208
Q

what religon are most indians

A

Hindu

209
Q

Buddhism

A

Splintered from Hinduism in india 2500 years ago
Founded by Prince Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha —the enlightened one)

210
Q

Shintoism

A

Created in Japan by Buddhism mixed with a local religion (syncretism)
ethnic religion
Focuses on nature and ancestor worship

211
Q

Confucianism

A

Founded by confucius (551-479 B.C.)
The real meaning of life lay in the present and not Haven
Sacred texts
The confusionism classics
13 texts that became the focus of education in China for over 2000 years

212
Q

Taoism

A

Founded by Lao - Tsu in China over 2500 years ago
Sacred text
Tao-te- ching (Book of the Way )
Focused on oneness with nature
Gave rise to feng shui

213
Q

Judaism

A

Grew out of God’s covenant with Abrham, who united the Israelites to worship the on, true God
The Romans destroyed jerusalem in AD 70 and the Jews scattered throughout the known world
Called the Dispora

214
Q

Christianity

A

Hearth is Jerusalem
Based on the teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus
Sacred text - The Bible
Sacred sites - Jerusalem, Bethlehem

215
Q

Islam

A

youngest major religion
Founded by Muhammad
Born in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) in 571
Muslims believe when he was 42, he received revelations directly from Allah

216
Q

two names islam split into

A

Sunni (the majority) and Shi’ite Muslims (mainly in Iran)

217
Q

jews sacred sites

A

Western Wall

218
Q

Sacred Sites of Jerusalem

A

Sacred to Christians, Jews, and Muslims

219
Q

New England

A

catholic

220
Q

South

A

Baptist

221
Q

Upper Midwest

A

Lutheran

222
Q

interfaith boundary

A

Between 2 denominations of the same religion

222
Q

Southwest

A

Spanish catholic

223
Q

The Former Yugoslavia

A

Slovenians and Croats are, Serbians and Montenegrans are Eastern Orthodox
Strong Muslims in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia
War led to ethnic cleansing and the creation of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia

224
Q

Northern Ireland

A

Ireland revolted against British rule and became independent in 1922, but Britain retained control of 6 northeastern counties that had a Protestant majority

225
Q

Ethnicity

A

the culture of people in a geographic region

226
Q

Race

A

physical features such as skin color, hair, type, and shape of head

227
Q

Diaspora

A

The scattering of the Jews following the Roman
destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

228
Q

Local (Folk) Culture

A

Practiced by small, isolated groups living in isolated areas
and may include customs such as traditional dress.

229
Q

The Hajj

A

The Muslim requirement to take a pilgrimage to Mecca.

230
Q

Ethnocentrism

A

The general term for the belief that your own group’s
cultural traditions and values are correct and superior to all others.

230
Q

Eastern Orthodox

A

The first split in Christianity resulted in this branch with
its headquarters in Constantinople.

231
Q

Nonmaterial Culture

A

The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of
people.

231
Q

Hispanic (Latino)

A

The largest minority group in the U.S.

232
Q

Pilgrimage

A

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious
purposes.

233
Q

Assimilation

A

The absorption of an individual or minority group of
people into another society or group.

234
Q

Zionism

A

the movement to unite Jewish people of the diaspora and establish a nation homeland for them in the promised land

235
Q

Material Culture

A

The art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods and other
similar items constructed or created by a group of people.

236
Q

Caste

A

The class of distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.

237
Q

Autonomous Religion

A

A religion that does not have a central authority but shares
ideas and cooperates informally.

238
Q

Sino-Tibetan

A

The second largest language family.

239
Q

Secularism

A

A doctrine that rejects religion and religious
considerations.

240
Q

Syncretism

A

The blending of traits from two different cultures to form a
new trait.

241
Q
A
242
Q

Cosmogony

A

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the
universe.

243
Q
A

AP Human Geography (14 decks)

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