Chapter 1, 2, & 10

Question 1

stage 1: pestilence & famine

Answer 1

main cause of death is disease

Question 2

Gall-peters projection (equal area projection)

Answer 2

cylindrical; size is accurate, shape is not

good for comparing area sizes

Question 3

foreign direct investment

Answer 3

investment made to another country by a foreign company

most go to developed countries

Question 4

isoline

Answer 4

connects with lines all places that have a particular value

Question 5

arithmetic density

Answer 5

total people divided by total land area

Question 6

3 main techniques of map projection

Answer 6

cylindrical, conical, & azimuthal

Question 7

economic structures: tertiary

Answer 7

provision of services

Question 8

phsiological density

Answer 8

total people divided by total arable land

Question 9

HDI measures…

Answer 9

standard of living, health & education

Question 10

UN measures health based on…

Answer 10

life expectancy at birth

Question 11

doubling time

Answer 11

# of years needed to double the population
rule of 70 (70/% growth rate)

Question 12

natural increase rate

Answer 12

% by which a population grows in a year

20(CBR) - 10(CDR) = 15/10 = 1.5% NIR

Question 13

mixed crop & livestock farming

Answer 13

most crops fed to animals (corn)

Question 14

purchasing power parity (PPP)

Answer 14

cost of living adjustment to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods

Question 15

crude birth rate

Answer 15

total # of ppl born in a year for every 1000 p

Question 16

crude death rate

Answer 16

total# of deaths in a year for every 1000 p

Question 17

mercator map

Answer 17

shape is accurate, size is not
top & bottom are stretched out, center squished together
good for navigation

Question 18

demographic transition

Answer 18

explains the change in population growth rates over time

Question 19

food security

Answer 19

access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs for an active and healthy lifestyle

Question 20

3 main features of distribution

Answer 20

density, concentration (clustered or dispersed), pattern

Question 21

economic structures: secondary

Answer 21

manufacturing

Question 22

dot distribution

Answer 22

depicts data as points & shows how these points are clustered together or spread out

Question 23

plantation agriculture

Answer 23

commercial farm specializing in one or two crops
usually developing countries, but owned by companies/people in developed
coffee, rubber, cocoa, etc.

Question 24

Winkel projection

Answer 24

attempt to minimize distortion in shape & size

good for education, text books, etc

Question 25

pastoral nomadism

Answer 25

herding of domesticated animals

Question 26

agricultural density

Answer 26

ratio of farmers to amount of arable land

Question 27

economic structures: primary

Answer 27

extraction activities

Question 28

distribution

Answer 28

arrangment of a feature in space

Question 29

Meridian

Answer 29

east to west of prime meridian long | 0-180

Question 30

shifting cultivation

Answer 30

grow crops on area for few years until soil nutrients are depleted, then leave it fallow for many years so soil can recover slash and burn; usually tropical regions

Question 31

threats to food security (6

Answer 31

1. population growth 2. global food trade 3. food prices 4. loss of ag land 5. overfishing 6. inadequate distribution

Question 32

stage 4: delayed degenerative disease & lifestyle disease

Answer 32

low but increasing CDR; life expectancy extended

Question 33

parallels

Answer 33

north to south of equator lat 1-90

Question 34

graduated symbol

Answer 34

displays symbols that change in size according to a certain value

Question 35

cartogram

Answer 35

size of an area is proportional to the value of a particular variable

Question 36

stage 2: receding pandemic

Answer 36

declining CDR because of the reduction of the spread of disease

Question 37

chloropleth

Answer 37

recognizable areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measure

Question 38

gross national income (GNI)

Answer 38

value of the output of goods and services produced in a country anually, plus income from abroad

Question 39

5 stages of demographic transitions (health)

Answer 39

1. pestilence and famine 2. receding pandemic 3. degenerative disease 4. delayed degenerative disease & lifestyle disease 5. re-emergence of infectious & parasitic disease

Question 40

stage 3: degenerative disease

Answer 40

decrease in death/disease | increase in chronic disease associated with aging

Question 41

total fertility rate

Answer 41

average # of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

Question 42

infant mortality rate (IMR)

Answer 42

average # of infant deaths per year, x/1000

Question 43

subsistence farming

Answer 43

``` enough food for survival small plots of land high agricultural density most work done by hand or animal virtually all available land used for production ```

Question 44

Good homolosine

Answer 44

separates hemisphers into pieces | prominence to land features

Question 45

stage 5: re-emergence of infectious & parasitic disease

Answer 45

increasing CDR; antibiotic resistant

Question 46

4 categories of HDI

Answer 46

very high developed, high developing, medium developing, low developingf

Question 47

Criticism of HDI is that it doesn't account for:

Answer 47

equality, env. impact, freedom/human rights, political instability