Exam 1 Study guide

Question 1

Demographic Transition

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A model that tracks changes in a country’s population

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Dependency Ratio

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A measure of the people aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, compared with the total population aged 15 to 64

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Agricultural Density

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How many agricultural are present relative to arable land

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Arithmetic Density

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How many people are living in a specific area of land

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Carrying Capacity

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The maximum number of people or species that an environment can sustainably support without degrading it’s natural resource

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Cohort

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A subset if a population, generally defined by an age range

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Physiological Density

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The number of people per unit in an arable land

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Morbidity

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The state of being diseased or unhealthy within a population

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Mortality

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The number of deaths within a population, usually measured as a rate per 1,000 individuals over a specific time period

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Life Expectancy

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The average number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age and based on a given set of age - specific death rate-

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Ecumene

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Refers to the inhabited or permanently settled are of the earth

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Population Momentum

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The tendency for a population to continue to grow even after fertility rates have declined

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Population Projection

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Estimates of future population sizes and characteristics based on current data and trends.

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Population Pyramid

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Represents the breakdown of the population by gender and age at a given point in time

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Net migration

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The calculated difference between the individuals who enters a region and settles there for a year and those who leave a region

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Laws of migration

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Most migrants move only a short distance

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Diaspora

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A community of people who do not live in their country of origin, but maintain their heritage in a new land

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Globalization

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The connection of different parts of the world

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Brain Drain

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The departure of educated or professional people from one country to another for better pay or living conditions

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Transnationalism

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Refers to that which takes place across national borders

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International Displaced People

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Individuals who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations, or natural causes.

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Points System

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A specific location identified by a set of coordinates or distinct characteristics that define its position in space

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Functional Region

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Helps geographers understand how regional processes affect local areas

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Commodification

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The process of transforming a cultural activity into a saleable product

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Heterogeneous

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A population composed of dissimilar people; hetero means "other"

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Material Culture

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Refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture

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Homogenous

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A population composed of similar people; homo means "same"

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Cultural Landscape

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A place with many layers of history that evolves through design and use over time

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Cultural Ecology

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The study of changing relationships between culture and the environment

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Culture

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The traits shared and transmitted among the members of a group that allows communication,a common belief, shared purpose, and shared activities.

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Cultural Hearth

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A geographic area where significant culture, religious, and social practices originated than spread to other religions.

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Folk culture

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The practice of particular customs of a relatively small groups of people that increased that groups uniqueness

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Formal Region

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Well-defined area that shares a common attributes such as language, culture, religion, or economic activities

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Placelessness

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Refers to the loss of unique character in a place

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Popular Culture

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The set of ideas, practices, beliefs, and objects that are prevalent and widely accepted within mainstream society at a given time.

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Resistance

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The act of opposing or standing against charges brought about by cultural diffusion or globalization

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Agnostic

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The belief that the existence of nothing supernatural is unknown or unknowable

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Atheistic

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The belief that there is nothing supernatural

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Canonized Doctrine

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The officially recognized documents or ideas of a religion

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Ethnic Religion

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A social group or category of the population that, in a larger society, is set apart and bound together by common ties of race, language nationality, or culture

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Monotheism

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The belief in a single god

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Schism

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The fracturing of an organization

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Secular

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Based on reason and universal principles rather than specific religious doctrine

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Syncretic Religion

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The blending of two or more religious belief systems

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Theocracy

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A state that is governed by a government that derives it's authority directly from a religion

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Polytheism

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The belief in many gods

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Proselytizing

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Seeking converts to a religion

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Fundamentalism

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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion

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Perceptional Region

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Areas defined by perceptions and feelings, rather than based on objective geographic characteristics

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Remittance

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The money and good migrants send back to families and friends in their origin countries.