FINALS!!!! Flashcards
(45 cards)
what is environmental determinism?
a racist, old-fashioned idea that the environment of a place DETERMINES what the people are like.
- “people from certain climates are superior”
what is relative location?
where something is in relation to other things
(situation!)
what is absolute location?
a mathematical location given with a coordinate point
what is the crude birth rate?
the number of babies born per 1,000 biological women in a year
what is the crude death rate?
the number of people who die in a year divided by the number of people exposed to risk of death
what is the TFR?
total fertility rate
number of babies born in one year to women in a reproductive age range (15-49)
what is arithmetic population density?
total population divded by total amount of land
what is physiological population density?
total population divded by amount of ARABLE land, i.e. farmland or cropland
what is agricultural population density?
number of FARMERS per unit of land
what is ethnocentrism?
Evaluation of others’ cultures according to your own preconceptions and customs of your culture. Having a hard time seeing past your own biases.
what is acculturation?
the process of social, psychological, and cultural change that stems from the balancing of two cultures while adapting to the culture of a society.
Croatian, come to USA, BLEND with dominant culture BALANCED. Learn English but speak Croatian at home.
what is assimilation?
a minority group that moves to a major country and assumes their culture as their own. comes to resemble the group, fully! Becomes the stereotypical of that country. Doesn’t speak Spanish anymore, votes Republican, etc.
what is the difference between acculturation and assimilation?
acculturation is balancing the two cultures and keeping aspects of both. assimilation is fully accepting one culture and giving up the other culture
what is relocation diffusion?
When people physically migrate and bring their culture with them
what is expansion diffusion?
When an idea stays where it started, but spreads too. (Still pop in USA) Hollywood films
what is hierarchial diffusion?
An idea that spreads from the top down, spread by influencers or people with power. Colonization.
what is contagious diffusion?
An idea that spreads from person to person, like a cold. Going viral
what is stimulus diffusion?
The farther something spreads, the more it changes. Like a game of telephone. Mc Donalds
what is maladaptive diffusion?
where something from one culture spreads to another place, but doesn’t fit with the culture there and isn’t popular. E.g. Malls in China. no one goes
what is a stateless nation?
a nation of people that don’t have a state of their own. Like the KURBS, or the NAVAJO
what are nation-states?, multi-nation states, and multi-state nations?
- Japanese live in Japan
- America, many nationalities living in 1 state
- Koreans spread over North and South Korea
what is a primate city?
a city that is at least twice the population of the next largest city
a what is a world city?
a city that is a major powerhouse in its country, and known globally. (e.g. Paris, London, Mexico City)
what is the difference between a primate city and a world city?
a primate city is defined by POPULATION
a world city is defined by INFLUENCE
