Module 3: The Human World

Question 1

Set of beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share

Answer 1

culture

Question 2

an activity or behavior in which people often take part

language, sports, food, how you eat

Answer 2

culture traits

Question 3

Example of a trait shared around the world:

Answer 3

soccer

Question 4

Examples of traits NOT shared around the world:

Answer 4

how people eat food/utensils

Question 5

a area in which people have many shared culture traits

religion, language, lifestyle

Answer 5

culture region

Question 6

group of people who share a common cuure and ancestery

language and special foods

Answer 6

ethnic group

Question 7

a society that includes a variety of cultures in the same area

mix of ideas, behaviors, and practices

Answer 7

multicultural society

Question 8

The study of ________________ helps geographers learn about the world.

Answer 8

population patterns

Question 9

the total number of people in a given area

Answer 9

population

Question 10

a way to measure how crowded an area is; must factor in population and how much space those people are in

person per square mile (or square kilometer)

Answer 10

population density

Question 11

Advantages of high population density

Answer 11

• more resources (library, pharmacy, grocery store)
• more jobs available

Question 12

Disadvantages of high population density

Answer 12

• land is expensive
• roads are crowded
• tall buildings (more population, fewer jobs available, disease spreads easily, worse sanitation)

Question 13

Advantages of low population density

Answer 13

• more open space
• less traffic
• more available land, so it’s cheaper

Question 14

Disadvantages of low population density

Answer 14

• fewer resources
• fewer jobs

Question 15

Factors that impact where people live:

Answer 15

• whether they can farm there (land and climate)
• access to fresh water
• lots of natural resouces

Question 16

annual (yearly) number of births per 1,000 people

Answer 16

birthrate

Question 17

annual (yearly) number of deaths per 1,000 people

Answer 17

death rate

Question 18

how much the population is growing;

birthrate minus deathrate

Answer 18

rate of natural increase

Question 19

process of moving from one place to another

Answer 19

migration

Question 20

migration factors

Answer 20

• enviromental
• economic (money)
• political (government)

Question 21

two reasons for increase in the world population

Answer 21

• better health care
• improved food production

Question 21

growth in industrialized nations

Answer 21

slow growth

Question 21

growth in less industrialized nations

Answer 21

fast growth

Question 22

any place where a community is established

Answer 22

settlement

Question 23

things from nature that we use (often used to make into something else) | ex. coal, freshwater, iron

Answer 23

natural resources

Question 24

a path used by traders for buying and selling goods

Answer 24

trade routes

Question 25

cities and the surrounding areas

Answer 25

urban

Question 26

an area immediately outside of a city, usually residential

Answer 26

suburb

Question 27

a city, its suburbs and surrounding areas

Answer 27

metropolitan area

Question 28

several metropolitan areas that have grown together

Answer 28

megalopolis

Question 29

areas outside of cities

Answer 29

rural

Question 30

placement of people and objects on Earth and the space between them

Answer 30

spatial pattern

Question 31

grouped along the length of a resource; usually long and narrow

Answer 31

linear settlements

Question 32

grouped around or at the center of a resource

Answer 32

cluster settlements

Question 33

purposefully laid out with good transportation networks; streets form grid with 90 degree angles

Answer 33

grid settlements

Question 34

substantial (large) exchange of goods between cities, states and countries

Answer 34

commerce

Question 35

ways technology have improved

Answer 35

* communication: television, computers, satelites * transportation: can travel far in short amounts of time

Question 36

how we depend on the environment

Answer 36

farming

Question 37

carve steps into steep hillsides to create flat land

Answer 37

terraced farming

Question 38

cut down trees and plants and then burn them to make room for farming

Answer 38

slash and burn agriculture (farming)

Question 39

large sprinkler in center of large, circlar field to water crops

Answer 39

center pivot irrigation

Question 40

how people **adapt** to the environment

Answer 40

* Having drills * building storm shelters

Question 41

How to **modify** the environment

Answer 41

* build roads and bridges * build dams * digging into Earth's surface to gte natural resources