Chapter 1 - Thinking Geographically
People in India speak local language and English. This is an example of...
Acculturation
Highly distorts the pole/high latitude regions on a map.
Mercator Projection
British economist believeing population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically.
Thomas Malthus
When the cities and suburbs expand too far and become congested, a person may leave to rural areas. What is this migration pattern called?
Counterubanization
Name two countries found in Stage 4 today.
Answers vary!
When one answers WHERE and WHY.
Spatial Analysis
Refugees from Iraq resettled in Dearborn, MI, in the 1990s. The town now has a high concentration of Islamic culture and businesses. Which diffusion type is represented?
Relocation Diffusion
Limit of natural resources available to support a population.
Carrying capacity (somewhat outdated idea)
Refugees from Syria arrive in European Union countries to escape conflict in their home country. What migrant classification are they now?
Asylum seeker
Name the cause for a dramatic decrease in death rate in Stage 2 of development.
Industrial Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, enclosure movement, urbanization, Medical Revolution
After the Paris Fashion show, clothing companies change to trends for the season. (type of diffusion)
Hierarchical Diffusion
Local or minority group culture transformed into dominant culture or of the traits of group in control.
Assimilation
Country promoting an increase in birth rate, typically western/northern Europe, Japan, S. Korea.
pro-natalist
Over time, Chinese immigrants established businesses and religious centers in cities like L.A. and Vancouver. This cluster of immigrants in cities is called...
ethnic enclave
Country A has a BR of 39 and TFR of 5.5, which stage of development is it in?
Stage 2
Study of how environment influences one's culture. Example: people in tropical regions build homes on stilts.
Cultural Ecology (cultural landscape, Carl Sauer)
Using zip codes and income levels of customers to locate next store.
GIS
Egypt has a large land area but small amount of arable land. Which density should be measured to show how well-supported its population is with food?
physiological density
Couple A from rural Brazil move to São Paulo to find better job opportunities
Internal or International? Voluntary of Forced?
Internal, Voluntary
Name the 3 qualities of a Stage 5 country.
Slight increase in DR, descreasing BR and total pop.
I am most likely to go the grocery store closest to my house. Name the 2 vocabulary terms this relates to.
distance decay & gravity model
Terracing rice paddies on hillsides to prevent soil erosion, protecting the land quality for the future.
Sustainability
The United States has a large amount of arable land, but small number of farmers. Which density measures this?
agricultural density
Type of migration when a refugee enters Italy and is temporarily housed in Germany. Then granted asylum and permanently settled in Sweden.
step migration
How do the diseases in Stage 3 of the epidemiological transition model compare to Stage 4 of the model?
Degenerative diseases (heart disease, cancer) occur later in life