Development
Migration
Culture
Basics
Population
100
What concept is indicated by the following: A pair of jeans costs the equivalent of $40 in Jamaica and $35 in Puerto Rico
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)?
100
Describe a specific example of IDPs we covered in class
What is... Afghanistan, Katrina victims, Trail of Tears etc.
100
Describe the difference between a value and a belief
Values= general statements of the understanding of goodness in a society (Honesty is good)
Beliefs= Specific statements about how to practice the values a society holds (Because honesty is good, I should not cheat on class work and exams)
100
The early Greek geographer who coined the term geography and accurately calculated the earth's circumference
Who is Eratosthenes?
100
Who advocated for the theory of overpopulation in his book The Population Bomb?
Who is Paul Ehrlich?
200
The World Systems Theory of core-periphery relations was created by who?
What is Wallerstein?
200
Rohingya Muslims that have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh due to ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar military would be considered what kind of push or pull factor.
What is a social push factor?
(Political would also be acceptable)
200
Name the 3 main branches of Christianity
What are Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox
200
The term used to describe relative location
What is situation?
200
Identify the 4 main population clusters of the world
What is South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe?
300
China would most likely be considered core, periphery or semi-periphery according to World Systems Theory?
What is Semi--Periphery?
300
The migration of African-Americans from southern areas to northern areas following Emancipation would be known as ...
What is The Great Migration?
300
Describe Lingua Franca
What is a language that is commonly known and understood and therefore is used in business or social settings as a common language?
300
What happens to time if you are travelling west and cross 180 degrees longitude?
What is the date changes 1 day forward (It is tomorrow)?
300
Describe what stage of the DTM this country's population is MOST likely to fall under
What is Stage 3?
400
Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is well known for being one of the first _________ banking organizations
What is microfinance?
400
The farther an innovation is required to diffuse, the less likely it will be adopted. This is the geographic concept of
What is distance decay?
400
Mandarin belongs to which major language family?
What is Sino-tibetan?
400
This event is most responsible for space-time compression
What is Globalization?
400
Describe the CBR, CDR and RNI characteristics of Stage 5 of the DTM
What is Low CBR, Low CDR, Low RNI?
500
The index designed to measure degrees of inequality and development in developing and developed countries
What is the IHDI?
500
A man migrates from Guatemala to the United States and earns money to allow for his wife and children to follow him to the United States. This is an example of
What is chain migration?
500
List the 5 Pillars of Islam (They do not have to be in order)
Proclamation of Allah, Hajj (Pilgrimage), Giving to charity, Prayer 5 times daily, and Fasting during Ramadan
500
The school of thought that believes the physical environment may limit some actions but people groups are able to adjust to their environment
What is possibilism?
500
A population continuing to grow for a while following a fertility decline, due to the large percentage of young people, is known as
What is demographic momentum?