Unit 1:Toolkit
A region defined by a shared physical or cultural trait, like a language.
What is a Formal Region?
The number of people per unit of arable land.
What is Physiological Density?
Factors that induce people to move out of their present location.
What is Push Factors?
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade.
What is Lingua Franca?
A force that unifies people and supports the sovereignty of a state.
What is Centripetal Force?
This theory says the environment limits but doesn't determine human action.
What is Possibilism?
The stage of the DTM with the highest natural increase rate (NIR).
What is Stage 2?
A person forced to migrate for political reasons who stays in their country.
What are Internally Displaced Persons?
The spread of an idea through physical movement of people.
What is Relocation Diffusion?
The process where a central government grants power to regional units.
What is Devolution?
Software used to capture, store, and display spatial data in "layers."
What is GIS?
Malthus argued that this would grow much faster than the food supply.
What is the Malthusian theory?
Migration that occurs in a series of shorter, less extreme stages.
What is Step Migration?
When a person gives up their original cultural traits to fit into a new one.
What is Assimilation?
Redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit a specific political party.
What is Gerrymandering?
This projection maintains direction but distorts size at the poles.
What is a Mercator Projection?
The ratio of the population that is too young or old to work.
What is Dependency Ratio?
The concept that most migrants move only a short distance.
What is Ravenstein's Laws?
The visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape.
What is the Cultural Landscape?
A long and narrow state shape that can lead to isolation (e.g., Chile).
What is an Elongated State?
This scale of analysis looks at data within a single state or province
What is Regional Scale?
A "bulge" in a population pyramid usually indicates this event.
What is a Baby Boom?
Large-scale emigration by talented or educated people.
What is Brain Drain?
When two cultures blend to create a brand-new trait (e.g., Santeria).
What is Syncretism?
A state that completely surrounds another (e.g., Italy or South Africa).
What is Perforated State?