Geography
the shape of the Earth
What is a geoid?
a family of software programs that allows geographers to map, analyze, and model spatial data
what is GIS?
coined the term geography
who is Eratosthenes?
everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
what is Tobler's 'First Law of Geography'?
attractions that draw migrants to a certain place
what are pull factors?
it is called map making
what is cartography?
process of capturing images of Earth's surface
what is Remote sensing?
argued the cultural landscapes are complex interactions between humans and their environment should be fundamental focus
who is Carl Sauer?
time it takes for a population to double in time
what is the Doubling Time?
the migration event in which individuals follow the migratory path of preceding friends or family members to an existing community
what is chain migration?
absolute distance between certain places is, in effect shrinking
what is time-space compression?
an integrated network of satellites broadcasting location information
what is GPS?
author of 'Essay on the Principle of Population' (1798)
who is Thomas Malthus?
a ratio of human population to the area of arable land
what is Physiolgical density?
forced migration of Native Americans
what is the Trail of Tears?
human-induced changes on the natural environment
what is anthropogenic?
best example of quantitative data
what is the census?
devised the epidemiological transition theory
who is Abdel Omran?
a cohort of individuals born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964
who are the baby boomers?
the degree to which one place can supply something that another place demands
what is complementarity?
pertaining to the unique facts or characteristics of a particular place
what is idiographic?
a place's relationship to other places around it
what is situation?
devised the 11 laws of migration
who is Ravenstein?
what is the Rust Belt?
the most beautiful country in the world
what is Ireland?