Maps and Data
What is cartography?
The science of map making.
What is an example of a push-pull factor?
Push Factor: War
Pull Factor: Better Jobs
What is the Malthusian Theory?
The idea that population growth will outpace food supply, leading to catastrophe.
What is Absolute and Relative Location?
Absolute Location: Exact location using coordinates (latitude/longitude).
Relative Location: The position of a place in relation to other places.
What is a Thematic Map?
Maps that tell a story, typically showing the degree of some attribute (e.g., choropleth, dot map).
What is Chain Migration?
Migration to a specific location because relatives or community members previously migrated there.
What is a Brain Drain?
Large-scale emigration of talented or educated people.
What is Site and Situation?
Site: The physical character of a place (climate, water sources, elevation).
Situation: The location of a place relative to other places.
What is projection?
The process of transferring a 3D Earth onto a 2D surface, which causes distortion in shape, area, distance, or direction.
What is a Refugee?
A person forced to flee their country due to fear of persecution.
What is a Formal/Uniform Region?
An area within which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics.
What is the difference between a Pronatalist and an Antinatalist?
A pronatalist is someone who advocates for or believes it is a moral good to have children to increase birth rates, while an antinatalist is someone who believes that having children is morally wrong or advocates for a reduction in births.
What is Concentration?
The spread of something over a given area.
What is Remote Sensing?
Gathering data about Earth from satellites or aircraft.
What is an Internally Displaced Person(IDP)?
Someone forced to flee their home but remains within their country's borders.
What is a Functional/Nodal Region?
An area organized around a node or focal point.
What is an Intervening Opportunity/Obstacle?
An environmental or cultural feature that hinders or helps migration.
What is Distance Decay?
The diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
What is a Map Scale?
The ratio of distance on a map to distance on the ground.
What is the difference between Interregional and Intraregional Migration
Interregional migration involves moving between different regions of a country, while intraregional migration involves moving within a single region.
What is a Vernacular/Perceptual Region?
An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
What is an Epidemiological Transition?
Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the DTM.
What is Tine-Space Compression
The reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place due to technology.