Unit 1
How zoomed in or out you are when measuring geographical data
Spatial analysis
Name the methods that geographers use to calculate population density.
Arithmetic, Physiological, Agricultural.
The world's most spoken language.
English
Results in improvments in standard of living, sanitation, technology, and more.
Industrialization
What is human-environmental interaction
Interactions between the human social society and the ecosystem
Remote sensing is the use of cameras or other sensors mounted on aircraft or satellites to collect digital images or video of the earths surface
True
Used to assess population growth and decline and to predict markets for goods and services.
Population Pyramids.
Relocation diffusion, expansion diffusion, sumitro diffusion, and contagious diffusion are all examples of diffusion
False, sumitro diffusion doesn't exist
I'm This economic sector has the most workers in core countries.
Tertiary Sector
Buildings, road signs, and fences are all examples of the building environment
True
What are 2 different methods of geographic data collection
Remote sensing, media reports, field observation, personal interviews, and travel journals
Affects population growth/decline. Examples of this are fertility, mortality, and migration.
Demographic factors
Diffusion
Specified state of growth or achievement.
Development
Population policies that encourage population growth.
Pro-natalist policies.
How is data portrayed in cartogram maps
The sizes or countries or other units are changed according to some data
Used to explain changes in population over time.
DTM (demographic transition model)
The cation of adopting traits, icons, or other elements of another culture
Cultural appropriation
A place that serves as a beacon for development. (ex. Silicon Valley)
Growth Poles
When people are hired from abroad to work on a temporary project. Qatar is an example of this happening.
Guest Workers
The shrinking "time-distance", of relative distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication is...
Time space compression
Malthusian Theory.
TV, popular music, food, and video games are all part of
Popular culture
Theory that emphasizes on how MDCs often exploit LDCs for resources.
Rostow's Theory
When a population has a larger number of people over the age of 65 or under 15.
Dependency ratio.