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An area defined by one predominant or universal characteristic throughout its entire area
What is Formal Region?
The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.
What is Possibilism?
A philosophy of geography that stated that human behaviors are a direct result of the surrounding environment.
What is Environmental Determinism?
Maps with areas shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the statistical variable
What is Choropleth Map?
forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state
What is Centrifugal Forces?
incorporating and mixing cultural traits from a variety of sources
What is Syncretism?
The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture
What are Cultural Traits?
positive factors that attract people to new areas from other areas
What are Pull Factors?
an estimate of the average number of children born to each female in her childbearing years
What is Total Fertility Rate?
the geographical and social spread of the different aspects of one culture to different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, regions, etc
What is Cultural Diffusion?
Cultural attributes of an area
What is Cultural Landscape?
when people move from their original location to another and bring their innovations with them
What is Relocation Diffusion?
the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people. into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents
What is Gentrification?
The process in which two or more languages converge and form a new language
What is Creolization?
a city that functions as by far the largest city in the country it inhabits
What is Primate City?
Money immigrants send back to family and friends in their home countries
What are Remittances?
migrants to another country that are hoping to be recognized as refugees
What are Asylum Seekers?
a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and recognition by other states
What are Factors of a State?
policies that discourage people from having children
What are Anti-Natalist Policies?
theory that the world's population was growing faster than the rate of food production, and as a result, mass starvation would occur
What is Malthusian Theory?
A localized economy in which a large number of companies and industries cluster together and benefit from the cost reductions and gains in efficiency that result from this proximity
What is Agglomeration?
a sea zone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources
What is Exclusive Economic Zone?
model that shows most cities have a central business district, one dominant elite residential sector, and a commercial spine
What is Latin American City Model?
if the settlements in a country are ranked by population size, the population of a settlement ranked n will be 1/nth of the size of the largest settlement
What is Rank Size Rule?
the business arrangement in which a company controls different stages along the supply chain
What is Vertical Integration?