Unit 1
What is an example of spatial patterns on a map?
Absolute and relative distance and direction, clustering, dispersal, and elevation.
Which density gives us the level of technological development in a country?
Agricultural Density
Prayer in any religion would be considered a what?
Sociofact
Native American Reservations
Semi-Autonomous Regions
Shifting cultivation is usually done in what type of countries?
Less Developed Countries
What are Geographic Information Systems? (GIS)
A computer program that uses layers of geographic data to create a map.
Draw a population pyramid for a stage 4 country.
Answer on Board.
An old grand castle built in the 1400s would be an example of what on the cultural landscape?
Sequent Occupance
Your ability to control your own affairs OR a state's ability to control their own affairs!
Sovereignty
Most of the Western US was mapped using what survey method?
Township & Range OR Rectilinear
Man made islands in the South China Sea are examples of what theory regarding the interactions of the natural environment with human societies?
Possibilism
What does RNI stand for and what does it show us?
Rate of Natural Increase, Shows how much a population grows or declines in a given year.
Adopting some aspects of the majority culture by the minority would be considered...
Acculturation
The buffer states of Eastern Europe following the end of WWII and into the Cold War would be considered a what?
Shatterbelt
The Norfolk 4 Field System was part of which agricultural revolution?
2nd Agricultural Revolution
What is the scale of analysis for comparing Collin to Dallas counties?
Local Scale
In Malthusian Theory, what would plague, famine, and war be considered?
Positive Checks
A mix of 2 languages simply structured with an emphasis on vocabulary. No official grammar within.
Pidgin
US Canada Border would be considered what TWO border types?
Antecedant, Geometric
The Green Revolution was characterized by what type of seeds?
High Yield Seeds
A linguistic or religious region would be said to be what type of region?
Formal Region
If your migration stops because you run out of money it would be said to be what?
An intervening obstacle
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Abrahamic Religions
The LEGAL form of redistricting in which politicians in power map out electoral districts that favor their party.
Gerrymandering
What theory explains land use through cost?
Bid-Rent Theory