Unit 4
Mexico has multiple sub-state governments. What type of government is this?
Federal system
Where did the First Agricultural Revolution occur?
Fertile Crescent
Large amounts of office and retail space on the outskirts of major cities
Edge cities
Total value of goods and services being produced within a country in a specific period
GDP
A country that has no direct access to the ocean is described as
landlocked
How often is a census completed?
Once every 10 years
What is subsistence agriculture?
farming to meet the needs of the farmer's family
What war was there an increase of suburbs?
WWII
What area in southeastern Europe has experienced devolution due to ethnic tensions?
The Balkans
By 2050, what percent of people is predicted to live in urban areas?
68%
Transfer of power from a central authority to regional or local levels
Devolution
What was Norman Bourlag tasked with doing?
stop Stem Rust from killing wheat
Umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil
Favela
In older international cities, many apartments can be found
In the CBD
What continent consumes the most chocolate annually?
Europe
What are the different types of gerrymandering?
cracking & packing
What term refers to the large scale production of a single crop for sale?
monoculture
High Density Residential areas are usually classified as
Apartments
Mexico
What U.S. state is the closest to Africa?
Maine
What is the effect of superimposed boundaries in Africa?
division of groups and created conflict
What farming usually happens in periphery countries?
Subsistence agriculture
What is the main function of the CBD?
Commercial & Business center of a city
What is the primary source of protein in developing countries?
Cereal grain
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