Unit 1
Arrowhead High School is off of North Avenue and close to County K. This describes the what type of location?
relative location otherwise known as situation
A country is a triangle shaped population pyramid, like Mozambique in Africa, would be in what stage on the Demographic Transition Model?
Stage 2
biological
What is the difference between a state and a nation?
Nation are people connected culturally, states are areas connected with defined boundaries
saying a prayer is an example of what type of culture (material vs. Nonmaterial)
non-material culture
place names
What is the difference between arithmetic density and physiological density?
physiological- number of people divided by arable (farmable) land
Mix of indigenous and colonizer language is what type of language
creole language
Boundaries that are no longer active but still present on the physical landscape
Relic Boundaries
What is the difference between push and pull factors, give an example of each.
push factors- factors that make you want to leave a place, bad environment, bad weather, bad government
pull factors- factors that make you move to a new place, good weather, good government, better jobs
A map very zoomed in on Downtown Hartland compared to a map of the world, would have a what type of scale?
Downtown Hartland- large scale
The world- small scale
Japan and other European countries have population pyramids that look like kites, with a wide top and small base. What stage would this be on the Demographic transition Model?
Stage 5
English and German come from what larges language family?
Indo-European
Supranational organizations like the EU and UN must have at least how many countries to be supranational.
3
What is an example of stimulus diffusion?
ex: McDonalds around the world changing the menu for different cultures.
DeLain has final say
What are the three types of regions and an example of each
formal- based on facts, language map, religion map, states, countries
functional- has a use! a pizza delivery area, a wifi area
perceptual (vernacular)- based on feelings, that's the "bad" part of town, my hometown, the bible belt
What are remittances
Money from migrants sent back to their home country to support people still living there
Difference between Universalizing and Ethnic Religions and an example of each!
Universalizing- Appeal to people everywhere, Message diffused widely (missionaries will proselytize), examples: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
Ethnic- religion tied to a place do not try and convert, examples- Judaism, Hinduism
devolution is the movement of power from what to what?
central government to regional local governments
lingua franca is the type of language typically used for what?
trade and business
GIS layers data from computers, while GPS gathers data to give you a person's what?
absolute location
What is Malthusian Theory
Argues that population grows exponentially while food supply grows arithmetically, inevitably leading to resource scarcity, famine, disease, and poverty
Difference between assimilation and acculturation
assimilation is the process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture become apart of another culture or language. Acculturation is the blending of two cultures where elements of both are present
An example of semi-autonomous regions would be what?
Native American reservations
Hinduism: Universalizing or Ethnic?
Ethnic