Unit 1
North Kansas City High School is near the police station and Macken Park. 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
The blending of cultures to create a new cultural trait.
Syncretism
What is the difference between a state and a nation?
Nation are people connected culturally, states are people connected with defined boundaries
An example of univeralizing religion is
Chrisitianity, Islam, & Buddhism
place names
What is the difference between arithmetic density and physiological density?
arithmetic- number of people divided by land area
physiological- number of people divided by arable (farmable) land
The use of a language between speakers participating in commerce. The most common example is English.
Lingua Franca
Nation-States are often isolated and small in area with homogenous populations. What is an example of this?
Japan, Denmark, or Iceland.
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 Kansas City compared to a map of the world, would have a what type of scale?
Downtown KC - 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 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?
McDonalds around the world changing the menu for different cultures.
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 the three types of movement AND an example for each!
Cyclical- going to school then coming home
Periodic- Going to college then coming home
Migratory- moving to a new city
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?
federal central government to regional local governments
A regional variety of language differing from the standard language is called a
Dialect
GIS layers data from computers, while GPS gathers data to give you a person's what?
location & direction
Name at least two of Ravenstein's laws of migrations.
1. Every migration is going to create a return or counter migration
2.The majority of migrants move a short distance
3. Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose big-city distances
4. Urban residents are less likely to move than inhabitants of rural areas
5. Families are less likely to move internationally than young adults
6. Women migrate more intraregionally than males, and men move more internationally than women
7. Most migration occurs because of economic and increases with economic development
8. Migration occurs in steps
Difference between assimilation and acculturation
Assimilation is the erasure of cultural traits that match the dominant culture. Acculturation is the adoption of cultural traits by the dominant culture to claim them as their own.
The ability of a state to govern its own people without outside influence is _____.
Soveriegnty
Holiest site for Muslim. City where the Hajj takes place
Mecca, Saudi Arabia