Unit 3
What is a Toponym?
What is a state?
A politically bound area controlled by an established government that has authority over its internal affairs and foreign policy.
Define Terrorism
a type of commercial farming in which the livestock (usually cattle) is allowed to roam over an established area.
What is slash and burn agriculture?
burning a portion of forest so that the soil there can be used for agricultural purposes.
Is Christianity Universalizing or Ethnic?
Universalizing
What is a multistate nation?
a group of people who share a common identity, culture, and often history, but are dispersed across multiple countries or states.
What was the Berlin Conference?
dividing up the continent of Africa among the various European imperial powers
Where is the Indus River Valley located?
northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.
What is carrying capacity?
the maximum number of people who can be realistically sustained by the geography of that area.
What is when an idea spreads by passing first among the most connected individuals, then spreading to other individuals.
Hierarchical Diffusion
What is gerrymandering?
manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
Define a federal state
a system of government where power is shared (in various arrangements) between a centralized government and various regional authorities.
What is metes and bounds?
a surveyor's description of a parcel of real property, using carefully measured distances, angles and directions, which results in what is called a "legal description" of the land, as distinguished from merely a street address or parcel number.
What is Von Thunen's model?
a predictive theory in human geography that predicts humans will use land in relation to the cost of land and the cost of transporting products to market.
What is Indo-European
relating to the family of languages spoken over the greater part of Europe and Asia as far as northern India.
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and governments.
What is ethnonationalism?
a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric.
When did the green revolution start?
1960s
What are GMO's?
“Genetically Modified Organism.” It is used in common parlance to refer to a crop whose genetic structure has been altered to make it more useful and efficient for human purposes.
What is syncretism?
the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
What is Sovereignty?
the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
What is UNCLOS
an international agreement that describes how sea-going vessels should interact with each other and with marine resources in regional waters and the high seas.
What is extensive farming?
a type of agricultural production that involves the use of relatively low levels of inputs, such as labor, capital, and chemicals, in order to produce crops or livestock.
What is the Bid-rent theory?
geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases.