Unit 1 & 2
Identify an example of an intervening obstacle
What is a physical feature, border, cost, etc.?
Aspects of a society that unite people and bring them together
What are centripetal forces?
A group of people with a shared culture, language, history, homeland, and self-determination
What is a nation?
An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain
What is a food desert?
City with over 10 million people
What is a megacity?
The name given to a personal, historical place, or object on Earth
What is a toponym?
Good or idea that takes on different aspects as it diffuses due to the environment or culture of that location
What is stimulus diffusion?
Gerrymandering is seen through two processes
What is cracking and packing?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Pastoral Nomadism would most likely be found in one type of climate
What is Dry?
The development of retail and residential areas in the same space
What is mixed-land use?
Shape, area, distance, direction
What are the 4 types of map distortions?
A common language used by individuals whose native language is different
What is a lingua franca?
The Law of the Sea contains four different zones
What is territorial waters, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and international waters?
Type of MDC farming that is most related to horticulture
What is commercial farming?
A process used by banks where they mark “high risk” areas that should not receive loans
What is redlining?
ZPG is typical of countries in what stage of the DTM
What is Stage 4?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
The practice of analyzing or judging a culture by the standards of one’s own culture
What is ethnocentrism?
A boundary that existed before human settlement and creation of the cultural landscape
What is an antecedent boundary?
Burn vegetation, let land fallow, plant crops, and harvest
What is slash and burn?
New York, London, Singapore, Paris, Beijing
What are global cities?
Ravenstein’s Law explains that a majority of migrants are ___ and ___
What are Females, rural inhabitants moving to urban areas, and individuals traveling shorter distance?
When two or more cultures evolve or change over time in a similar manner but remain culturally different
What is syncretism?
A stateless nation lacks multiple aspects, list THREE
What is control over political boundaries, government with sovereign rule, control over its internal and external affairs, and recognition from other states?
The year Von Thunen created his model
What is 1826?
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is sustainable development?