This is the study of how political processes, boundaries, and power interact with geographic spaces
Political Geography
Term for when a nation can choose its own political status and determine its economic, cultural,l and social development
Self-Determination
Name one type of climate
Polar, Cold Mid-Latitude, Warm Mid-Latitude, Tropical
This is the process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade
Agriculture
Difference between Subsistence and Commercial Farming
Subsistence is raising food for yourself and family while commercial is raising crops for profit
Name an example of an Independent State
Germany, United States, Japan, Canada, etc..
What is Effective Sovereignty?
A measurement of how effective a country is at controlling its state.
Name one type of agriculture that is found in tropical climate
Shifting Cultivation, Plantation Farming,
Put these in order
- Second Agricultural Revolution
-Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
-Green Revolution
2. Second Agricultural Revolution
3. Green Revolution
What is one example of an agribusiness?
Tyson Chicken, Heinz, Coca-cola, KFC, McDonald's etc.
Agribusiness → a large-scale commercial farming system that encompasses not just growing crops and raising livestock but also the processing, distribution, and marketing of agricultural products
What is a Nation?
A Nation is a group of peole with a shared cultural identity, history, language, and connection to a specific geographic area.
Moscow
Intensive
Name two causes of the Second Agricultural Revolution
1. Industrial Revolution
2. The Enclosure Act
What is the first step in a Commodity Chain?
Planting seeds, Genetically modifying seeds on a farm.
The Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma is a great example of this term
A Semi-Autonomous Region
What continent has the most Peripheral states?
Africa
Peripheral states: States that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focused mostly on agriculture and raw materials, and low levels of consumption of manufactured goods.
The products made in this type of agriculture are Cattle, Raindeer, Goats, yaks, sheep, horses, cameld etc.
Pastoral Nomadism
Name one crop grown in the Ferile Cresent
Barley, wheat, lentils, olives, oats, rye
This is the term for how goods or services move from the supplier to the customer around the world
Global Supply Chain
This is a great example of a Stateless Nation (a nation without a government that represents them)
Kurdistan
Name one region where Shatterbelts are located
East Central Europe, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia
Shatterbelt: Region of continuing and persistent fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces.
This type of agriculture is found in South Africa, Chile, Australia, and California
Mediterranean Agriculture
The Green Revolution occurred in Mexico first and then spread to the rest of the world. What type of diffusion is this?
Contagious Diffusion
The US giving out more loans to farmers is an example of which factor of the global supply chain?
Goverment Policies