Vocab
Define Centrifugal Forces
Forces that bring people or groups apart
This urban model shows a city growing outward in rings from a central business district.
Concentric Zone Model
How did China's one child policy affect the population pyramid after the policy was retracted?
Which unit describes how people move and change locations with in the same and different regions
Unit 2
What is Wallerstein's world system's theory?
A dependency model that divides the global economy into a three-tier hierarchy, Core, Periphery, and Semi-Periphery
Define Glocalization
The adaptation of global products, services, or strategies to meet the specific needs and cultural preferences of local markets
This model suggests cities develop in wedge-shaped sectors along transportation routes.
Sector Model
Why has China created some man-made small islands in the South China Sea?
To get more claim over the resources in the South China sea.
Which unit explains the interactions between people and their enviroment
What is the Malthusian Theory
Malthusian theory, proposed by Thomas Malthus in 1798, posits that population grows exponentially while food production increases only linearly/arithmetically, resulting in inevitable famine, disease, or war.
Define Horticulture
The small-scale cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.
In the Multiple Nuclei Model, what is the main reason cities develop multiple centers of activity instead of one CBD?
Different activities require different locations and attract different land uses
How is China establishing some power over Africa?
Neocolonialism through providing Africa with small loans and exportation of raw materials.
Which unit describes the factors within someone that dictate the way they live and very other factors
Unit 3
What is the Least Cost Theory?
Industries locate to minimize costs, primarily focusing on transportation, labor, and agglomeration
Define Mercosur
A South American trade bloc established in 1991 to promote free trade and economic integration among member countries.
The Southeast Asian Model emphasizes this type of transportation corridor as a key factor in urban growth.
Sectors along major roads.
How did centrifugal forces apply to the balkanization of Yugoslavia?
Ethnic and cultural differences
What measure doth tell of how folk till and nurture their lands?
Unit 5
What is the central place theory?
Explains the size, number, and distribution of settlements based on specialized services
Define the difference between a Political Exclave and a Political Enclave
A Political Exclave is a territory that is geographically separated from the main part of a country but is politically attached to it.
Where a Political Enclave is a territory completely surrounded by another country or political entity, often with distinct governance or cultural characteristics.
In the Latin American City Model, this transitional zone contains older housing and is often targeted for gentrification due to its proximity to the CBD.
The zone of maturity
What is the conflict in Belgium between the Flemish (Dutch) and the Walloons (French)?
A persistent, nonviolent tension rooted in linguistic, economic, and cultural differences.
Hark, what manner of division doth limn the superior power of sundry realms and the marches which contain them?
Unit 4
What are the 11 laws of Ravensteins Laws of Migration?