Unit 1
What is a formal region?
A formal region is an area that possesses one or more unifying physical or cultural traits.
What is a carrying capacity?
It is an area which can only hold a certain amount.
What is a dialect?
It is the way someone talks based on the region and country they live in.
Food Production vs. Demand
The crop gap reflects the disparity between the amount of food grown and the amount needed to satisfy the population's caloric and nutritional requirements.
Urbanization
The process of population shift from rural to urban areas includes the growth of cities and suburbs.
What is Absolute direction?
A compass direction, such as north or south
What is a Crude Birth Rate?
The number of live births per year per thousand people.
What is multiculturalism?
Focuses on cultural diversity, celebrating ethnic variety, and teaching tolerance.
What is Technological Advancements.
Investing in new technologies, such as genetically modified crops and precision agriculture, to improve productivity.
Urban Planning and Sustainable Development
Strategies for designing and managing cities to address issues like sprawl, pollution, and inequality.
What is absolute location?
The coordinates of a place using latitude and longitude.
What is Child mortality rate
Number of deaths per thousand children within the first five years of life.
What is Popular Culture?
A Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares habits despite difference in other personal characteristics.
Evolution of Agriculture
From subsistence farming to commercial agriculture, including the role of food surplus and food security.
Models of Urban Structure
Theories that explain the spatial arrangement of cities, including concentric zone, sector, and multiple nuclei models
What is a definition of a state?
It is a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
What is Chain Migration?
The migration event in which individuals follow the migratory path of preceding friends or family members to an existing community.
What is a lingue franca?
It is a language that is used among speakers of different languages for the purpose of of trade and commerce.
What are the Political and Economic Factors definition?
Trade policies, subsidies, and market fluctuations can affect the availability and price of food, impacting the gap.
Urban Development
The process of how cities grow and evolve
What is a GIS?
a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays geographic data.
What is Forced Migration?
The migration event is when individuals are forced to leave a country against their will.
What is a stateless nation
it's an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own sovereign state.
Von Thunen Model
A model explaining the location of agricultural activities based on factors like perishability and transportation costs.
Central Place Theory
A theory explaining the distribution of services in settlements.