Unit 1
Physical Geography?
What is study of features like land forms, plants, animals, soil, and climate
Physiological density
What is the number of people per unit area of arable land
Cultural landscape
What is the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape, reflecting cultural values and beliefs.
Soverignty
What is the power or authority of a state to govern itself and its people, free from external control.
Agriculture
What is the purposeful cultivation of plants or raising of animals to produce goods for survival
Region
What is this referring to an area with one or more shared characteristics, such as climate, culture, or economic activity.
Crude birth rate
What is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population.
Cultural Hearth
What is the place where a new idea, innovation, or culture originates, such as a religious practice or a new farming method
Devolution
What is the process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders.
Genetically modified organisms
What is a plant or animal with specific characteristics obtained through the manipulation of genetic makeup.
Absolute location
What is this refers to the exact position of a place on Earth, typically using latitude and longitude coordinates
Carrying Capacity
What is the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustain.
Assimilation
What is when a minority group adopts the language, culture, and norms of the dominant culture.
Imperialism
What is the push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or people
Green Revolution
What is this term describes the rapid diffusion of new agricultural technologies, especially high-yield seeds and fertilizers
Diffusion
What is this is the process by which a characteristic or idea spreads from one place to another over time. This can occur through relocation, contagious diffusion, hierarchical diffusion, or stimulus diffusion.
Human Migration
What is the permanent movement of people from one place to another
Universalizing religions
What is belief systems that look for new members to adopt their belief system.
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
what is a region where military forces and equipment are prohibited, usually established as a buffer between hostile countries.
Columbian Exchange
What is the exchange of goods and ideas between the Americans, Europe, and Africa that began after Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492
World System Theory...
Malthus's Theory of Pop. Growth
Ethnic Religions
What is relating closely to culture and the physical geography of a particular place. Ethnic religions do not attempt to appeal to all people
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
What is established state's rights and responsibilities in international waters.
Von Thunen Model
What is a model that suggests that perishability of the product and transport cost to the market each factor into the location of agricultural land use and activity.