UNIT 1: Thinking Geographically
This type of map uses color shading to represent data values like population density.
What is a choropleth map?
This model explains stages of population growth as countries develop.
What is the Demographic Transition Model?
Culture that is practiced by a small, homogeneous group is called this.
What is folk culture?
A boundary drawn without regard to cultural patterns is called this.
What is a geometric boundary?
This sector of the economy focuses on extracting natural resources.
What is the primary sector?
This concept explains why places are connected through movement of people, goods, or ideas.
What is spatial interaction?
Movement to escape war, persecution, or disasters is known as this type of migration.
What is crude birth rate?
The spread of cultural traits through person-to-person contact is this type of diffusion.
What is contagious diffusion?
This term describes a state that lacks full control over its territory.
What is a failed state?
This index measures development using life expectancy, education, and income.
What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?
This scale shows detailed information for a small area, like a city.
What is large-scale map?
Movement to escape war, persecution, or disasters is known as this type of migration.
What is forced migration?
Wearing traditional clothing only on holidays is an example of this cultural change.
What is cultural erosion?
The European Union is an example of this type of organization.
What is a supranational organization?
Outsourcing manufacturing to lower-wage countries is an example of this process.
What is globalization?
This geographic concept explains how places are shaped by human and physical interactions.
What is human–environment interaction?
This push factor often leads to rural-to-urban migration in developing countries.
What is lack of economic opportunity?
The process where local cultures adopt traits of dominant cultures is known as this.
What is acculturation?
When a capital city is placed in a central location to promote unity, it is this type of capital.
What is a forward capital?
Countries transitioning from agriculture to manufacturing are considered this level of development.
What is newly industrialized country (NIC)?
Using latitude and longitude to locate places is an example of this essential geographic skill.
What is absolute location?
A country with a narrow base and wider top on a population pyramid likely has this trend.
What is population decline or aging population?
English spreading globally through media and trade is an example of this diffusion type.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
Borders drawn by colonial powers in Africa are examples of this boundary type.
What is a superimposed boundary?
Using robots and AI in factories is an example of this economic trend.
What is automation?