Distances for travel and communication are getting smaller because of increased technology. This results in a more globalized world.
100
What is the ecumene?
The area of the world that is covered with permanent human settlement.
100
What are three hearths of agriculture?
China, India, Mesopotamia, Central/South America
100
What does the Brandt line separate? What is another term for it?
More developed countries from less developed countries. North-south divide. Core and periphery.
100
Name one megalopolis.
Greater Tokyo. Boswash. LA/San Diego.
200
What is the scale of world map?
Small.
200
Why are there a lot of Cuban immigrants in Florida? What social class are they part of?
Distance-decay from Cuba. Upper class people that fled at the time of the revolution when communists took over.
200
What are two factors that Von Thunen did not consider in making his model?
Site factors (soil, precipitation, elevation, etc)
Human factors (government policies, local food preferences)
200
What is the difference between GEM and GDI?
Gender Empowerment Measure. Gender Development Index. GDI measures quality of life for women based on HDI factors. GEM measures the number of women in government and as leaders in corporations.
200
What does rank-size rule predict?
The size of cities in a country, state, or region. Each new city will be 1/nth the size of the original city.
300
What are the three types of expansion diffusion? Define each type.
Contagious diffusion - ideas spread through person to person communication
Hierarchical - ideas spread through the force of a power
Stimulus - part of something diffuses, but not the whole enchilada.
300
What's the difference between interregional and intraregional migration? Give an example of each from the United States.
Interregional - from one region to another. People moving from the mid-west and north-east to the south.
Intraregional - within a region. People moving from rural Oregon into Portland.
300
How does Boserup contradict Malthus?
Boserup - people's agricultural practices will adapt to a growing population
Malthus - population grows faster than agricultural production; we will all eventually starve
300
What is HDI? What are two factors that determine it?
Human Development Index. Measures level of development by looking at GDP, literacy rate, years of schooling, and life expectancy.
300
What is the difference between range and threshold?
Range is the distance people will go to access a service. Threshold is the number of customers necessary for a service to survive.
400
What is the difference between situation and site?
Site - physical characteristics of a location
Situation - the location of something based on its location compared to other places
400
For each stage of the demographic transition, identify a country in that stage and give characteristics of the country that relates to the stage.
400
What is swidden agriculture?
Slash and burn. Long rotations of land use over time.
400
Define "maquiladora." Why do they exist?
Factories built across the border in Mexico so that companies can have lower labor costs.
400
Which urban model most closely resembles Latin American cities?
The Hoyt Sector Model.
500
Define functional, formal, and vernacular regions.
Give an example of each.
Functional: an area organized around a node or focal point
Formal: an area in which everyone shares one or more characteristics
Vernacular: An area people "believe" exists as part of their cultural identity
500
What caused LDCs to go into stage 2 of the demographic transition?
Medical revolution.
500
Why are GMOs so popular in MDCs? Why do LDCs resist them?
MDCs- increase production, increase agribusiness
LDCs - loss of right to grow own food, harm to environment and traditional farming practices
500
Industries base their location on what two factors?
Cost of transporting raw materials and cost of transporting a finished product.
500
In which urban model would people be least likely to use the CBD? Why?