Demographics-Pop
Define Growth Rate.
The percentage change of a specific variable within a specific time period and given a certain context.
Short-term and repetitive acts are known as...
Circulation
What is Language Divergence?
This occurs where one language breaks into two smaller dialects because there is a constant lack of spatial interaction between original speakers.
Name two religions that are found in Japan.
Shintoism and Buddhism
What is an example of a political landscape?
Monument, state house, congress, white house.
What should be the replacement rate in the United States?
The replacement rate should be 2.1 children per woman.
What country policy would this poster fall under ?
Anti-natalism
What is the largest language family used today?
The answer is Indo- European at approx 49%
Name the minority religion inside the U.S. (the one listed on the notes sheet)
Islam
The Palestinians and Kurds are example of?
Stateless nations
What type of community is this population pyramid located?
This place could be a military base.
What are 4 push factors that make people leave countries ?
War, famine, unemployment and poverty
State the two terms for a language that is not spoken by all, but something that is understood by all.
Standard Language and Official Language
What are the three universalizing religions?
Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
How does Territorial morphology affect the political culture of a country?
The size and shape of the land determine factors such as the amount of border protection needed for a country. It also affects how the government runs the country. It’s easier to manage a more rounded country and it’s harder to manage fragmented states.
What are 2 factors that put a country in stage 2
1. Rapid decrease in death rate
2. High birth rate
What are both parts of Ravenstein’s Law?
1.Most migrants relocate short distances and remain within the same country
2.Long-distance migrants to other countries head toward major city centers / centers of economic activity
What kind of society has a spoken language that doesn’t write but where the culture was passed cultures withOUT written documentation?
Preliterate Societies:Speak but do not write their language(can help pass on culture but not as effectively as when there is written documentation (not just history, literature, etc).
Name the three religions that can be traced back to Zoroastrianism
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
What is the significance of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648?
Major step in the emergence of European states.
What stage did the Industrial Revolution happen and why did it begin the start of the new stage?
The industrial revolution happened in Stage 2 because
What three areas in the world Net-in ? And what are the 3 that Net-in?
Net-out ( ASIA,LATIN AMERICA, and AFRICA)
Net-in (NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, and OCEANIA)
What is the largest language family in Indonesia and what is the largest language family in Africa?
Austronesian language family
Niger-Congo language family
When and where did the Protestant Reform begin?
It began in 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany
What are the 3 aspects of borders?
Definition, delimitation, demarcation.