Geography 101
Population
Migration
Language
Religion
100

What’s wrong with a Mercator

The size and shape of countries near the poles are greatly exaggerated.

100
This model explains why populations grow at different rates based on technological achievement and attitudes.
What is the demographic transition model?
100

Name a problem in a country with a high physiological density.

Pressure on the arable land, pressure on people to produce enough food for the population

100
This is the most widely distributed language family
What is Indo-European
100
This is the ethnic religion of the vast majority of Indians
What is Hindu?
200

Describe a formal region

Uniform throughout, shared characteristics

200

Define arithmetic density

Number of people per unit of land (population density)

200
19th century demographer, EG Ravenstein theorized the most likely international migrants would have these three qualities
What is be male, in their 20's and single.
200
This is the language branch which contains Persian, Hindi, Pasho and multiple minor languages spoken in India
What is Indo-Iranian?
200
Because of taboos against eating pork, what world region is least likely to have significant populations of domesticated hogs?
What is the Middle East?
300

What’s the difference between absolute and relative location?

Absolute location: fixed position (i.e. coordinates)


Relative location: location relative to another landmark 

300
This demographic figure is most likely to decrease as women receive greater educational opportunities in a country.
What is total fertility rate?
300

Define chain migration

Migrants to a country follow other migrants with whom they share some sort of link (kinship, culture, ethnicity)

300
This type of communication uses simplified vocabulary and grammar from two or more languages to facilitate trade
What is pidgin?
300
Synagogues are holy buildings for this religion
What is Judaism?
400
This term refers to the physical characteristics that make each place unique
What is site?
400
This type of country is most like to have a relatively young age structure
What is a less-developed country
400
In the early 21st century, this continent has the most refugees
What is Africa?
400

What are other modern lingua francas other than English?

What are Mandarin Chinese, Indonesian, Swahili and Arabic?

400
The largest cluster of Shi'ite Muslims are found in this country.
What is Iran?
500
This is the view that the climate, physical environment and available resources control the attitudes, culture and history of a people
What is determinism?
500
This is the reason why population growth slows for country when it is in Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition
What is birthrates fall?
500
This is the seasonal relocation of people from one location to another, often herders from high to low altitudes during winter months
What is transhumance
500
Arabic and Semitic are two distinct branches in which language family?
What is Afro-Asiatic?
500
The largest population of Sunni Muslims are found in this country?
What is Indonesia?
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