Geography 101
Population
Migration
Language
Religion
100
These are used to determine the absolute location of a place
What are latitude and longitude
100
This model explains why populations grow at different rates based on technological achievement and attitudes.
What is the demographic transition model?
100
This is the term for migration out of a country
What is emigration?
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
In order to transfer a 3 dimensional space to a 2 dimensional map, all maps have this
What is distortion
200
A society moves into this stage of the demographic transition model when deaths from infectious diseases drop due medical advances
What is Stage 2?
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
This projection has lines of latitude and longitude that intersect at right angles, which causes major distortion near the North and South Poles
What is Mercator?
300
This demographic figure is most likely to decrease as women receive greater educational opportunities in a country.
What is total fertility rate?
300
During this stage of the migration transition model, people move from rural to urban settings; international migration is also common.
What is Stage 2?
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
These are 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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