Population
According to Thomas Malthus's population theory, this is an example of a preventive check
Moral restraint (anything that restricts birth rate). positive checks result in higher death rates, so it can't be famine, disease, war, disaster, etc.)
This term best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature
A state that is governed by a single centralized power with little power given to subnational units is referred to as this.
Unitary State
This kind of farming uses long fields that extend back from waterways such as rivers used to transport goods.
Long Lot System
China leads newly industrialized countries in terms of demographic transition mostly due to this
its one-child policy
This region has the highest rate of natural increase
Sub-Saharan Africa
Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow this direction. (From here to here)
East to West
This occurs when two powers disagree on the division or ownership of a resource, usually a natural resource that is present in both of their territories.
Allocational boundary
These are the most widely grown crops in the world.
Cereal grains
Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located here
along the Mexico-United States border
The forced dispersion of Jews from their ethnic homeland, which took place across many centuries, is known as this.
Diaspora
A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of this kind of diffusion.
Relocation
This theory suggested that the most important areas of Europe were its coastal fringes.
Spykman's Rimland theory
A program for developing countries that reduces their foreign debt and promotes local conservation funding.
debt-for-nature swap
In the core-periphery model of global economic patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery EXCEPT
South Africa
A J-curve on a population graph indicates this
exponential population growth
This religion is most closely associated with proselytism
Christianity
This is thought to allow the balance of power between two major neighboring states to continue to exist
A buffer state
A system of growing plants in nutrient solutions instead of soil.
Hydroponics
The Rust Belt
Chronic diseases are more common today than in the past in developed countries due to this.
longer life expectancies
The inhabitants of this county are subject to Sharia Law
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Brunei, Malaysia, Nigeria (in certain states), Qatar, Sudan, Mauritania, Somalia, and Oman
This military alliance was originally organized by member states to defend one another against Russia and Germany.
NATO
This revolution occurred between 1750 and 1900 in the developed world and is marked by new machinery which helped farmers work more land resulting in increased food production.
The Second Agricultural Revolution
The Human Development Index is a measure of both economic production and this
social indicators