Unit 3
Culture
beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by a society and passed down through generations
State
a country which is a political unit (formal region)
Topography
an area's land features
Megacity
a city with a population of more than 10 million people
Raw Materials
any metals, wood, plant products, animal products, or other substances that are used to make intermediate or finished goods
Lingua Franca
language of trade, used for requirements to communicate with others who do not speak their native language
Nation
ethnic group of people
Agriculture
the science of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
Urban Sprawl
areas of poorly-planned, low-density development surrounding a city
Industry
Ethnicity
the state of belonging to a group of people sharing beliefs
Irridentism
a state's desire to unite people through separate borders
Slash and Burn
cutting shrubs/grass on used-up lands then burning remains
a city that wields political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
total value of the goods and services produced by a country's citizens and companies within the country in a year
Dialect
variation of a standard language specific to a general location
Shatterbelt
a region where states join and break up because of conflicts (because they are caught between the interests of more powerful outside states)
Green Revolution
scientists used knowledge of genetics to develop good crops in mid-20th century
Boomburb
a suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city w/ more than 100,000 people
pattern marked by predominated tertiary sector employment w/ a good share of quaternary and quinary jobs
Stimulus Diffusion
a fundamental idea behind a cultural trait which creates an innovation
Consequent Boundary
a subsequent border that takes cultural landscapes/differences into account
Commodity Chain
people, info, processes, and resources that work together to produce, handle, and distribute a product
Central Place Theory
explains the size, number, and distribution of human settlements in a hierarchical hexagonal pattern
Agglomeration
tendency of enterprises to cluster to other similar businesses