Unit 1
What does clustered pattern mean
This is the distribution of things very close together, they are clustered together in an area
A massive piece of land on Earth that consists of Europe (10% of human population) and Asia (60% of human population)
Eurasia
Viewing a culture through the lenses of your own culture, judging different cultures, perspective seen from observer’s culture
Ethnocentric approach
An example of a stateless nation
The Kurds (Kurdistan)
The systematic killing of members of a racial, ethnic, or linguistic group
Genocide or ethnic cleansing
The distance between two places that can be measured with a standard unit of length (like a mile or a kilometer)
Absolute Distance
TFR (Total Fertility Rate)
The average number is children born per woman during her reproductive lifetime (15-49 years old)
The feeling resulting from the standardization of the built environment; local distinctiveness is erased and many places end up with similar cultural landscapes
Placelessness
The supranational organization made of 28 European states. Includes open borders, a common currency, and free trade.
The European Union (EU)
A map that gives information for each specific nation in the world uses what scale of analysis
National Scale of Analysis
A map that distorts the shape and size of countries to match the economic or other data
Cartogram Map
The method for calculating total population of a country or place based in natural increase and migration over a period of time (usually a year)
Demographic Equation
Lingua Franca
A language of communication and commerce spoken across a wide area where it is not a mother tongue
Define and give an example of a relic boundary
A relic boundary is a boundary that once existed, but is no longer in affect. However, it is still clear that the boundary once existed because it has left a mark on the physical geography of an area.
The Berlin Wall that separated East and West Germany
The spread of underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected
Stimulus Diffusion
Occurs when ideas or practices spread throughout a population, form area to area, in a snowballing process, so that the total number is knowers or users and the areas of occurrence increase
Expansion Diffusion
Pull factors
The attributes of another place that make them appealing to potential migrants, inspire migrants to leave their country of origin, outside of the origin country
The motivating impulse to control greater amounts of territory
And
The act of forcefully controlling a forge in territory, which becomes known as a colony
Imperialism
And
Colonialism
Definition and example of a centrifugal force
A centrifugal force is a factor that draws people a part and can cause devolution
It can be a difference in religion, race, ethnicity, or language
Maps that tell stores, typically show the degree of some attribute or the movement if a geographic phenomenon
Thematic Map
Environmental Determinism
The belief that the physical environment is the dominant force shaping cultures and that humanity is a passive product of its physical surroundings
The TFR drops below replacement level, lowers births than deaths, decrease in population, aging population, lessening workforce, degenerative diseases
Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model
Natural Decrease
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Sikhism are all examples of…
Universalizing Religions
What is terrorism and what are the 3 forms
Terrorism is the calculated use of violent acts against civilians and symbolic targets to publicize a cause, intimidate or coerced civilian population, or affect the conduct of the government
It can be…
International, Domestic, or State
The religious hearth of Buddhism and Hinduism
Indus Ganga Religious Hearth