Vocabulary
Research conducted about a specific issue or geographic area that helps to explain a problem and its possible outcome
What is a case study?
The subfield of geography that studies economic activity and the factors affecting them
What is economic geography?
National borders are often influenced by this type of geography
What is political geography?
This K-pop group are superstars of cultural diffusion from South Korea, known for their hit songs such as "Butter" and "Dynamite" and was featured in your textbook
Who is BTS?
The largest lithium reserves in the world, Bolivia possesses this amount of the world's lithium reserves
What is 23%?
The subfield of geography that studies political divisions, organization, and processes, as well as the factors affecting them
What is political geography?
An economy where the government makes all the big decisions where industries are publicly owned
What is a command economy?
A form of government developed where ordinary people and citizens gained power over time
What is democracy?
A religion that started in China based on the teachings of Kongfuzi, whose western name was confucius
What is confucianism?
Two million liters of water are evaporated for each ton of this element
What is Lithium?
An economy where individuals make most of the decisions
What is a market economy?
The term "capitalism" is often used to describe this type of economic system
What is a market economy?
This term for this type of government was originally coined by the philosopher Aristotle. Meaning, "to rule by the wealthy."
What is an oligarchy?
A religion where where its followers travel to Mecca the holy city, where the Prophet Muhammad first began practicing
What is Islam?
This country's Potosi region became Spain's largest source of silver
What is Bolivia?
The process of the spread of cultures through transportation, television, and the internet
What is cultural diffusion?
The United States has this type of economy that falls between market and command economies.
What is a mixed economy?
In almost all countries there are these two levels of governmental power
What is national and regional?
A religion that embraces the ideas of karma and reincarnation, also the fourth largest religion in the world
What is Buddhism?
The physical feature that holds deep significance in Quechuan cultures for representing Pachamama, or mother earth
What are mountains?
The second world religion to emerge in the Middle East
What is Christianity?
What to produce, how much, and for whom?
What are the three economic questions?
The two major types of political organization
What are unitary and federal?
A religion with two key beliefs of Karma and Dharma and whose followers believe time moves in a great circle
What is Hinduism?
The largest vegetation zone in Bolivia
What is a broadleaf evergreen forest