Unit 1 - Maps
What is the larger scale? 1:200 or 1:1000
1:200
The arrangement of a space.
Distribution
Land suitable for farming.
Arable land
Malthusian Theory
The population grows faster then food supply.
Cultural diffusion
What is the coordinates of a place using latitude and longitude?
Absolute location
McDonald's opens up shop in Japan. This type of diffusion will occur when they change some of their food.
Stimulus Diffusion
Urbanization definition
The increase in the number of people living in urban settlements.
Number of farmers divided by amount of arable land.
Agricultural density
Jerusalem is what for the religion of Christianity?
A system that determines the precise location of something on Earth.
GPS
Concept that I will not travel two hours to get a sandwich, but will travel 15 minutes.
Distance Decay
The places I move freely on a regular basis.
Activity Space
What is doubling time?
Number of years it takes for a population to double.
Native Americans painting themselves with war paint is an example of what?
Cultural trait
Greenland is the size of the United States in this type of map.
Mercator Projection
How can an ethnic group create a sense of place?
Having traditional homes, food, and decorations
I live in the Middle East and practice pastoral nomadism. What is the movement of my livestock called.
Transhumance
True or False: Child mortality rate is total number of child deaths per 500 live births.
False
Parks and recreational areas are parts of the what.
Cultural landscape
As a park ranger, I will handout these types of maps.
Reference maps
Contagious Diffusion
Kenya is a poorer country and thus is this, while France has a more economically grown society and is this.
Less developed; more developed
How does the dependency ratio help conclude how developed a country is?
The dependency ratio is the number of people to old or young to work compared to the workers in a country. It measures the amount of working individuals a country has.
Ganges River Valley