Unit 1
Describes a place in relation compared to other places
Relative Location
The movement of people from place to place
Migration
ideology based on private ownership of the means of production and individual economic freedom
Capitalism
Lake Victoria
belief in ONE God
monotheism
The exact position on the globe (longitude and latitude; your address)
Absolute location
Factors that cause people to migrate OUT of their country
Push Factors
Large firms that operate in more than one country that produce goods & services to sell around the world
Multinational Corporations
things that people make
material culture
belief in MORE than ONE God
polytheism
Defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas
Perceptual Region
Factors that cause people to migrate INTO a new place.
Pull Factors
ideology based on shared ownership of the means of production
Communism
ideas or beliefs people share; the norms, morals, values of society; how society functions
nonmaterial culture
disbelief in the existence of any God
atheism
Areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area
Formal Region
A person who comes to live permanently in another country
Immigrant
Economic activities that deal with manufacturing finished goods
Secondary economic activities
101 mile long canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, cuts down on shipping time between Europe and Asia (ships don't have to sail all the way around Africa)
Suez Canal
which Korea is a democracy and which Korea is a dictatorship?
South- democracy, North- dictatorship
Consists of a central place and surrounding places affected by it
Functional Region
A person who leaves their country to permanently settle in another
Emigrant
Economic activities that deal with sale or exchange of goods
Tertiary economic activities
a place where important ideas begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures
cultural hearth
chain, cluster, or collection of islands
archipelago