Political Geography
What is soft power?
Soft power uses attraction and persuasion to change minds and influence behaviors.
In what country did the industrial revolution start?
Great Britain
What is the difference between health equality and equity?
Equality: giving everyone the exact same resource
Equity: qiving everyone the specific resource they need to reach the same health outcome
Cities almost always form next to this environmental feature?
Water
When human activity becomes the dominant influence on earths atmosphere. What is this known as?
Anthropocene.
What is the difference between a state and a nation?
State: A political concept, a territory with defined boundaries organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.
Nation: A social/cultural concept, a homogeneous group of people with a common heritage, language, religion or political goals.
Define core-Periphery
A model that explains uneven economic development across space
What does the inverse care law state?
The inverse care law states that medical care is more available in areas with lower disease burdens than in areas with higher disease burdens.
What uses sensors on satellites, aircraft, or drones to collect data about buildings/cities physical footprint?
Remote sensing
Situation where groups overuse common land because they want there fair share
Give an example of a multinational state
The UK (among other answers)
Limiting foreign ownership of businesses, increasing tariffs, and replacing imports with domestic production are examples of which type of economic development?
Self-sufficiency
Which stage of the epidemiological transition stage represents is characterized by receding pandemics
Stage 2
How many people live in an urban area if it is a determined Metacity?
20+ million people
What is measured to determine someone's ecological footprint?
Their consumption of resources
What kind of boundary does the Rio Grande River represent?
Subsequent (Natural too)
What are the different steps in the commodity chain?
Raw Materials --> Manufacturing --> Assembly --> Distribution --> Consumption
What is the Largest country in the world by land that struggles with HIV/AIDS? HINT: Look for a world map
Russia
Which urban structure model posits that cities develop multiple centers?
Multiple Nuclei model
Humans building a bridge across a river would be an example of which Human Environmental Interaction?
Modification
Draw an image of maritime zones that include a territorial sea, a contiguous zone and an exclusive economic zone. (must include the distance of each zone)
The answer would be on slide 21-23
Name the Four Asian Tigers in order of GDP (not GDP per capita), least to most, as of 2025.
Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea
What is the difference between the Inverse Care Law and distance Decay?
The Inverse Care law is the idea that in areas where the population is most in need of medical care, it is least available (due to richer areas pulling resources). And the idea of distance decay is that the likelihood of patients seeking medical treatment decreases as distance from health care increases (this is prevalent in rural areas).
Which urban geography model includes zones in rings, such as the CBD, transition zone, working-class zone, and commuter zone?
Concentric Zone Model
What is the framework for measuring environmental impact and its components? Hint: It includes multiple features within an equation
I=PxAxT, Population, Affluence, Technology