Unit 2
This term describes the number of people per unit of arable land.
What is physiological density?
This is a boundary drawn using latitude and longitude rather than cultural features.
What is geometric boundary?
This agricultural revolution introduced farming and plant domestication.
What is the First Agricultural Revolution?
This model of urban structure is shaped like a bullseye.
What is the concentric zone model?
This revolution marked a major shift to machine-based manufacturing
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The Demographic Transition Model was designed to explain changes in this demographic factor over time
What is population growth or birth/death rates? (Could also be social/econ development)
A nation without its own state, like the Kurds, is called this.
What is a stateless nation?
Farming that produces food primarily for the farmer’s family is called this.
What is subsistence agriculture?
The rapid growth of cities in less developed countries often results in these unplanned settlements.
What are squatter settlements?
Countries are grouped into three categories (core, periphery, semi-periphery) in this theory.
What is Wallerstein's World Systems Theory?
This type of migration occurs when people are forced to move due to war, famine, or persecution.
What is forced migration?
This term describes the process of redrawing legislative boundaries to favor one political party
What is gerrymandering?
This model explains land use based on transportation costs and perishability.
What is the Von Thünen model?
The rank-size rule states the 2nd largest city in a country should be this fraction of the largest
What is 1/2?
The Human Development Index combines life expectancy, education, and this economic measure.
What is Gross National Income per capita?
The number of children a woman is expected to have during her childbearing years is called this.
What is TFR?
The European Union is an example of this type of political organization.
What is a supranational organization?
The Green Revolution is most associated with the use of these three technologies.
What are high-yield seeds, chemical fertilizers, and mechanization?
This term refers to the spread of development on the urban fringe, often into rural areas
What is urban sprawl?
This type of industry locates near the source of raw materials because of weight loss during production.
What is a bulk-reducing industry?
Top 5 countries by population in 2025 (must get them all right and in order)
This term refers to when a central government gives power to regional governments.
What is devolution?
This extensive agricultural practice clears forested land for crops, often in tropical regions (not deforestation)
What is slash-and-burn or shifting cultivation?
This theory explains how services are distributed based on thresholds and ranges
What is Central Place Theory?
This term describes the process of shifting industrial jobs to lower-cost countries.
What is outsourcing or offshoring?