Maps
Population Density
Migration
Industrialization
Development
100
Why are maps not a true representation of the land they resemble.
Because a round surface cannot be represented accurately on a flat surface.
100
What are Snowbirds?
People who flee to warm weather during cold times.
(Bonus: Who are the people who most commonly do this?)
100
Definitions of centrifugal and centrifical forces.
Centrifugal forces push people away and centrifical forces pull people together.
100
What are cottage industries?
The producers of artisan goods in small home-based businesses
200
What is a trait of a cartogram?
The sizes of units are shown according to some specific statistic, and do not care about the real size of the places being measured.
200
What are the three kinds of population densities?
Arithmetic, physiological, and agricultural
200
What is Asylum?
Asylum is protection granted by one country to an immigrant from another country who has a legitimate fear of harm or death if they return.
200
After Britain, where did the industrial revolution move to next?
France and the Netherlands
200
What is Rostow's theory?
An economic model that focuses of how people live
300
What is another name for isoline maps?
Isometric Maps
300
How do you calculate physiological population density?
Population divided by arable land
300
What model is this?
Lee's Model of Migration
300
What were the 3 main factors when choosing where to build a factory?
Energy, resources, and transportation
400
What are Plat maps meant to represent?
Property lines and details of land ownership.
400
What is a main weakness of using arithmetic population density?
It says very little about population distribution.
(Bonus: What are 3 kinds of population distributions?)
400
What is the process of herders moving with their animals to different pastures during different seasons called?
Transhumance
400
Where did the Industrial Revolution start in the United States?
Rhode Island
500
What are the four kinds of common thematic maps?
Choropleth, Graduated symbol, Dot distribution, and Isoline.
500
What does the distribution of a region's population and its density reflect about the people there?
Their values and choices
500
What is the Homestead Act?
A policy that attracted immigrants by giving land to settlers willing to stay and farm it for 5 years.
(Bonus: What year was it put in place?)
500
What is the difference between horizontal and vertical improvements
Horizontal improvements grow out and spread while vertical improvements grow up and and are more affordable.