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Terms
Models
100
Created the theory that domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provide the base for world conquest (Rimland Theory)
Who is Nicholas Spykam
100
Borders do not exist permanently; states are organic and growing, and represent a temporary snapshot of the allegiances and identity of the people who inhabit a region.
What is the Organic Theory of Nations
100
pejorative geopolitical term, originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with one another.
What is balkanization
100
a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory
What is an enclave
100
A model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service.
What is the Gravity Model
200
A center of high-tech manufacturing and information-based industry: planned for high technology where agglomeration built on a synergy among technological companies occurs (Technopoles)
Who are Castells and Hall?
200
the view that population growth independently forces a conversion from extensive and intensive subsistence agriculture
What is the Boserup Thesis
200
the diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but with vegetables instead religiously prohibited beef is an example of what concept
What is stimulus diffusion
200
conviction of the evident superiority of one's own ethnic group
What is ethnocentrism
200
Combines elements of culture and globalization by combining radial sectors and concentric zones. Includes a thriving CBD with a commercial spine. The quality of houses decreases as one moves outward away from the CBD, and the areas of worse housing occurs in the Disamenity sectors.
What is the South American Model (Griffin Ford)
300
Cultural Landscape - Human activity superimposes itself on the physical landscape - each Cultural group leaves imprints
Who is Carl Saur
300
A theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther.
What is Central Place theory
300
an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living things
What is Jainism
300
theory originated by Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three- tier structure, proposing that social change in the developing world is inextricably linked to the economic activities of the developed world
What is World Systems Model
400
Nostratic Language Family is a proto (meaning ancient/extinct) 'Indo-European' language
Who is Aharon Dogopolsky
400
LDC's are poor because they allow themselves to be exploited by the MDC's through international trade and investment
What is Dependency Theory
400
occurs when two cultures of just about equal power or influence meet and exchange ideas or traits without the domination seen in acculturation and assimilation
What is transculturation
400
the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad
What is hajj
400
) the CBD; 2) the transition zone of mixed residential, factory, and commercial use; 3) low-class residential homes (inner city); 4) better quality middle-class homes; and 5) upper-class commuters zone.
What is Concentric Zone Model
500
Theory of Continental Drift - 6 evidences 1. Puzzle 2. Glaciation 3. Landforms 4. Fossils 5. Mid-Atlantic ridge spread 6. Magnetic.
Who is Alfred Wagener
500
Hypothesis developed by British scholar Colin Renfrew wherein he proposed that three areas in and near the first agricultural hearth, the Fertile Crescent, gave rise to three language families: Indo-European, North African and Arabian, and the present day languages in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
What is Renfrew Theory
500
the development of a new form of culture trait by the fusion of two or more distinct parental elements
What is syncretism
500
religion; based upon Tao-te-ching, a book by Lao-Tsu which focuses on the proper form of political rule and on the oneness of humanity and nature
What is Taoism
500
Hypothesis developed by British scholar Colin Renfrew wherein he proposed that three areas in and near the first agricultural hearth, the Fertile Crescent, gave rise to three language families: Indo-European, North African and Arabian, and the present day languages in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
What is Renfrew Hypothesis
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