Culture and Language
The spread of an idea through the movement of people is called this.
What is relocation diffusion?
Migration motivated by better job opportunities is considered this type.
What is voluntary migration?
This type of state has a strong central government with most power concentrated at the national level.
What is a unitary state?
A region like Eastern Europe during the Cold War, characterized by instability and conflict between competing powers, is called this.
What is a shatterbelt
The physical and human characteristics that define a location.
What is place?
A language that is widely used for communication between speakers of different native languages.
What is a lingua franca?
War, famine, and persecution are examples of these migration drivers.
What are push factors?
The 19th-century conference that divided Africa among European powers is called this.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The desire to reclaim territory considered lost or culturally tied to a nation; it can cause disputes, such as Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
What is irredentism?
The term for the perception of an area based on stereotypes or personal impressions.
What is a vernacular (perceptual) region?
The area where a cultural trait or innovation originates is called this.
What is a cultural hearth?
Migrants who move to areas where family or friends have previously settled are practicing this.
What is chain migration?
This term describes the use of economic, political, or cultural pressures by a powerful country to control or influence another, often after decolonization.
What is neocolonialism?
The forced removal or extermination of an ethnic group to create homogeneity; an example is the Bosnian genocide in the 1990s.
A type of map that represents data using shading or coloring to show variation across space.
What is a choropleth?
The process of one culture being dominated by another, often seen during colonialism, is called this.
What is cultural imperialism?
This ratio compares the number of dependents to the working-age population.
What is a dependency ratio?
This type of boundary dispute arises when two countries disagree over resource use near or across a boundary, such as river access or oil reserves.
What is an allocational boundary
A person who is not recognized as a citizen by any country, often due to displacement or discriminatory laws.
What is a stateless person?
The movement of people, animals, or goods in a specific direction for repeated periods.
What is cyclical movement/migration?
The blending of different cultural elements into something new is known as this.
What is syncretism?
A country with a total fertility rate (TFR) below 2.1 is said to be experiencing this demographic trend.
What is population decline?
A boundary that no longer functions but still impacts the cultural landscape, such as the Berlin Wall, is referred to as this.
The region that has produced the largest number of refugees globally due to many large conflicts conflicts.
What is the Middle East?
The theory that human actions are determined by physical environment constraints.
What is environmental determinism?