Political Geography
A narrow, strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass. For example, the Strait of Malacca
Choke Point
A crop produced for sale instead of personal use
Cash crop
Refers to how safe, convenient, and efficient it is to walk in an urban environment
Walkability
This economic sector involves the extraction of natural resources
Primary sector
These types of religions are closely tied with a particular ethnic group generally in a particular region
Ethnic religions
These boundaries are established before many people settle in an area. For example, the boundary between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel
Antecedent Boundaries/Antecedent
Areas where residents lack access to healthy, nutritious foods because stores selling these foods are too far away
Food Deserts
A city that has more than 20 million people
Metacity
The total value of goods and services produced by a country's citizens and companies within the country in a year
Gross Domestic Product/GDP
Regional or social variations of a language that differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar
Dialect
The party that controls a majority of seats in the state legislature typically draws voting district boundaries in a way that gives their party the advantage. This is called ______________________
Gerrymandering
Corn was first domesticated here
Mexico/Mesoamerica
A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large, sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents
Boomburb
A term that describes the advantage for companies in the same/similar industries in locating near each other in order to take advantage of specialized labor, materials, and services
Agglomeration
The tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to preconceived ideas originating from their own culture
Ethnocentrism
These boundaries are drawn over existing accepted borders by an outside or conquering force
Superimposed Boundaries/Superimposed
What are the three different rural survey methods?
metes and bounds, long lots, township and range
These cities are at the top of the world's urban hierarchy and have influence across the world
World cities/global cities
Places of economic activity clustered around one or more high growth industries that stimulate economic growth by capitalizing on some special asset
Growth poles
Languages within a branch that share a common ancestor in the relatively recent past and have vocabularies with a high degree of overlap. ie: Spanish & Portuguese
Language groups
An alliance of three or more states that work together in pursuit of common goals or to address an issue/challenge that these countries share. For example, the EU
Supranational Organization
Identify a consequences associated with aquaculture
Water pollution from chemical use, negative impact on ecosystems from the use of antibiotics, the compromise of native gene pools, transfer of diseases & parasites to wild fish populations
Cities where planners have used smart-growth policies to decrease the rate at which cities grow outward
Slow-growth cities
An area within a country that is subject to different and more beneficial economic regulations than other areas
Special Economic Zones
A community-driven process in which people collaborate to create a place where they can live, work, play, and learn. This facilitates creative patterns of landscape use, allowing the landscape to reflect the culture of those who use the place.
Placemaking