Thinking Geographically
Because the world is spherical all map projections have this problem
distortion
number of birth per year in a nation
birth rate
People who move into a nation
immigrants
study of place names
toponymy
The sect of Christianity most common in Russia
Orthodox
Distance and direction are both measured with this
absolute/ latitude and longitude
the model we use for measuring population change
DTM
Shelter for refugees
asylum
this invention resulted in a huge increase in the availability of written language
printing press
Amish and Hutterite are examples of this religious group
Anabaptist (rural folk culture groups)
This map projection shows all directions as straight lines
Mercator
the number of children born to women of childbearing age
total fertility rate
largest cause of forced migration
slavery
The language family of English
Indo-European/Germanic
the religious conflict in the Philippines is between which two faiths
Catholic Christian and Islam
Weather maps, particularly for temperature, are usually in this form
isoline
the difference between # of births and # of deaths
natural increase
population growth on this continent is due almost completely to migration
Europe
According to the agricultural hypothesis, proto Indo-European developed here
Anatolia/Turkey
The only dominantly Christian nation in Northern Africa
Ethiopia
Good for measuring population, this map form uses color or shapes
choropleth
Policies that favor one racial or cultural group
eugenic
South Africa’s policy to control growth and movement of people
apartheid
giving monetary value to a place name
commodification
The major world religions from largest to smallest
C, I, H, B,S, J