Maps & Geographic Concepts
What imaginary line divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
What is the Prime Meridian?
This term refers to the average number of children born per woman during her reproductive years.
What is total fertility rate?
A factor that encourages someone to leave their home country, such as unemployment, violence, or political instability.
What is a push factor?
This term describes the visible imprint humans make on the physical environment through buildings, agriculture, roads, and other features.
What is a cultural landscape?
This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama and teaches followers to follow the Eightfold Path to reach nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
What technology uses satellites to provide real-time navigation and location information?
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
A population pyramid with a very wide base generally indicates this demographic characteristic.
What is a high birth rate?
A person who permanently moves from Pennsylvania to Florida is participating in this type of migration.
What is internal migration?
A language used by people who speak different native languages to communicate with one another is known as this.
What is a lingua franca?
This religion originated in the Punjab region during the 15th century and teaches that all people are equal in God's eyes.
What is Sikhism?
A map that displays information about a particular subject, such as population density or religion, is called this type of map.
What is a thematic map?
A country with a large elderly population and fewer young workers may experience this economic challenge.
What is a labor shortage?
A government policy that limits the number of immigrants allowed into a country may establish this restriction.
What is a quota?
This geographic concept explains why interaction and communication between people generally decrease as distance increases.
What is distance decay?
This religion originated in the Indus Valley region and includes beliefs about multiple forms or manifestations of God.
What is Hinduism?
What are the three common types of map projection distortion?
What are shape, distance, and area?
China introduced this controversial policy in 1979 to slow rapid population growth.
What was the One-Child Policy?
Unlike someone moving for better employment opportunities, this type of migrant is primarily seeking physical safety and protection.
What is a refugee?
The spread of cultural traits, ideas, or practices from one location to another is known as this.
What is cultural diffusion?
Migration, trade, and conquest are three factors that can contribute to this geographic process involving the spread of religion.
What is diffusion?
A map showing the entire world has this scale of analysis, while a map showing an individual city has a local scale of analysis.
What are global and local scales?
A country has 41% of its population ages 0–14, 56% ages 15–64, and only 3% ages 65+. What major challenge might this country face?
What is the need for additional schools and educational resources because of its large youth population?
Hispanic workers and families who establish a community in the United States where Nahuatl is commonly spoken are creating this type of community.
What is an ethnic enclave?
In the Tenoch case study, Spanish serves as a common language between people who may speak different native languages. What is the geographic term for this?
What is a lingua franca?
Name the three major religions that consider Jerusalem or other locations in Israel to contain sacred sites.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?