Thinking Geographically
Population & Migration
Culture
Political Geography
numbers
Final Question
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The "Middle East" is an example of this type of region.

Vernacular (Perceptual) Region

100

Work and war represent these two types of migration causes respectively. (2 parts)

Pull and Push

100

Religion is this type of force in Saudi Arabia, but it's this other type of force in Myanmar. (2 parts)

Centripetal; Centrifugal

100

At this 19th century meeting, European states decided the fate of many African nations by creating these. (2 parts)

Berlin Conference; Superimposed Boundaries

100

There are approximately this amount of countries in the world.

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Geographers use various map projections--Mercator, Good-Homolosine, Robinson--because projecting a round earth onto a flat map always leads to this

Distortion 

200

These three demographic factors determine population growth. 

Fertility, mortality, migration 

200

If this man showed up to a business meeting in New York wearing this outfit, disregarding him for not meeting professional Western standards would be an example of this. Whereas acknowledging the differences in professional standards between the US and Nigeria and doing business with him anyway would be an example of this. (2 parts)



Ethnocentrism; Cultural Relativism

200

The great power proxy war between the US and Russia and the regional proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran in recent years made Syria this.

Shatterbelt

200
The minimum number of states you need participating to be considered a Supranational organization

3

300

The fact that the great civilizations of the Roman Empire and Han China had little to no interaction can be explained by this course concept. 

Distance Decay

300

The country represented in the below population pyramid is in this stage of demographic transition. 



Stage 4

300

The government promoting that people get their COVID booster shot is an example of this type of diffusion

Hierarchical

300

 Spain recently giving more power to the Catalonia region through this process. 

Devolution 

300

The number, closest in billions, of the current world population.

8 Billion

300

You choose amount

lake, mountain

400

Below is an example of this type of thematic map at this scale of analysis. (2 parts)


Flowline Map; National Scale

400

If Papua New Guinea has a population growth rate of 2% annually, it's doubling time is this. 

35 years

400

A Tik Tok Video going viral in Asia is this type of diffusion. 


Contagious 

400

The Philippines has accused China of encroaching on this in the South China Seas

Exclusive Economic Zone or United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS)

400

The EEZ extends this many nautical miles off shore

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When using Google Maps to drive from Rome to Florence, you are using this navigation technology

GPS

500

These two combined facts led Thomas Malthus to predict disaster. 

Population growth and static growth in food production. 

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Starting in the 16th century, name ONE of these three developments that helped to establish European languages (later predominately English) as the global lingua franca. 

Colonialism, imperialism, or  trade

500

The existence of the Dome of the Rock (mosque) and the Wailing Wall (Jewish shrine) in Jerusalem illustrates a conflict over this between the people's in the lands of Israel/Palestine. 



Territoriality 

500

This is the world average life expectancy

73.4 (73 is the rounded answer, World Health Organization)

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