Unit 1
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Important Terms
Random
100
What type of map is being shown here?
Graduated Symbol
100
Promoting contraception use, legalizing abortion, and providing financial aid to people who limit family size are all examples of what?
Anti-natalist government policies
100
What is a full spoken language that combines elements of two or more languages
a Creole language
100
What terms describes a places location in relation to its surrounding features?
Situation
100
Explain why every map projection has some level of distortion
Because you cannot represent a curved surface on a flat surface without sacrificing accuracy
200
What theory states that human behavior is largely affected or controlled by the physical environment
Environmental Determinism
200
What caused a demographic change in early 20th century Europe?
The industrial revolution caused urbanization and falling birth rates
200
Christmas is a combination of religious and traditional practices. Christians are celebrating the birth of Christ, and they added the folk tradition of Santa bringing presents to good children. This is an example of what?
Cultural Syncretism
200
The average number of children born to one woman of childbearing age
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
200
Describe a challenge South Korea will face by 2050 based on this population pyramid
How to care for their aging population
300
What type of region is this?
A functional region
300
High birth rates, high death rates, and low population growth are all characteristics of which DTM stage?
Stage One
300
Name an example of an ethnic religion
Hinduism, Judaism, Shintoism
300
A place name which often holds cultural significance for the people that live there
A toponym
300
What is the language with the most native speakers?
Mandarin
400
What type of map projection is this?
A Mercator projection
400
What was Thomas Malthus's major theory?
The theory of overpopulation that eventually population growth will surpass our food production, and result in widespread famine
400
By which type of diffusion did Hinduism primarily spread
Relocation
400
The process of giving up elements of ones origin culture in favor of adopting elements of the dominant culture
Assimilation
400
What is the fastest growing religion?
Islam
500
What concept is being illustrated in this image?
Distance Decay
500
Which is the most accurate measurement of population density and why?
Physiological density is the most reflective of the pressure the population puts on arable land
500
What religion has this place as its hearth?
Christianity
500
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
Chain Migration
500
What religion is being represented on this map?
Buddhism