Section I: Thinking Geographically
the difference between reference & thematic maps
What is?
Reference: Used for navigation
Thematic: Shows the variables of a reigon
Define homogenization
What is a phenomenon where places begin to look and feel the same.
The total people divided by farmable land
What is physiological density?
EMigration vs. IMMIgration
What is….
When people cross national boundaries, out-migration is known as emigration while in-migration is known as immigration. People emigrate from their country of origin and immigrate to a new country.
After this war, Europe experienced one of the largest displacement crises in history.
What is World War II?
Spatial data vs. Non-spatial data
What is..
Spatial data: the physical information about a location that comes from sources such as maps, satellite image, and GPS tech
Non-Spatial Data: describes the characteristics of a location, such as its population.
Cultural relativism vs. ethnocentrism
What is…
- ethnocentrism: the judgment of another culture by the standards of their own culture
- cultural relativism: the act of understanding a culture based on its own values.After this major war, the baby boom occurred in the United States.
What is World War II
Name me at least 5 types of migration (double points if you can name more than 5!!!)
What is…?
international migration
internal migration
interregional migration
intraregional migration
rural–urban migration
rural–rural migration
urban–rural migration
counter-urbanization
intra-urban migration
transnational migration
This is the year the HOMESTEAD Act was passed
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What is 1862?
Qualitative Data
Cultural influences can be __ forces that divide a group or __ forces that unify a group of people.
What is..
centrifugal, centripetal
This farming technique is often used by with high agricultural density.
What is subsistence farming?
This group of people are most likely to migrate?
young, educated individuals seeking new opportunities
the “wet foot, dry foot “ policy did this.
What is allowed Cubans who reached U.S. soil to stay, while those intercepted at sea were returned?
Define scales of analysis
What is the observational level (local, national, or global) of the world.
Name different types of diffusion
What is…
Relocation
Hierarchal
Contagious
Expansion
Stimulus
Maladaptive
Pronatalist vs. Antinatalist
What is….?
Pronatalist policies encourage higher birth rates, often in countries with aging populations. Antinatalist policies aim to reduce birth rates where overpopulation is a concern.
Drescribe China’s hukou system.
What is a household registration system in mainland China that classifies citizens as either rural or urban residents and ties their access to public services to their official place of registration?
Name this event!! In 1947, when Britain’s two-hundred-year rule ended, India’s people were divided into two nations: India and Pakistan. They were largely divided along religious lines, Hindus in India and Muslims in Pakistan. This led to one of the largest migrations in history, with millions moving across new borders. Violence, disease, and starvation.
what is the Partition of India?
Name the common map projections & distortions
What is?….
- Mercator
- Peters
- Equal Area- Robinson
It’s a kind of curve that starts slowly, growing rapidly, and then leveling off as adoption becomes widespread.
What is an S-Curve??
The Malthusian Theory
Who is economist Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) argued that population grows exponentially, while food supply grows linearly. He warned that this imbalance could lead to famine, war, and displacement?
describe the dual labor market theory.
What are wealthy countries create demand for migrant labor?
Put these events in order NOW 😡!
____ Balsero Crisis
____ Cuban Freedom Flights
____ Cuban “Golden Exile” era
____ Great Migration begins
____ Louisiana Purchase
____ Mariel boatlift
____ Partition of India
____ United States gains independence
1: US gains independence
2: Louisiana purchase
3: Great Migration begins
4: Partition of India
5: Cuban “Golden Exile” era
6: Cuban Freedom Flights
7: Mariel Boat-lift
8: Balsero Crisis