Geography
What is Human Geography?
study of how human activities vary across different locations
A process when movement of migrants is followed by other people from the same place of origin
All Ravenstein’s laws, with the exception of the ____ ____ still hold today
What is Culture?
refers to customs, art expressions, social norms, institutions, and other collective characteristics of a social group.
What is Manifest Destiny?
the idea that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its territory across the entire North American continent
The Prime Meridian
What is the difference between Internal and International migration?
Internal: national boundaries are not crossed
International: national boundaries are crossed
There are a total of ___ laws
11
What is Cultural Diffusion?
Cultural diffusion refers to the various ways that cultural characteristics, beliefs, and practices pass from one culture to another and between individuals.
What were the names of the first 3 ships Christopher Columbus’ sent when he "discovered" the Americas?
The Santa María, The Pinta, and The Niña
What does Local Scales of Analysis examine?
Examines neighborhoods, towns, districts, cities, etc
Why does repeat migration happen?
an attempt to “undo” the previous move or migrants want to go back to their roots
Ravenstein the inaugural Victoria Medal, which was created in honor of Queen Victoria, in ____
1902
Colonialism can be defined as?
The policy or practice of acquiring political control over another nation
The states with the largest numbers of African Americans were _____
(Extra points if you can name the other notable two)
Texas, Florida, and Georgia
Extra Credit: New York and California
What is Geographic Data used for?
To understand range of patterns, trends, and influences.
Zelinsky attempted to link countries development process with _____ changes
Demographic
Developed a series of laws or rules based on detailed analyses of
European social economic conditions
Centrifugal forces are factors that ______ a state
Divide
In 1830, what authorized the forced relocation of Native tribes east of the Mississippi to lands in the West
The Indian Removal Act
What can Vernacular regions also be referred as?
Folk Regions
What is Demographic Transition?
Birth rates and death rates will shift from a stage where rates are high to where rates are low
Cities grow more from ____ than _____ increase
(hint law #7)
Migration, Natural
Architecture communicates information about a culture, as well, and can be divided into two overall categories: What are those two categories?
Traditional and Postmodern
What does UNRRA and SHAEF stand for?
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces