Human and physical geography
It is the discipline that studies the relationship and interplay between the activities of human beings and their geographical environment.
Human geography
Mexico was a colony under the power of which country?
Spain
What is the main tool to get information in population geography?
Censuses
It is the science responsible for studying everything related to goods’ needs, production, and satisfaction.
Economic geography
It is the discipline that studies the Earth's surface in its natural or physical appearance, the studies of natural phenomena; that is, those not involved with human activity.
Physical geography
Name two of the most important auxiliary sciences for human geography
Anthropology, demography, history, economy and political science
Name one of the consequences of colonialism (neutrals)
Increased geographical exploration trips.
Increased knowledge of the Earth's surface.
Exploitation of industries and international trade.
Increasing State division of the world.
Name one kind of census besides the population one
Name one kind of census besides the population one
This branch of Geography deals with political institutions, government systems, the impact of policy decisions and any process that takes place within this field.
Political geography
How were the dominated countries during the colonization called?
Colonies
It is the science that studies the products and services that meet our needs, such as the technology consumption
Economy
What were the colonizer countries looking for in the new known lands?
Quick wealth, and the control and exploitation of natural and human resources.
It is the demographic indicator that refers to the number recorded of deaths recorded in a group for every 1,000 people in a given year.
Mortality rate
It is the economic sector that covers activities directly related to natural resources such as mining, oil and gas extraction, agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Primary sector
What does the population geography studies?
"The distribution of the population and its relationship with the physical and social aspects“.
It is the science that helps us to see the evolution of the human being both biologically and culturally, its religion, language or traditions
Anthropology
Name two of the abuses of colonialism
Indiscriminate killings of native peoples.
Excessive exploitation of natural and human resources.
Slavery
Almost total destruction of many indigenous cultures.
It is the demographic indicator that refers to the average number of offspring born per woman.
Fertility rate
It is the economic sector where raw materials are transformed into goods.
Secondary sector
I refers to the communication between the different countries of the world unifying their markets, cultures and societies through economic, political and social transformations.
Globalization
Mention one of the physical geography elements:
Landscape, continental and oceanic waters, climate, flora and fauna, and the soil.
The colonial powers were known as:
Metropolis
The demographic indicator of literacy/ illiteracy counts the number of individuals age ___ or older that can read or not In a population
15
Political geography was first addressed by the german geographer _____________
Friedrich Ratzel
Life in ancient Egypt depended on the ____ River.
Nile