Mapping
What is a pro for the Mercator projection?
It accurately displays shape.
What is the world's most populous country?
India
What are push and pull factors?
Reasons a migrant leaves their home country or travels to a new country.
What is a Green Card?
A physical card that allows an immigrant to permanently work and live in the United States.
OCtober 7th, 2025, will mark what anniversary of the War in Gaza?
2 year.
Define Site.
The physical description of a place.
What countries are currently in Stage 1 of Demographic Transition?
NONE!
What are remittances?
When someone works in a foreign country and sends money back to their home country.
What amendment did Pres. Trump try to block?
The 14th Amendment - Birthright Citizenship.
Where did Trump meet with Putin?
Alaska.
Explain Spatial Association.
The relationship between the distribution of two features.
Define Stage 2 of Demographic Transition.
High birth rate
Declining death rate
Very high increase rate
What country receives the most remittances?
India.
What is DACA?
A program that prevents the deportation of people illegally brought to the US when they were minors.
Name two countries who recently had their airspace violated by Russia.
Poland, Estonia, Romania, Ukraine.
What are the two uses of relative location?
To explain the importance of a place.
To find an unfamiliar place.
How do countries move between Stage 3 and Stage 4?
Career focus and expensive childcare - less children.
Better healthcare - longer lifespans.
What is an IDP? Define the acronym AND the term.
Internally Displaced Person.
A person who is forced to flee their home but has not crossed in international border.
Name two organizations that were created after 9/11.
TSA, DHS, ICE, CBP, etc.
Name two countries that recently acknowledge Palestine's statehood.
UK, Canada, Portugal, Australia.
What is an interrupted map?
A map where the projection is split at certain points, such as in the Goode Homolosine.
Explain China's One Child Policy and its effects.
The Chinese government only allowed most families to have one child. As a result, the population slowed its growth and the population is declining. China is now in Stage 5.
What did the 1965 Immigration Act do?
Removed the quota system - set the foundation for our current immigration system.
What did the Refugee Act of 1980 do?
It set a cap for refugees allowed in to the US. The executive branch could change that cap annually.
Name the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council.
US, China, Russia, UK, France.