a two-dimensional or flat scale model of Earth's surface, or a portion of it
What is a map
100
large scale emigration by talented people
What is brain drain
100
money migrant send back to family and friends in their home coutnries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer coutnries
What is remittances
100
The contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries
What is Balkanization
100
when new immigrants conquer old immigrant's lands
What is invasion and succession
200
an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features
What is a region
200
migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
What is chain migration
200
Movement - for example, college attendance or military service - that involves temporary, recurrent relocation
What is periodic movements
200
A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.
What is a compact state
200
state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character.
What is sense of place
300
a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze and display geographic data
What is GIS (geographic information system)
300
migration from a location
What is emigration
300
a seasonal periodic movement of pastorarists and their livestock between highland and lowland
What is transhumance
300
A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape.
What is an elongated state
300
affiliation or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture
What is ethnicity
400
the name given to a place on Earth
What is a toponym
400
migration to a location
What is immigration
400
human movement involving movement across international boundaries
What is international migration
400
A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from it by the territory of a different state.
What is exclave
400
Defined by Doreen Massey and Pat Jess as "social relations stretched out"
What is space
500
an area organized around a node or focal point
What is a functional region
500
movement of one region to another
What is intraregional migration
500
human migration flows in which the movers have not choice but to relocate
What is forced migration
500
A boundary line established before an area is populated
What is an antecedent boundary
500
The fourth theme of Geography as defined by the GENIP; uniqueness of a location.