Unit 1
What is absolute location?
Exact Location of a place using latitude and longitude
What is arithmetic density?
Total number of people divided by the total land area.
What is a toponym?
The name of a place.
What is a federal government?
The national government shares power with local government
What is monoculture?
Planting the same crop on the same field over and over
What scale would a map of Europe be?
Regional/Continental
At what stage of the DTM does the population start decreasing?
Stage 5
Is Judaism an ethnic religion or universalizing religion?
The United Nations (UN) is an example of what type of organization?
Supranational Organization/Supranationalism
In Von Thunen's model, where is the most expensive piece of land located?
The land closest to the market
What is quantitative data?
Data using numbers
What stage of the DTM is the United States in?
Stage 4
What region was the cultural hearth for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?
The Middle East or Southwest Asia
What was the name of the event where European leaders drew up the borders that exist in Africa today?
Berlin (Congo) Conference 1884
Which region did the Green Revolution not help?
Africa
They distort the landmasses and the shape of the continents near the poles.
What type of policy is China's One Child Policy?
Anti-natalist
Sino-Tibetan
How many miles does the Exclusive Economic Zone extend to in the Law of the Sea.
200 (nautical) miles
The domestication of plants and animals
What did John Snow use to help figure out where the source of cholera came from?
GIS- Geographic Information Systems
Pesticides do what to the carrying capacity of a region?
Decreases the carrying capacity.
Which language has the largest number of native speakers?
Mandarin Chinese
What year did the Cold War End?
1991
What type of survey system can be seen in Louisiana?
French Long Lot Survey System