Unit 1
Define: Human-environment interaction
The relationship between humans and their environment
Define carrying capacity.
the ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people
Describe the concept of cultural diffusion.
The spreading of information, ideas, behaviors, and other aspects of culture over wider areas.
define Balkanization
a small geographic area that could not be organized into a larger state due to conflicting ethnicities
What is the difference between the First Agricultural Revolution and the Second Agricultural Revolution?
The first was the origin of farming and the second used the advances of the Industrial Revolution.
which map uses color or shading to represent quantitative data?
choropleth maps
What are some causes of a population decline?
natural disasters, war, economic issues, natalist policies
What is one major difference between folk culture and popular culture?
Folk culture is in rural and isolated locations. Popular culture is in urban and connected locations
Which country experienced balkanization?
yugoslavia
What were some of the biggest advances that came from the Green Revolution?
The biggest advances were in growing rice, corn, and wheat.
Define distance decay and explain why its less severe today
The farther away one place is from another, the less less interaction those two place have with each other.
It is less severe today because of technology such as the internet and airplanes that connects us to other places.
Identify which stage of the DTM: birth rates stay high in agricultural society, death rates decline
Stage 2
What is the reason for the spread of the major globalized languages of the world from their hearth?
The spread was largely because of conquest and colonialism.
define locational boundary disputes.
when interpretation of a definition is argued
What are some hearths of seed agriculture?
Central America, Northeastern Africa, Northern China, Northeastern India
What device do geographers use to collect data about things such as urban sprawl, droughts, and agriculture.
satellites
What is the demographic equation and what does it determine?
global births minus global deaths, it determines the population growth rate for the world
Describe the goal of a universal religion.
It actively seeks converts to its faith regardless of their ethnic backgrounds.
define an operational boundary dispute.
Argues how a boundary should function
What was the effect of large corporate dairy operations replacing smaller family-owned farms?
It has resulted in a decrease in the number of farms but an increase in dairy production.
Which map projection preserves the size but distorts shape and the image appears on the opposite Mercator.
Gall-Peters Projection
What are the 5 main areas of population density?
East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Western and Central Europe, and the northeast corridor of the US and Canada
What effect does the spread of religious settlements have?
It contributes to the sense of place and of belonging for each religious group and greatly shapes the cultural landscape.
what is an allocation boundary dispute?
argues over the resources around a boundary.
What does each line on the bid rent curve represent?
Each line on the graph reflects the farmers' willingness to pay for land at various distances from the market.