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Random!
100
Crockett High School is off of Menchaca Road and close to Garrison Park. This describes the what type of location?
relative location, otherwise known as its situation
100
A country is a triangle shaped population pyramid, like Mozambique in Africa, would be in what stage on the Demographic Transition Model?
Stage 2
100
Race is socially constructed, & based on a person's ________ traits.
Biological - i.e. skin, hair, face
100
What is the difference between a state and a nation?
Nation are the people connected culturally, states are governments connected with defined boundaries
100
TWO ELEMENTS of culture are...
TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONS
LANGUAGE BELIEFS/CUSTOMS
RELIGION
200
Typonyms are what?
place names
200
What is the difference between arithmetic density and physiological density?
arithmetic- number of people divided by land area
physiological- number of people divided by arable (farmable) land
200
These include FAMILY, the MEDIA, our ECONOMIC SYSTEM, SCHOOLS, and CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
what are cultural INSTITUTIONS?
200
1. A fragmented state has many what?
2. An enclave state is what?
3. Landlocked states have no what?
Islands! like Indonesia
Surrounded by another state, like Lesotho or Vatican City
No access to the Sea, like Bolivia
200
What is the difference between push and pull factors, give an example of each.
push factors- factors that make you want to leave a place, bad environment, bad weather, bad government
pull factors- factors that make you move to a new place, good weather, good government, better jobs
300
A map very zoomed in on Downtown Austin compared to a map of the world, would have a what type of scale?
Downtown Austin- LARGE scale
The world- small scale (see how tiny we are?)
300
Japan and other European countries have population pyramids that look like kites, with a wide top and small base. What STAGE would this be on the Demographic Transition Model?
DTM Stage 5
300
What's the term for when culture spreads out from a place of power💪?
Hierarchical Diffusion
300
Supranational organizations like the EU, OPEC, and the UN must have at least how many countries to be supranational?
3
300
What is an example of reverse hierarchical diffusion?
Walmart. Started in the small town rural areas, not spread worldwide.
400
What are the three types of regions and an example of each?
formal- based on facts that can be measured, school zones, language map, religion map, states, countries, ZIP codes
functional- has a use and a hub! a pizza delivery area, wifi area, fire dept coverage, a regional airport
perceptual (vernacular)- based on feelings, that's the "bad" part of town, my hometown, the bible belt, the rust belt
400
The study of human populations and their size, spread, and distribution!
what is DEMOGRAPHICS?
400
Name TWO major Universalizing Religions (hint: They try to convert people and their message is diffused widely!)
examples: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
Opposite is ETHNIC RELIGION. They're tied to a place do not try and convert, examples- Judaism, Hinduism
400
DEVOLUTION is the movement of political power from what body to what?
federal central government out to regional local governments
400
Give an example of a a nearly homogeneous NATION-STATE
JAPAN
ICELAND
DENMARK
500
GIS layers data from computers, while GPS gathers data to give you a person's what?
location
500
Name at least two of Ravenstein's laws of migrations.
1. Every migration is going to create a return or counter migration
2.The majority of migrants move a short distance
3. Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose big-city distances
4. Urban residents are less likely to move than inhabitants of rural areas
5. Families are less likely to move internationally than young adults
6. Women migrate more intraregionally than males, and men move more internationally than women
7. Most migration occurs because of economic and increases with economic development
8. Migration occurs in steps
500
What is the Difference between ETHNICITY and RACE?
ETHNICITY includes a group's language, and culture traditions. It is INSIDE us.
RACE is focused on the biological, OUTSIDE us. (it's also just made up by humans)
500
What is the process of drawing maps for political gain?
And, what is one strategy for doing so?
GERRYMANDERING
crack, pack, kidnap, hijack, sweetheart, racial
500
Holiest site for Islam. City where the Hajj takes place.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia