Unit 1
What is the definition of possiblism?
Humans can change the environment.
What is arable land?
Land that can be used for agriculture.
What is a boomburg?
A rapidly growing city that is still a suburb.
What is a city state?
A country that is just a city.
What does centripetal mean?
Forces that bring groups together.
What does scales of analysis mean?
Level of analysis.
What is the Bid-Rent Theory?
The further you get from the market the less the land will cost.
What is a census?
Counting of the population.
What is a demarcated boundary?
Boundaries defined by physical boundaries.
When two languages combine into a new one.
What is time-space compression?
To get to one place to another faster due to technology.
What is a commodity chain?
A chain in which things go into production.
What is counter urbanization?
When people move away from cities to suburbs and rural areas.
What is devolution?
Transfer of power from central government to subdivisions.
What is a hearth?
It is the place where something started.
What is a vernacular region?
It is what people perceive/ the idea of a region. There is no formal boundary.
What is commercial agriculture?
Truck farming, or mechanized farming for selling.
What is a disamenity zone?
An banded area that is controlled by gangs and drugs.
What is an enclave?
An area within a larger territory, like a country, where citizens are ethnically distinct.
What is cultural landscape?
What is a thematic map?
A map that shows spacial aspects or information about a phenomenon.
What is conservation?
The smart management and use of earths resources.
What is an ethnic neighborhood.
A neighborhood with a large percentage of an ethnic group that is distinct.
What is gerrymandering?
Redrawing boundaries to favor one political party.
What is a pidgin language?
When people simplify 2 languages to communicate.