Unit 2
The movement of people or goods from one place to another
What is migration?
What is a cultural train?
A type of border that develops after populations have settled in the areas and have engaged in conflict with one another.
What is a consequent border?
A type of farming in which the products grown or raised are intended to sell to consumers far and wide
What is commercial farming?
An act of refusing home loans to individuals in a certian part of the city in order to restrict homeownership for minority populations
What is redlining?
A type of density calculation that measures the number of people vs. the amount of arable land. It demonstrates the country's carrying capacity
What is physiological density?
Evidence of past cultures on a place's current cultural landscape
What is sequent occupance?
The act of a centralized governmental power breaking into smaller units, whether or not the country stays whole is up to the people!
The Fertile Crescent, Indus River Valley, and Mesoamerica are considered what type of location?
What are hearths of domestication?
This type of suburb gets its name of its rapid population growth to over 100,000 people
What are boomburgs?
A population pyramid that has a wide base and triangular shape demonstrates what in regards to the population's life expectancy?
What is a short life expectancy?
What are centrepetal forces?
Supranational organization limits a countries _______, affecting a country's abilities to conduct business without interference.
Who is von Thunen?
Lower income housing areas and squatter settlements are more likely to appear near industrial site that cause air, water and noise pollution contributing to this concept.
Poor healthcare, high unemployment, and political violence are all examples of what migration concept?
What are push factors?
The idea that the more two or more cultures are exposed to each other and the higher degree of continuous interactions they have will result in them evolving to look similar to each other.
What is cultural convergence?
This type of state consolidates all of its power in one central government. Does not mean it is not a democracy though!
What is a unitary state?
What is GMOs/chemical uses?
This urban sustainability concept would be an effective physical natural barrier to stop urban sprawl.
What are greenbelts?
Followers of Mathusian beliefs, known as Neo-Malthusians would be in advocation of what type of policy?
What is anti-natalist?
These four universalizing religions share similar quality of seeking to expand it's adherents by converting new followers.
What are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Shikism?
The policy currently employed by Russia in regards to the ethnic Russians living inside of the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.
What is irredentism?
Controversial slash and burn farming practices are most likely used in this related agricultural practice?
What is shifting cultivation?
Establishing more walkable neighborhoods with mixed use zoning practices may lead to what negative monetary effect?
What is higher housing prices?