Thinking Geographically
Q: This type of map uses symbols of different sizes to represent the value of a variable.
A: What is a proportional symbol map?
Q: The number of people per unit area of arable land is called this.
A: What is physiological density?
Q: A religion that actively seeks converts globally is called this.
A: What is a universalizing religion?
Q: A state with control over its internal and foreign affairs is known as this.
A: What is a sovereign state?
Q: The agricultural revolution that introduced domestication of plants and animals.
A: What is the First Agricultural Revolution?
Q: This term describes the arrangement of something across Earth's surface.
A: What is distribution?
Q: The model that explains shifts in population growth tied to development.
A: What is the Demographic Transition Model?
Q: The process by which a group's cultural features are altered to resemble those of another group.
A: What is assimilation?
Q: A piece of territory that is separated from the main part of the state by another state.
A: What is an exclave?
Q: This model explains the location of agricultural activities in a commercial, profit-making economy.
A: What is the Von Thünen Model?
Q: The concept that physical environment causes social development is called this.
A: What is environmental determinism?
Q: This law states that migration occurs in steps and most migrants move short distances.
A: What is Ravenstein’s Law of Migration?
Q: A region where cultural traits originate and spread is known as this.
A: What is a cultural hearth?
Q: The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit one party.
A: What is gerrymandering?
Q: A form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals.
A: What is pastoral nomadism?
Q: A region defined by a shared trait such as language or climate is known as this.
A: What is a formal region?
Q: The maximum population size an environment can support without degradation.
A: What is carrying capacity?
Q: The belief that cultural differences should be respected and maintained.
A: What is multiculturalism?
Q: A state with a long and narrow shape is an example of this shape classification.
A: What is an elongated state?
Q: Crops like coffee, tea, and cocoa grown primarily for export are known as this.
A: What are cash crops?
Q: This type of data is based on observations, interviews, or interpretation of texts.
A: What is qualitative data?
Q: This term refers to the permanent movement from one country to another.
A: What is international migration?
Q: The spatial expression of a folk culture is most likely to be influenced by this.
A: What is the physical environment?
Q: The theory suggesting that control of Eurasia leads to global domination.
A: What is the Heartland Theory?
Q: A system combining crop production with livestock raising is called this.
A: What is mixed crop and livestock farming?