Geography Basics
What do we call the study of the Earth's landscapes?
What is Geography?
What model explains how countries grow and change economically?
Demographic Transition Model
What do we call getting cultural traits from another group?
Acculturation
What do we call a country’s right to rule itself?
Sovereignty
What farming is for personal use?
Subsistence Agriculture
What technology helps map and analyze geographic data using satellites?
What is GIS?
What are the reasons people leave their home country?
Push Factors
What’s a common language that helps different people communicate?
Lingua Franca
What type of boundary is drawn on a map without regard to features?
Geometric Boundary
What model shows how distance from places affects what farmers grow?
Von Thunen Model
What do we call a point on the map defined by coordinates?
What is a Location?
What do we call moving within the same country?
Internal Migration
How do we describe the signs of culture beliefs?
Cultural Landscape
What’s it called when political places favor one party?
Gerrymandering
What big change made high yield crops?
Green Revolution
How is a formal region different from a functional region?
A formal region has boundaries. a functional region is around a specific place.
What do we call someone who leaves their country to escape danger?
Refugee
What term means a nation’s culture matches the political borders?
Nationalism
What theory controls Eastern Europe and gives power to the world?
Heartland Theory
What do we call clearing forests for farming?
Deforestation
What term describes using technology to understand geographic data?
Geographic Information Science
What model shows how health changes as a country develops?
Epidemiological Transition Model
What do we call it when cultures mix and create something new?
Cultural Syncretism
What do we call the control of one country over another for power?
Imperialism
What farming focuses on selling large quantities of crops?
Commercial Agriculture