Political Boundaries
The Berlin Conference created boundaries in Africa between European powers. What is the type of boundaries that were established.(2)
Superimposed and Geometric
What are voting districts?
What does the demographic transition model measure?
Crude birth, death rate, and total population
What is stimulus diffusion?
The idea behind a cultural trait creates a new cultural trait.
What is a choropleth map?
Using different colors to represent different values.
A country can develop its border based on a river. Neighboring countries would recognize this border. What is this type of boundary?
Demarcated boundary
What are the two types of gerrymandering?
Packing and Cracking
What stage does total population starts to decline and why?
How can a ethnic religion spread?
Relocation Diffusion
Which projections shows true areas of landmasses with great distortions to the landmasses?
Peters Projection
What can the border between South and North Korea be described as?
Demilitarized Boundary
A census every 10 years
A population with a wider base would be what stage of the demographic transition model?
Stage 2
Leaders in the Roman Empire adopted Christianity with others following them. What is this an example of?
Hierarchical Diffusion
What map projection is most favored by geographers and why?
The Robinson projections because of its low distortion all throughout the map.
In territorial seas, a country has full sovereignty over it, is able to control resources, and decide who enters except?
Innocent passage by foreign ships
What does it mean cracking and packing when gerrymandering?
Cracking- A group of voters are split up so they cannot form a majority
Packing- A group of voters are put into one district to reduce their influence
A population pyramid with a wider tip would represent what stage of the demographic transition model?
Stage 5
McDonald's, when expanding into India, had to modify items as well as add new ones. What type of diffusion does this describe?
Stimulus Diffusion
A map displays many dots with a numerical value that each dot represents. What type of thematic map is this?
Dot density or Dot distribution map
What is the reason for conflict in the South China Sea?
Overlapping exclusive economic zones
Who originated gerrymandering and for what reason?
Elbridge Gerry wanted an advantage for his political party.
Which stage gives women more access to education and entering the workforce, as well as people moving into urban areas?
Stage 3
Contagious Diffusion
Cartogram Map