Maps & Scales (U1)
The ratio of map distance to real-world distance called?
What is Scale?
GIS stands for this.
What is Geographic Information System?
The formula for natural increase rate (NIR).
What is CBR – CDR = NIR?
The most widely spoken language family in the world is:
What is Indo-European?
Which religion is the largest universalizing religion in the world?
What is Christianity?
Type of map projection distorts shape but preserves direction, making it useful for navigation.
What is Mercator Projection?
Technology that uses satellites to determine absolute location.
What is GPS – Global Positioning System?
“Carrying capacity” is:
What is the maximum population size an environment can sustain?
Lingua franca is
A common language used for trade/communication by speakers of different native languages
What type of diffusion spread Islam rapidly from Mecca across the Middle East?
Expansion diffusion, specifically contagious + hierarchical
A map that shows population density is an example of this type of map.
What is Thematic map?
The concept that “everything is related, but near things are more related than distant things.”
What is Tobler’s First Law of Geography
One major cause of Stage 2 in the Demographic Transition Model?
What is Medical Revolution or Industrial Revolution?
What is the difference between a dialect and a language?
Dialect = regional variation of a language; Language = full system of communication
What is the difference between ethnic and universalizing religions?
Ethnic = tied to one group/region, not seeking converts; Universalizing = seeks converts everywhere
Definition of “relative location.”
What is the position of a place in relation to other places?
Type of map that uses symbols of different sizes to represent data values.
What is Proportional symbol map?
“physiological density” is:
What is number of people per unit of arable land?
Give an example of cultural convergence.
Examples: global use of fast food chains, spread of English online, shared music styles
Hinduism is most closely associated with what concept of rebirth?
Reincarnation
The difference between small-scale and large-scale maps.
What is Small-scale shows large area with less detail; large-scale shows small area with more detail?
An example of a cultural landscape feature
Examples: churches, schools, farms, roads, architecture
Ravenstein’s Law of Migration about distance is: (Most migrants move short distances; long-distance migrants go to big cities)
What is: Most migrants move short distances; long-distance migrants go to big cities.
Explain the concept of cultural relativism.
Evaluating a culture based on its own standards, not through the lens of another culture
Explain the difference between relocation diffusion and stimulus diffusion, with examples.
Relocation = movement of people spreads ideas (Christianity via migration); Stimulus = idea spreads but is adapted (McDonald’s menu abroad)