Site - Absolute Location/Physical, Environmental characteristics that shape the land
Situational - Relative Location/Economic or Political infrastructure that is designed near site factors.
Identify the four most densely populated REGIONS in the world.
A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values through architectural designs such as the Great Wall of China, Statue of Liberty, Great Pyramids, or Taj Mahal is an example of...
The Cultural Landscape
1) Defined Borders
2) Permanent Population
3) Type of Government
4) Sovereignty
5) Recognition from other states
Define the Physical Environment in regards to agricultural production. (3)
1) Climate
2) Space/Landforms
3) Soil/Nutrients
Define Urban Sprawl
The outward growth of suburbs due to greater access to the automobile, roads, and commercial development away from the CBD, an increase in suburbs.
Provide 1 Example of a profession in the "Primary Sector"
Farmers/Fishermen
Coal Miner
Forestry/Lumbar jack
Which Map Projection shows "distortion" at the north/south pole (such as Greenland).
Mercator (1569)
What is the formula for calculating physiological density?
Total Population / Arable Land, Square Mile
Sequent Occupancy
Turkey, Iraq, and Syria all militarily resist this stateless nation...
The Kurds
Define Intensive Agricultural
Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai have thriving economies yet are very overpopulated with future risks of continual carrying capacities issues. They are known as...
World Cities AND Metacities
Compare/Contrast using 1 major difference between G.D.P (Gross Domestic Product) and G.N.P (Gross National Product).
G.D.P = Goods + Services inside a country's borders.
G.N.P = Domestic + international goods/services = G.N.P
Which map projection is vertically stretched near the equator and shapes are inaccurate near the poles.
Peters Equal Area
China, India, Bangladesh.
This form of diffusion can spread rapidly across a region to multiple cultural and ethnic groups without an authority host, such as through social media or television advertisement.
Expansion (Contagious Diffusion)
An example of a "Superimposed Boundary" is known as...
Berlin Conference (African continent boundaries)
Iraq Borders near Saudi Arabia
This German farmer and economists published the isolated state in 1826 illustrating the spatial patterns of farming practices of the nineteenth century. Describe the first ring of his model.
Von Thunen Model, Ring 1 classifies perishable products such as dairy products and eggs. These items must be transported quickly to the market to avoid spoilage.
The process of revitalizing a piece of infrastructure in an urban zone to increase the economic standard of living in a community. This invites a new and young generation of high income residents. A negative effect of this process is informally kicking out long term tenants that are low income. This is known as...
Gentrification
Explain ONE economic or social advantage WOMAN have been awarded to empower them in a DEVELOPED society
2) Access to education
3) Participate in government policy making
4) Access to specialized healthcare
Which quantitative data source is collected every 10 years to measure population growth/decline.
The U.S Census
Explain ONE critic of the Neo-Malthusians.
Global Warming, rising sea levels
Soil degradation
Environmental concerns
A 17 year old American teenage boy moves overseas to Syria with his dad who is an officer in the military. He continues to speak English and dress like an American teenager wearing Nike, Old Navy, and Hollister even though the new community he lives in is 99% Sunni Muslim. This American teenager is practicing...
Acculturation
Identify TWO choke points in the world AND explain what makes them a "Choke Point".
Strait of Gibraltar
English Channel
Strait Malacca
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Strait of Hormuz
During the Cold War in the 1950s and late 1960s, this era provided developing countries with mechanized equipment, HYV seeds, and biotechnological techniques to provide food for their growing and struggling populations in urban zones.
The Green Revolution !!
New Urbanism!!
Offshoring
Which geographic data collection uses computer systems/software thematically using layers to analyze crime data, effects of pollution, or urban planning in a given functional region(s).
G.I.S (Geographic Information Systems)
Identify TWO of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration
1) Women travel internally whereas young men travel internationally
2) Large urban areas grow more through migration NOT through C.B.R
3) Migration is more likely to develop an urban area economically
4) Migrants travel to urban zones for economic opportunities
This is an effect of cultural diffusion when two culture's traits blend together and form a new cultural trait. This happens through imperialism, immigration, or intermarriage. Such as Mestizos.
Syncretism
Describe ONE Centrifugal force in the Middle East
Religion
Gender Roles/Economic Empowerment
Political Power
Mediterranean Climate and agricultural production.
These settlements are most common in Latin America also referred to as favelas.
Squatter Settlements
This index measures "access to education", "standard of living", and "life expectancy" to evaluate the economic development of countries around the globe.
Human Development Index (H.D.I)
When Humans focus on modifying or changing the physical environment to adapt based on their needs.
Such as building the Hoover Dam
Terraced Farming in the Andes Mts.
Environmental Possibilism
Human Environment Interaction
India, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, and Mexico recently have experienced a falling CBR and a slow NIR rate with an average life expectancy. This classifies them in what stage of the D.T.M?
Stage 3!
People of the same ethnicity that cluster together in a specific location, typically within a major city that form markets and neighborhoods. An example of this in New York City or Los Angeles would be....
*Chinatown
*Little Italy
*Little Tokyo
*Korean Town
This supernational organization economically dominates this core continent with a vision of creating centripetal forces throughout the region. One recent negative effect of this organization was "BREXIT".
The European Union
The process of mass producing more crops, goods and services for inventory purposes allows multinational corporations and Agribusinesses the ability to lower their bulk costs to remain competitive in the global market therefore outpacing the revenue of family owned farms is known as _______ __ ______.
Economies of Scale
This city model has an influence of colonization with THREE CBDs known as a "traditional, colonial, and market".
African City Model
This theorist categories the world using a LINE between the "Developed" hemisphere and the "Developing" hemisphere.
Brandt
This map shows the disparities in location within China. The best analysis of this map would be classified as.... _________
Sub-Regional Scale of Analysis or Regional.
An example of a pronatalist policy and a country that would implement such as policy is...
Reduced childcare costs, income tax break, maternal and paternal paid leave from work.
Japan, Germany, Greece, Italy, U.S.A, etc...Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism are all major _______ religions that sought to diffuse its beliefs and traditions through conversion. These Abrahamic religions (except Buddhism) all have what in common?
They are "universal" monotheism religions
This supranational organization was formed after World War II at the height of the Cold War to fight off Soviet aggression (still active today). The USSR (Soviet Union) formed the Warsaw Pact in response to this military organization, the Warsaw Pact dissolved in 1991 when the USSR fell.
N.A.T.O (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Zero degrees latitude crosses over the rainforests of Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia. What type of climate and crops grow there?
Tropical Climate that consists of....Bananas, Pineapples, Coconuts, Cucumbers, Coffee, Grapefruit, Sugarcane, Rice, Cassava, etc....
This city model has NO CBD but a port mainly focused on export processing inventory to foreign countries.
Southeast Asian City Model
The MITI-VI nations are known for being the top Asian countries to produce competitive manufacturing facilities. This is due to lower labor costs. These countries are known as...
Malaysia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.