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Cultural Patterns and Processes
Political Geography
Agriculture
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Development and Industry
100

This term refers to the smallest unit of culture, such as the use of chopsticks, or the wearing of a turban.

cultural trait

100

This type of boundary is based on natural features like mountains, rivers, or deserts.

physical boundaries

100
Name two of the hearths of agriculture.
East Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Africa (fertile crescent, Mesopotamia), and Latin America
100
Name one megalopolis in the U.S.
Boswash, SoCal, NoCal, Piedmont
100

This theory describes the relationship that exists between core and periphery countries.

Dependency theory

200

This city is the destination of the Muslim pilgrimage, an annual Islamic tradition that is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and must be undertaken at least once in a lifetime by all physically and financially able Muslims.

Mecca

Daily Double!

What do Muslims call this pilgrimage?

200

This region of Spain has its own language and culture and has pushed for independence through referendums and protests, especially in the 2010s.

Catalonia

200
What type of agriculture is mainly practiced in LDC's?
Subsistence agriculture
200

What does the primate-city predict about the size of cities?

The largest city will be more than twice as big as the next largest city. 

200

Weber's model is based on these two costs.

Labor costs and transportation costs

300

This effect of duffision occurs when two cultural elements are blended to make a completely new cultural tradition

Syncretism

300

What are the four requirements of a state?

1. Permanent population

2. Sovereign government

3.Defined borders

4. Recognition from other countries

300

What factors did Malthus' not predict when he made his theory?

education of women, contraception (reduction of population growth)

Impacts of technology on the production of food

300

What does rank-size rule predict about the size of cities?

The size of cities in a country, state, or region. Each new city will be 1/nth the size of the original city.

300
What is HDI? What are two factors that determine it?
Human Development Index. Measures level of development by looking at GDP, literacy rate, years of schooling, and life expectancy.
400

This type of government refers to a system in which religious leaders hold power and laws are based on religious principles.

a theocracy

400

This conference, held by European superpowers divided up Africa into colonial territories. 

Berlin Conference

400

This model which organizes which crops are grown based on cost of land and transportation to market

Von Thunen Model

400

Which North American urban model most closely resembles Latin American cities?

The Hoyt Sector Model.

400

What is an SEZ? Name two incentives for companies doing business there. 

Special Economic Zone

No/Low tarrifs, cheaper labor, looser laws around labor and environment

500

What are the three types of expansion diffusion? Define each one.

Contagious diffusion - ideas spread through person to person communication (in person or online)

Hierarchical - ideas spread from the most influential to the least influential

Stimulus -the trait diffuses but changes in small ways to adapt to the dominant culture

500

Name three supranational organizations and their purpose. 

UN, EU, OPEC, Mercosur, NAFTA, ASEAN

500
Why are GMOs so popular in MDCs? Why do LDCs resist them?
MDCs- increase production, increase agribusiness LDCs - loss of right to grow own food, harm to environment and traditional farming practices
500
In which urban model would people be least likely to use the CBD? Why?
Multiple Nuclei Model
500

Who is the creator of the Modernization Model?

Rostow