DeVry
Unit 1-7
Ms. Jay
Human Geography Concepts
DeVry Staff
100

Year DUAA was founded

What is 2004?

100

Unit 1: Reason why every map has a distortion

What is because a sphere cannot be projected on a flat surface? 

100

City and state Ms. Jay is from

What is Louisville, Kentucky?

100

Definition of cultural landscape

What is human impact on the earth?

100

Name 3 people who work in the main office

Who are 

Ms. Gonzalaz

Ms. G

Ms. Ruiz

Ms. Schmidt

Ms. McGee

200

Address of DeVry

1900 W Lawrence Avenue

200

Unit 2: How to identify a population pyramid- growing, stable, shriking

What is

Growing- line at the bottom is the bigger than the line above it

Stable- line at the bottom is the same as the line above

Shrinking- line at the bottom is smaller than the line above it

200

The 3 classes Ms. Jay teaches

What is human geography, us history, and psychology

200

The 4 types of diffusion

What are 

- Relocation diffusion 

- Stimulus diffusion 

- Hierarchical diffusion 

- Contagious diffusion 

200

Staff member who's title is instructional coach

Who is Ms. Dunlea?

300

Number of credits needed to get an associates degree

What is 60?

300

Unit 4: Difference between a multi-state nation and a multination state

What is 

- multi-state nation: a cultural group spread across multiple countries

- multination state: a country with multiple cultural or ethnic groups (nations) living together

300

Two schools Ms. Jay went to

What is

University of Wisconsin-Madison (undergrad)

Northwestern University (grad school)

300

An example of a perceptual (a.k.a. vernacular) region

What is

the Midwest (of the US), the Middle East, the South (of the US), New England, etc.

300

Staff member who has been at DeVry the longest

Who is Mr. Lopez?

400

What class Dr. Niro used to be a professor for

What is English?

400

Name at least 2 of North American Urban Models

What is 

- Concentric Zones Model

- Sector Model

- Multiple Nuclei Model

- Galactic City Model  

400

Number of siblings Ms. Jay has (and brother/s or sister/s)

What is 2 sisters?

400

The difference between a map scale and a scale of analysis (and give the options for each)

Map scale: small or large 

Scale of analysis: global, national, regional, sub-national, local

400

Staff member who lives closest to DeVry

Who is Ms. Milton?

500

Attendance percentage needed when applying to DeVry

What is 90%?

500

Theme of each unit

What is

Unit 1- maps

Unit 2- population

Unit 3- culture

Unit 4- politics

Unit 5- farming

Unit 6- urbanization 

Unit 7- industry 

500

Ms. Jay's two college majors

What is elementary education and history?

500

Environmental Determinism vs. Possibilism

Environmental Determinism: the environment determines what humans do

Possibilism: the belief that the environment influences human actions, but people have choices and can adapt

500

Staff member who was one of Mr. Lopez's high school teacher

Who is Ms. Ruiz?