Unit 1
How zoomed in or out you are when looking at geographic data
Scale of Analysis
A type of map where shapes of countries, especially near the equator, are distorted
Gall Peters Map
A term used by geographers to mean where people are settled on the earth
Ecumene
A theory that states while population increases geometrically, food supply increases arithmetically
Malthus' Theory
The spread of an idea through a population in a way that the number of those influenced becomes continuously larger
Expansion Diffusion
A place larger than a point and smaller than a planet that is grouped together because of a measurable or perceived common feature
Region
a thematic map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas
Choropleth Map
The maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain
Carrying Capacity
The ratio of the number of people not in the workforce (dependents) and those who are in the workforce (producers)- useful for understanding the pressure on the producers
Dependency Ratio
The process of a person or group losing the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them
Assimilation
The goal of the human race reaching equilibrium with the environment; meeting the needs of the present while also leaving resources for future generations
Sustainability
Where something is in relation to other things
Relative location
When a country provides incentives for people to have fewer children (sometimes including punishments)
Antinatalist policies
Moving herds of animals to the highlands in the summer and into the lowlands in the winter
Transhumance
A widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres that was launched by Columbus's voyages
Columbian Exchange
the increasing sense of connectivity that seems to be bringing people closer together even though their distances are the same
Time-Space Compression
All information including physical features and human activities
Geospatial Data
a series of migrations within a group that begins with one person who, through contact with the group, pulls people to migrate to the same area
Chain Migration
The stage of the Epidemiological Model that is characterized by a decrease in infectious diseases but an increase in Chronic disorders associated with aging
Stage 3: Degenerative and Human-created diseases
The spread of new technologies like high yield seeds and chemical fertilizers to the developing world in the 1960s and 1970s
Green Revolution
An area that shares a common qualitative characteristic, it's only a region because people believe it's a region
Vernacular (Perceptual) Region
A geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions
Distance Decay
The stage of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration that states that the majority of migrants go only a short distance
Stage 1
A force or factor that may limit human migration
Intervening obstacle
A geographically delineated area subject to differentiated regulation and administration from the last country in which it resides, for the purpose of attracting foreign direct investment in economic activity that could not otherwise be achieved
Special Economic Zone (SEZ)