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100
Define Ecumene.
What is the area on earth of permanent human settlement.
100
What is the most common reason to migrate?
economic reasons
100
Which group has the largest number of speakers?
Language Family
100
What is an area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values?
Shatter belt
100
What are 3 components of the HDI, and what is the HDI?
Human Development Index 1) Life Expectancy 2) Average years of Schooling 3) Expected years of Schooling 4) GNI-gross national income
200
Define and Give and example of the following: Arithmic Density Agriculture Density Physiological Density
-Arithmic Density is the total # of people divided by the total land area (AKA # of people per area of land) Ex: there is 10,000 people in the area of Greenfield. -Agriculture Density is the ratio of the # of farmers to the amount of arable land which is suitable for agriculture. Ex: US has very low AG while Eygypt has very high...MCDs=low, LCDs=high. -Physiological Density is the number of people per area suitable for agriculture. Ex: US has a Physiological Density of 175 people per square Kilometer
200
What is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States?
Urban to suburban
200
Discuss Habit vs. Custom
Habit- a repetitive act performed by an individual Custom- frequent repetition of an act to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of a group of people
200
The world's largest frontier is...
Antarctica
200
What are the stages of Rostow's theory?
Stage 1- intensive agriculture-->high BR/DR & NI Stage 2- pre take-off --> educated leaders, new technology and infrastructure, transportation systems Stage 3- take off--> # of economic activities and technical advances Stage 4- drive to maturity--> modern technology, woarkers are more specialized and skilled Stage 5- mass consumption --> higher income, consumer goods
300
Define ALL of the stages of the demographic transition model and give a country as an example for each.
stage 1- high birth & death rates; stable or slow increase- few romote groups, maybe Papa New Guinea. stage 2- High birth rate, Death rate falling, very rapid population increase. Egypt, Kenya, India stage 3- Birth rate falling, death rate falling slowly, increase slows down. Brazil stage 4- low birth rates and death rates, stable or slow increase. USA, Japan, France, UK stage 5- very low birth rates, low death rates, slow decrease. Germany
300
Define Brain Drain
the large-scale emigration of talented people.
300
Define and give an example of a universalizing religion
appeals to the people living in a wide variety of locations ex: Christianity
300
The boundaries in Switzerland that are split into regions called cantons are strictly what kind of boundary?
Linguistic boundaries
300
Who are the 4 Asian Dragons?
South Korea Taiwan Singapore Hong Kong
400
Thomas Malthus predicted: Food Production grows ___________ and population grows ____________. What proved his theory wrong?
arithmetically; geometrically technology and machinery help food production grow faster to sustain a population.
400
What diffusion is used when missionaries are sent out to try and convert people
relocation diffusion
400
What is the difference between a nation an a state?
A nation is a group of people with a common political identity, while a state is a country with recognized borders.
400
The World systems analysis created by Emmanuel Wallerstein: what is the other name for it? what does it explain?
Core-Periphery model! explains spacial contrast between the fore and periphery, the LCD's are dependent on the MCD's for many things
500
San Francisco's Chinatown is an example of what?
Chain Migration
500
A group of people that is bound together by a common political identity is defined as a(an) _________. A group of people who share a common identity is a(an) ___________.
nationality; ethnicity
500
Define a Compact, Prorupted, Elongated, Fragmented, Perferated, and Landlocked stated and give an example.
Compact- distance from center does not vary, (circle); good communications...France, Spain, Prorupted- provide access to a resource or separate states with conflict (circle with hanging piece)...Brazil, Namibia, Elongated- spreads out to dif. climates or resources. (long)...Chile, Italy, Gambia Fragmented- many ilands, small distance between them, split up. ... Indonesia, Philippines Perforated- better access to sea than enclave; surrounds another state...South Africa Landlocked- a state that cannot get to the ocean or bodies of water... 14 countries in Africa
500
What is the GDI?
The Gender Development Index compares the levels of indicators for females to those of males within a country.