Unit 1
The theory that the physical environment causes social development
Environmental Determinism
The level at which a population replaces itself from one generation to the next
Replacement Rate
Spread of an idea from nodes of authority to persons or places with less power
Hierarchical Diffusion
The authority of a state to govern itself and make its own laws without external interference
Sovereignty
An area organized around a node or central point
Functional Region
Australia is in this stage of the Demographic Transition Model
Stage 4
Buddhism is what type of religion
Universalizing Religion
The factors that push people and regions within a state apart, creating division and potential conflict
Centrifugal Force
The number of persons per unit of arable land
Physiological Density
The number of people who are too old or too young to work, compared to the number of people in there productive years
Dependency Ratio
The belief that one's own culture or ethnic group is superior to others
Ethnocentrism
What type of boundary is the Berlin Wall
Relic Boundary
A thematic map using shading to show a pattern of a variable
Choropleth Map
The man who theorized that population is exponential while food production is linear
Thomas Malthus
A common language, used by speakers of different languages to facilitate trade and commerce
Lingua Franca
Changing the number of representatives for each U.S state to reflect the state's population
Reapportionment
A rectangular-shaped map with little shape and direction distortion, but a lot of size distortion
Mercator Projection
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there
Chain Migration
A monotheistic religion founded in the 15th century, in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent
Sikhism
A political and nationalist ideology that seeks to reclaim and reoccupy a territory that the movement's adherents believe rightfully belongs to their nation
Irredentism