Vocab
Words
Cultural (Unit 3.5+)
Political (Unit 4)
Your Politics Bore Me (Unit 4)
Agriculture (Unit5)
Old Macdonald (Unit 5)
Spare Change
100
The process of the world becoming more interconnected culturally, politically, and economically.
Globalization
100
The domestication of plants and animals and the resulting start of a sedentary society (also called the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution).
First Agricultural Revolution
100
Heart of Christianity and Islam
Christianity: Middle East (Jerusalem)
Islam: Middle East (Mecca)
100
May be used synonymously for a country.
State(s)
100
This refers to a point of natural congestion along two wider and important navigable passages.
Choke Point(s)
100
Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugarcane, cotton, and spices fall under this agricultural practice.
Plantation
100
A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.
Pastoralism
100
True or False: President Taft got stuck in a bathtub.
False; while he may not have gotten stuck, they did put in another bathtub for him in the White House that could sit four fully grown men in it.
200
Currently in progress, its principal orientation is the development of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
Third Agricultural Revolution
200
The increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation while helping to support the rising population of Asia.
The Green Revolution
200
The combining of different cultures (beliefs, practices, values, etc.)
Syncretism
200
Drawing voting districts to benefit one group over another.
Gerrymandering
200
This event was the cause for borders to be created across the continent of Africa which ignored ethnic & linguistic barriers.
The Berlin Conference
200
The path an item that travels from producers to consumers.
Commodity Chain
200
The green and orange rings represent these two.
Green: Forests
Orange: Animal products, Ranching (livestock)
200
She is the main antagonist of Sleeping Beauty.
Maleficent
300
Boundaries that take into account the differences that exist within a cultural landscape; separate groups that have distinct religions, languages, and ethnicities.
Consequent Boundary
300
The movement of power from the central government to regional governments or subnational units.
Devolution
300
The difference between Colonialism and Imperialism.
Colonialism: Establishment of colonies in a foreign territory.
Imperialism: Forceful conquest of a foreign territory with the goal of economic and political domination.
300
Four necessary characteristics make up a state.
- Government (Law, Order)
- Population (People)
- Territory (Borders, Land)
- Sovereignty (Freedoms)
300
The difference between centripetal forces and centrifugal forces along with one example of each.
Centrifugal Forces: Characteristics that divide a country and create instability, conflict, and violence.
Centripetal Forces: Characteristics that unify a country and provide stability.
300
The Bid-Rent Theory is the concept of...
Land is more expensive closer to the city.
300
The areas that vegetative farming, seed farming, and domestication of animals originated from.
Agriculture Hearth
300
This is the other national sport of Canada that isn't hockey.
Lacrosse
400
A language used by speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade.
Lingua Franca
400
When a group adopts the values of a larger group, while still maintaining major element of their own culture.
Acculturation
400
When an indigenous language combines with the language of the imperial power.
Creole Languages
400
European organization governing common economic, social, and security issues.
European Union (E.U.)
400
The difference between Unitary and Federal Governments.
Unitary: A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central group.
Federal: A form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments.
400
The difference between Commercial and Subsistence Farming.
Commercial: Agriculture is undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.
Subsistence: Farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced
400
The picture above represents this Public Land Survey System.
Township & Range (Federal Rectangular Grid)
400
According to Obi-Wan, a lightsaber to a Jedi is...
Their Life.
500
When a new cultural group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group. Can be forced or voluntary.
Assimilation
500
A movement that seeks to claim and occupy a land that is considered to be "lost" territory from the group's past.
Irredentism
500
Provide two differences between Universalizing and Ethnic Religion.
Universalizing
- Widely diffused from the hearth through both expansion and relocation diffusion.
- Not confined to a specific location.
- Missionary - attempt to convert people to join.
- Examples: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism
Ethnic
- Smaller diffusion and overall distribution from the hearth. Restricted to relocation diffusion.
- Tied to a specific location and/or ethnic group.
- Does NOT recruit new adherents.
- Examples: Hinduism, Judaism, Shintoism, traditional religions
500
Boundaries that evolve as the cultural landscape of an area takes shape and changes as the cultural landscape changes.
Subsequent Boundary
500
The six (technically seven) causes of devolution are...
- Physical Geography
- Social & Economic Disparity
- Ethnic Separation
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Terrorism
- Irredentism
500
The picture above represents this type of Public Land Survey System.
Metes & Bounds
500
The picture above represents this Public Land Survey System.
Long-Lots
500
The picture above is the opening frame of this movie.
Aladdin