Unit 1
The process technology is increasing the connectivity and interdependence of the world business community
Globalization
Use the rule of 70 to figure this out
Doubling time
Shared beliefs, values, norms, and social practices that are stable overtime and lead to roughly similar behaviors across similar regions
Cultural patterns
The process in which political power moved from the central government to sub international levels of government, and most follow regional lines
Devolution
Which nation is a perfect example of a stateless nation located in Asia
The Kurds
Spatial action declines as distance decreases
Distance Decay
English economist that said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies
Thomas Malthus
The spread of feature or trend from one key person, or node of authority to other persons or places
Hierarchal diffusion
Process of changing the number of representatives granted to each state, so it reflects the states population
Reapportionment
The UNCLOS is meant to create peace in the maritime borders.Which is the most disputed land in the South China Sea?
The Spratly Islands
A geographic technique that monitors the earth surface from a distance using modern technology
Remote sensing
Move within a region
Intraregional migration
The social process of absorbing one cultural group into another
Assimilation
A state governed as a single power, in which the central government is ultimately supreme, and any sub international units exercise, only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate
Unitary state
The boundary between the US and Canada is most described as
Geometric boundary
Exist because of a persons, informal sense of place
Vernacular region
The number of people supported by unit of arable land provides how much resources are needed for a population
Physiological density
A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
Isogloss
Mass organized, killing in which people are targeted because of their race, religion ethnicity or nationality
Genocide
The cause of the conflicts in Africa, due to an abundance of multinational states
The Berlin conference
The government decides how people will act based on their environment
Environmental determinism
The portion of earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
Ecumene
A language used on speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade in commerce
Lingua franca
every region caught between stronger colliding, external cultural political forces under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals
Shatterbelt
A great example of assimilation that occurred in the U.S with the ___________ being placed in boarding schools and forced to get rid of their culture
Native Americans