Vocab
World Regions
DTM
Urbanization
Culture
100
This category of cities, such as New York, Tokyo and Beijing, are major centers of global services.
World / global cities
100
France
Western Europe
100
Stages with the highest growth rates
2 and 3
100
This major migration flow is the number one reason for the growth of cities worldwide.
Rural to urban migration
100
Name a universalizing religion other than Christianity.
Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Baha'i, etc
200
This perspective on population growth holds that resource production grows linearly while human population grows exponentially, meaning human population will outstrip our ability to support ourselves with resources.
Neo-Malthusian
200
China
East Asia
200
The generation represented by the bulge in this US pyramid that starts in the 1950s has this name.
The Baby Boomers
200
Unemployed people looking for urban jobs occupy these outer areas of many cities in the periphery and semiperiphery.
Squatter settlements
200
This city is sacred to three Abrahamic religions and so is said to have a centuries-old agreement to not fight within the city.
Jerusalem
300
This type of agriculture often makes use of slash and burn to ready new land for planting.
Shifting cultivation
300
Israel
Southwest Asia
300
Epidemiologic transition stage 4
Delayed degenerative diseases
300
This model of urban development is the first to recognize the beginnings of suburbanization through the rise of new service centers outside of the CBD.
Multiple nuclei
300
This type of building is often signified by the presence of at least one minaret, or tall thin tower.
Mosque
400
New Urbanism and Smart Growth both focus on putting residential areas and services together to increase density and minimize sprawl. This combining of purposes is called what?
Mixed use land / mixed land use
400
New Zealand
Polynesia
400
Reasons for migration internally and internationally in stage 4
Environmental comfort / lifestyle choices
400
This major issue of urban sustainability is caused by the continuing growth of cities, especially in the suburbs, and a dependence on personal vehicles.
Urban sprawl
400
Give and example of a creolized langauge.
Haitian or other Caribbean Creole, Louisiana Creole or Cajun, English, Swahili, Tagalog
500
This type of boundary exists before settlement of the land takes place, so it's often mountains or water.
Antecedent
500
Haiti
The Caribbean
500
What stage is most of Southeast Asia in?
3
500
This new concept to reduce urban sprawl focuses on mixed land use and walkability, and looks more at infill than suburban development.
Smart Growth
500
In the Caste System, which caste is so low that they are not considered to be even part of society?
The Untouchables