5 themes
These are the 5 themes of geography.
What are movement, region, human-environment interaction, location, and place?
This refers to how many people live within a certain area (per square mile or kilometer, usually)
This refers to migration FROM a place
What is emigration?
This is something that you can touch that shows your culture.
What is material culture?
Humans did this before they farmed.
What is hunt and gather?
New England, Europe, and the South are examples of these.
What are regions?
Something that makes you want to leave where you are.
What is a push factor?
When people move to join their friends or family, they're engaging in this kind of movement.
What is chain migration?
Pop culture is more common in this kind of country.
What is an MDC?
This is a method of delivering water to crops
What is irrigation?
Building a dam, farming, and mining are examples of this.
Human-environment interaction?
How something like a meme or a virus spreads - rapidly and randomly.
What is contagious diffusion?
Eating pork as a Jew is an example of this.
What is a taboo?
The origin of a cultural idea.
What is the hearth?
Agriculture without the use of pesticides or GMOS
What is organic farming?
GPS coordinates are an example of this. (be specific!)
This model shows how populations grow and live longer over time.
The spread of an idea.
What is diffusion?
This is how folk culture maintain their character.
What is isolation?
This occurred when the new world met the old world.
What is the Columbian exchange?
This refers to the name of a place.
What is a toponym?
If a population has a large natural increase rate, it has this kind of pyramid.
What is a population pyramid that is wide at the bottom?
The spread of an idea through physical movement.
What is relocation diffusion?
This is geared around global events, celebrities, and requires lots of money to participate.
What is pop culture?
This event brought research technology and GMOs to farming.
What is the green revolution?