Spatial Thinking and Geography
What are the three branches of geography?
Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Geographic Techniques
What is a cartogram?
A map where the size of each geographic area is scaled according to a space (often population) rather than actual land area.
How do you calculate the NIR?
CBR-CDR
What is a cultural hearth?
What is a place of origin where a culture, cultural trait, or innovation begins and then spreads outward to other areas through diffusion?
What is cultural diffusion?
This term describes the spread of cultural traits, such as language or religion, from one place to another.
What Prominent location does the Prime Meridan at 0 degrees run though?
Greenwich, England
What is the equation for arithmetic density?
Total population / Total land area
Provide a example for a pro-natalist policy and anti-natalist policy
Pro-natalist
- Free child care
- Tax Breaks
- Paid maternity Leave
Anti-natalist
- China's one-child policy
- Egypt's Two Child Campaign
What is the name for a cultural landscape that occurs when cultural or economic demands no longer align with constructed landscape
Dysfunctional Landscape
How did Buddhism spread to other countries?
Missionaries, Silk road (trade)
What are the 3 common ways to show scale?
Verbal Scale, Graphic Scale, Representative Fraction
Name the four major regions where two-thirds of the world's population lives?
East Asia, South Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia
How to characterize birth rates and the death rates in stage 3 on the DTM scale?
The birth rates are declining, and the death rates are staying low
What are the 2 types of barriers to cultural diffusion
Physical And Social
What is the main difference between race and ethnicity?
Race is used to categorize people into various social groups based on characteristics like skin color and physical features. Whereas Ethnicity is used to categorize people into various social groups based on characteristics like shared cultural identity, language, traditions, and customs.
What is the scale of analytical from small to big? Rank these from the smallest scale (city) to largest. Regional, Global, Local, National
Local, Regional, National, Global
Name 3 historical factors that influence population distribution
Early agricultural hearths, industrialization, trade routes and colonial patterns
A person decides to migrate to another country. They have a high level of education and are looking for a job. However, they've had a tough time finding one due to not having certain certifications. Their skills are not being used. What is this an example of?
Brain Waste
What are the three types of expansion diffusion?
Contagious, Stimulus, Hierarchical
What is the difference between a state religion and a theocracy?
A state religion does not always mean the government is run by religious leaders, unlike a theocracy where religious leaders control policy decisions.
How does a chrolopleth map Represent its values?
Color shades
Describe the shapes of a population pyramids in developing vs. developed countries
Developing country: triangle (wide base, narrow top)
Developed country: upside down triangle (narrow base, wide top)
How does Lee's Model of Migration differ from the simplistic push and pull ideology of migration? (Multiple Answers)
(Multiple answers):
Lee's Model of Migration emphasizes that there are also neutral factors to migration.
Lee's Model of Migration emphasizes that there are intervening obstacles to migration.
Lee's Model of Migration emphasizes that reasons for migration differ from person to person.
What are the Six Toponym types?
Descriptive, Associative, Incident, Commemorative, Shift, Religious
What is a creole?
A formalized pidgin with full grammar and native speakers.