Unit 2
Average children per women
What is Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
This type of religion is closely tied to a particular place or ethnic group
What is an ethnic religion?
This term describes manipulating voting districts for political advantage in the U.S
Growing a single crop over a large area is known as this
What is monocropping?
A city with more than 10 million residents
What is a megacity?
This law states that most migrants move only short distances at first
What is Raven stein's law of migration?
A monotheistic religion founded in the 7th century CE in the Arabian Peninsula based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad
What is Islam?
Russia is considered this type of state because it contains many ethnic groups
What is a multinational state?
This model explains agricultural land use based on distance from the market
What is the Von-Thunen Model?
This model features cities growing outward in rings from a central business district
What is the concentric zone model?
This term is government actions designed to reduce population growth
What are antinatalist policies?
This term refers to prejudice or discrimination based on race
What is racism?
This former population policy limited many families to one child
This process converts farmland into urban development
What is urban sprawl?
This city is the capital of Japan and one of the world’s largest urban areas
What is Tokyo?
This global event dramatically affected mortality rates beginning in 2020
What is Covid-19?
This process occurs when people lose cultural traits and adopt another culture
What is assimilation?
Denmark is considered this type of state because it has a very homogeneous population
What is a nation-state?
This farming technique helps reduce soil erosion by planting on hillsides in steps
What is terrace farming?
Urban areas physically connected into one large region are called this
What is a megalopolis?
This stage of the Epidemiological Transition is dominated by degenerative diseases
What is stage 3?
This geographer introduced the idea of the cultural landscape
Who is Carl Sauer?
Denmark and the U.S. are considered democracies, while China is generally classified as this.
What is authoritarian?
This livestock-raising method is common in dry climates and involves moving animals seasonally
What is pastoral nomadism?
This process occurs when wealthier residents move into older urban neighborhoods
What is gentrification?