What is the spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected
100
Balkanization
What is the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
100
Pidgin Language
What is a form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; commonly used for communications among speakers of two different languages
100
Dependency Ratio
What is the # of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the # of people active in the labor force
100
Region
What is an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features
200
Transnational Corporations
What is a company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located
200
Zoning Ordinances
What is the law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
200
Quotas
In reference to migration, what are the laws that place maximum limits on the # of people who can immigrate to a country each year
200
Centripetal Force
What is the attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
200
Missionary
Who is an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion
300
Pastoral Nomadism
What is the form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
300
Filtering
What is the process of change in the use of a house from single family owner occupancy to abandonment
300
Animism
What is the belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
300
Ebonics
What is the dialect that is spoken by some African Americans
400
Intraregional Migration
What is the permanent movement within one region of a country
400
Formal Region
What is the area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristic
400
Nonbasic Industries
What are the industries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community
400
Ecumene
What is the portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement
400
Transhumance
What is the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
500
New International Division of Labor
What is the transfer of some types of jobs especially those requiring low paid, less skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries
500
Isogloss
What is a boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
500
Smart Growth
What is the legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
500
Possibilism
What is the theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives
500
Agnosticism
What is the belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists