General Concepts
This is the way we describe an exact point on the Earth's surface
What is absolute location?
One of the things that makes people move to suburbs
What is noise pollution, cheaper housing, less crowded, better edge city box stores, etc.
When cities expand and create more highways, this is a likely effect to come from that
What is increasing pollution?
What is agriculture?
This model's influence can still be seen in modern day cities, with more compact living near the CBD's, and livestock being more common further away from city centers.
What is the Von Thunen Model?
What is industrialization?
This would cause someone to slash and burn their plot of land
What is lack of nutrients in the soil?
When country's develop into NIC's and MDC's, they typically increase their meat consumption, which would likely lead to what effect on the environment?
What is deforestation?
The trend of cities becoming more and more developed, and having more and more people move to them
What is urbanization?
On a population pyramid, this is the age range for humans to be considered prime working age.
What is 15-65.
This would cause there to be a huge imbalance in gender in a country
What is gender inequality?
What is xenophobia?
This is a state that is under control of the national government, deciding most things
What is a unitary state?
This range is 12 nautical miles off of a country's coast, where countries can legally apply all laws that are also applied on land.
What is the territorial sea/zone?
LDC's are known to focus on this economic sector, because of their lack of development and technological advancements
What is the primary sector?
Nomadic herders keep their senses out for this, so they know when it's time to move up, or move down in elevation
What is weather?
This term describes when two people that speak different languages find a language that they have in common and use it to communicate (most common: English)
On the Latin American city model, this connects the CBD to the outskirt areas where there are usually shopping malls and stores
What is the SPINE?
This model weighs heavy on the minds of geographers, especially when we think about people having to choose between moving between moving from one city to another (for example, someone in the RGV choosing to move to either San Antonio or Houston)
What is the gravity model?
This would cause Japan to enact pro-natalist policies in order to avoid future problems involving a weak workforce.
What is an aging population, lack of young people, etc.
Most of the world speaking English, Spanish, German, etc., has lead to this language family becoming to most popular in all of the world.
What is the Indo-European language family?
This term describes the rights and responsibilities of states concerning usage/ownership of the seas
Usually found in the Southeast Asian Model, this area is vital to many city's success, allowing trade to easily happen with other country's ships
What is the port zone?