Unit 1: Political Geography
Unit 2: Population + Migration
Unit 3: Culture + Ethnicity
Unit 4: Economic Development
Unit 5: Urban Land Use
Unit 6: Global Cooperation
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nations of people without a state to occupy.
Stateless Nation
100
Describe the population of Japan.
High life expectancy, lowering birth rate, strong working class, many dependents, shrinking work force
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Visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group’s culture.
Cultural Traits
100
What does GDP measure?
The total value of all goods and services
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the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.
Urbanization
100
An international organization, or union, whereby member states transcend national boundaries or interests to share in the decision-making and vote on issues pertaining to the wider grouping.
Supranational Organization
200
a narrow, bottleneck passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass through.
Chokepoint
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People relocate due to fears of violence or survival.
Involuntary Migration
200
What is the difference between Universalizing Religion and Ethnic Religion?
Universalizing - worldwide, recruits new converts
Ethnic - Specific location or group, does not recruit
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Analyzing a country's literacy rates to measure its development.
What type of measurement is this, economic or social? Why?
Social, not pertaining to money
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the movement of upper-middle-class people into deteriorated areas of city centers.
Gentrification
200
A nonprofit organization that operates independently of any government, typically one whose purpose is to address a social or political issue.
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
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Regions of the world where cultural diversity and political instability, join together, and weak states experience instability because of ongoing and often violent conflicts.
Shatterbelt
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Jasmine is forced to leave Lebanon due to the ongoing war with Israel. Which ESPN factor causes her migration and why?
Political becuase the governments and countries are at war
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A minority group adopts the cultural traits of a dominant culture
Assimilation
300
What type of agriculture is this?
The process in which farmers focus on raising food they need to live on.
Example:
A family growing grain and using that grain to make enough bread for themselves, but NOT to sell.
Subsistence Agriculture
300
the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society.
Example: Roads, highways, railways, public transportation, water, and gas supply.
Infrastructure
300
A group of people who have particular demands and who try to influence political decisions involving them.
Special Interest group
400
A boundary drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic, linguistic, or economic differences
Ethnographic Boundary
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Immigrants move to a location based off of the recommendation of a family member who has migrated to that location. What type of migration is this?
Chain Migration
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The shared ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture
What people THINK or BELIEVE
Artifact, Sociofact, or Mentifact?
Mentifact
400
What measurement is described here?
A measure of average achievement in 3 key areas of human development:
A long and healthy life (health)
being knowledgeable (education)
having a decent standard of living (living standard)
HDI - Human Development Index
400
Which urban land use model is this?
Suburban Sprawl (Galactic City)
400
List if each organization is an NGO or a Supranational Organization.
A. United Nations
B. Red Cross
C. Goodwill
D. NATO
A - SO
B- NGO
C - NGO
D - SO
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Forces/Characteristics that divide a country and create instability, conflict and violence.
Examples: Multiple competing ethnicities, languages or religion
Centrifugal Forces
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Government programs designed to decrease the fertility rate and slow down population growth.
Anti-natalist Policies
500
the geographic origin of a culture or cultural trait. Traits & languages first diffuse from here
Cultural Hearth
500
Which economic sector features the extraction of raw materials? For example, agriculture and mining.
Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary?
Primary
500
Which urban land use model is this?
Sector Model
500
This organization is an Advocate for policies that help businesses create jobs and grow the economy.
US Chamber of Commerce