Unit 1-3
These are people who moved out of the country
What are emigrants?
A group of people with common cultural characteristics
What is a nation?
This is the artificial application of water to grow crops, supplementing rainfall
What is Irrigation?
This is a traditional farming method for tropical forest clearings, cultivating for a few years then moving to new area
What is Shifting Cultivation?
What is China?
This is the belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal development
What is Environmental Determinism?
When a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/or political gain
What is Colonialism?
This is the act of raising cattle and sheep on large tracts of land, typically in dryland/desert climates
What is Livestock Ranching?
These are drawn without the consent or consultation of locals, ignoring pre existing cultural boundaries
What are Superimposed boundaries?
This U.S. president died of gastroenteritis while still in office
Who is Zachary Taylor?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is money that migrants send to their family and friends in the country they left
What are Remittances?
This is a strategic strait or canal which could be closed or blocked to stop sea traffic
What is a chokepoint?
This was the introduction of high yield seeds, increased use of chemicals, mechanized farming, and elaborate irrigation systems
What is the Green Revolution?
A state get this when they have recognition from other states
What is Legitimacy?
This military leader conquered the Persian Empire, India and Egypt, among others, to become one of the greatest conquerors of all time
Who is Alexander The Great?
These are characteristics that unify a country and provide stability
What are Centripetal Forces?
This is the zone of water adjacent to a state's coast (12 miles) in which a state has sovereignty
What is Territorial Sea?
This theory shows what land users are prepared to pay for access to the center market, extending from the von Thünen model
What is the Bid-rent theory?
This area consists of dry-summers suitable for cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and grains like grapes, olives, and wheat
What is a Mediterranean Climate?
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect during this year.
What is 1994?
This is the merging or assimilation of several originally discrete traditions
What is Syncretism?
This is a movement to reunite a nation's homeland when part of it is spread into another state's borders
What is Irredentism?
These are the cost advantages gained by increased level of production
What is Economies of Scale?
These are specialized items and services such as cars, furniture, fine jewelry, concerts, or sports games that are bought less often
What are high order goods and services?
These two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lt. Col. George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn
Who are Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull?