When an idea, business or other trait diffuses so that it is distributed all over the world this is known as:
What is globalization
100
3 of the world's largest population clusters are found on this continent
What is Asia
100
Site or situtation. Temperature, natural harbors, hills or plains
What is site
100
identify the Language family, group or branch, and language: Romance, Indo-European, Romanian
What is I-E-->Romance-> Romanian
100
What is the term for people migrating to a place based on their family members or friends already being there
What is chain migration
200
Latitutde and longitude would be used to determine the ____________ of a place.
What is absolute location; it is a component of site
200
Most of the world's largest cities are located near this type of geographical feature
What is near a coastline; body of water
200
Hierarchical and stimulus. In this type of diffusion a small town that is not directly connected to major city by roads would be the last to catch on to a popular fad
What is hierarchical
200
Informal languages that blend or mix two or more pre-existing languages to create a few functional phrases interactions between groups would be :
Pidgins
200
Which ethnic group immigrated to northeastern cities in the 1840's and 50's contributing to the large catholic population in the Northeast today
What are the Irish
300
This type of thematic map might best be used to show the population of cities relative to one another
What is a proportional symbol map
300
The largest number of refugees comes from which continent
What is Africa
300
Formal or Perceptual. This type of region would be defined by internal uniformity and a shared trait (could be cultural or physical)
What is a formal region (Catholic countries, Rocky Mountains)
300
In East Africa, Swahili is used by many leaders throughout the region.It is an example of
A lingua franca
300
Redlining, restrictive covenants, blockbusting, white flight and concentrating social services in selected neighborhoods all contribute to the creation of the American ________.
What is the ghetto
400
Radio stations, the area of circulation of a local newspaper, the distance people will travel to shop at the Apple store...these are all examples of this
What are functional regions
400
A country with low birth rates and low death rates would be in which stage of the demographic transition model
What is Stage 4 (or 5)
400
Possibilism or determinism. According to this approach, temperate regions would produce the most stable and advanced societies
What is determinism
400
The worlds three monotheistic religions emerged in which region?
What is southwest Asia (Middle East)
400
The largest group of legal immigrants today comes from _______ and migrates for ________ reasons.
What is Mexico and economic
500
This type of country would have low population growth rates, be the hearth of many popular culture features and have longer life expectancy (no abbreviations)
What is More developed country
500
In the early 20th century, Western Europe and the US had two major demographic features: one regarding birth rates and one about where people were moving to. Identify both trends
Falling birth rates (less labor was needed by children in agriculture); Urbanization (people were settling in cities to seek employment)
500
Sunni or Shia. This group is prominent in Indonesia
What is Sunni. Shia's are found largely in Iran and Iraq
500
When considering religious taboos, what country would one expect to find the lowest production of beef ?
What is India (the cow is sacred and not eaten for food) . In the Middle east hog production is similarly low.
500
The forced relocation of native Americans during the trail of tears in the 19th century is an example of