Thinking Geographically
Population & Migration
Culture
Political Geography
Agriculture
Cities
Development
100
The "Middle East" is an example of this type of region.
Vernacular (Perceptual) Region
100
Work and war represent these two types of migration causes respectively. (2 parts)
Pull and Push
100
Religion is this type of force in Saudi Arabia, but it's this other type of force in Myanmar and Israel. (2 parts to this response)
Centripetal; Centrifugal
100
At this 19th century meeting, European states decided the fate of many African nations by creating these. (2 parts)
Berlin Conference; Superimposed Boundaries
100
This survey method is based on the natural landscape and found primarily on the east coat and east of the Mississippi.
Metes-and-Bounds
100
The San Andreas Fault and a large bay are characteristic of this in San Francisco.
Site
100
These financial instruments have helped alleviate poverty by helping women to start small businesses in LDCs.
Microloans
200
Geographers use various map projections--Mercator, Good-Homolosine, Robinson--because projecting a round earth onto a flat map always leads to this.
Distortion
200
These three demographic factors are part of the demographic transition model.
CBR, CDR, NIR
200
If this man showed up to a business meeting in New York wearing this outfit, disregarding him for not meeting professional Western standards would be an example of this. Whereas acknowledging the differences in professional standards between the US and Nigeria and doing business with him anyway would be an example of this. (2 parts)
Ethnocentrism; Cultural Relativism
200
The great power proxy war between the US and Russia and the regional proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran in recent years made Syria this.
Shatterbelt
200
Mixed-crop commercial agriculture and plantations would be considered this type of farming, while ranching and nomadic herding would be considered this type of farming. (2 parts)
Intensive; Extensive
200
Mixed-land use, walkability, and transit-oriented development are all characteristic of this movement.
New Urbanism
200
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of these three indicators of development. (3 parts)
Life-expectancy, education, per-capita income -
Long healthy life, knowledge, Stdrd of Living
300
The fact that the great civilizations of the Roman Empire and Han China had little to no interaction can be explained by this course concept.
Distance Decay
300
The country represented in the below population pyramid is in this stage of demographic transition.
Stage 4
300
Sikhism mixing elements of both Hinduism and Islam makes it an example of this course concept.
Syncretism
300
Although Spain has this type of government, it gave more power to the Catalonia region through this process. (2 parts)
Unitary; Devolution
300
Maize cultivation diffused from New World to the old world during this process beginning in the late-15th century.
Columbian Exchange
300
The legacy of 20th century practices like redlining and blockbusting has led to this current state of affairs in many American cities.
De facto segregation or segregation
300
China has cheap labor, which strengthens this sector ___, as well as a strong consumer market, which strengthens this sector___. This combination would classify China as this type of country____ under this theory of development_____. (4 parts)
Secondary; Tertiary; Semi-Peripheral; Wallerstein's World Systems Theory
400
Below is an example of this type of thematic map at this scale of analysis. (2 parts)
Cartogram Map; National Scale
400
The person is immigrating to the United States and has made multiple stops along the journey.
What is Step migration
400
This Tik Tok Video going viral in Asia is this type of diffusion.
Contagious
400
The Philippines has accused China of encroaching on this, as defined by this. (2 points)
Exclusive Economic Zone; United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS)
400
These large agricultural enterprises (TERM) have been able to occupy an increasing share of US farming largely because they are able to take advantage of economics of scale, which enables them to sell products at a lower price. (2 parts)
Agribusiness
400
Hollywood is an important concentration of businesses in the entertainment industry, which makes it an example of this course concept.
Agglomeration
400
According to this theory, manufacturers in this type of industry should locate their factories near the source of raw materials. (2 parts)
Least-cost theory; Bulk-reducing industry
500
When using Google Maps to drive from Lakeville to Los Angeles, you are using this navigation technology with a map at this scale. large or small? (2 parts)
GPS; Large Scale Map
500
Thomas Malthus believed (2 main ideas) could predict disaster.
Geometric (exponential) population growth and arithmetic growth in food production.
500
Starting in the 16th century, these two developments helped establish European languages in North America (later predominately English) as global lingua franca.
Colonialism and trade
500
What 3 religions have sacred sites in this location?
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
500
Malthus was proven wrong because this aspect of the land ______ _______in many countries was improved by this process the Second Agricultural Revolution beginning in the 18th century. (2 word term)
Carrying Capacity; Second Agricultural Revolution
500
The outskirts of a North American city are typically classified as this __ with this type of population density _, while the outskirts of South American cities are more likely to be classified as this__ with this type of population density__. (4 parts)
Suburbs; Dispersed; Squatter Settlements/Disamenity Zone; Clustered
500
The recent blockage of the Suez Canal by a giant container ship demonstrated a major disruption to this ___. This illustrated how the Suez Canal constitutes one of these vital geopolitical locations. (2 parts)
Global supply-chain; choke point