Thinking Geographically
Population & Migration
Culture
Political Geography
numbers
Final Question
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. (2 parts)
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
There are approximately this amount of countries in the world.
200
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 determine population growth.
Fertility, mortality, migration
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
The minimum number of states you need participating to be considered a Supranational organization
3
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
The government promoting that people get their COVID booster shot is an example of this type of diffusion
Hierarchical
300
Spain recently giving more power to the Catalonia region through this process.
Devolution
300
The number, closest in billions, of the current world population.
8 Billion
300
You choose amount
lake, mountain
400
Below is an example of this type of thematic map at this scale of analysis. (2 parts)
Flowline Map; National Scale
400
If Papua New Guinea has a population growth rate of 2% annually, it's doubling time is this.
35 years
400
A Tik Tok Video going viral in Asia is this type of diffusion.
Contagious
400
The Philippines has accused China of encroaching on this in the South China Seas
Exclusive Economic Zone or United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS)
400
The EEZ extends this many nautical miles off shore
200
500
When using Google Maps to drive from Rome to Florence, you are using this navigation technology
GPS
500
These two combined facts led Thomas Malthus to predict disaster.
Population growth and static growth in food production.
500
Starting in the 16th century, name ONE of these three developments that helped to establish European languages (later predominately English) as the global lingua franca.
Colonialism, imperialism, or trade
500
The existence of the Dome of the Rock (mosque) and the Wailing Wall (Jewish shrine) in Jerusalem illustrates a conflict over this between the people's in the lands of Israel/Palestine.
Territoriality
500
This is the world average life expectancy
73.4 (73 is the rounded answer, World Health Organization)