GeoTerms - Part 1
GeoTerms - Part 2
Population Pyramids
Colonialism and its Legacy
Major Events in History
100
This term means possessing supreme or independent political power.
What is sovereignty?
100
This is the act of coming to a new country with the intention of living their permanently.
What is immigration?
100
This term refers to a population pyramid shaped like this:
What is expansive?
100
This is a system in which one country rules over one or more colonies, controlling trade with those colonies for their own economic benefit.
What is colonialism?
100
In 1492, he "discovered" the New World, beginning the Age of Exploration and launching a new era of colonialism.
Who was Columbus.
200
This term is used to describe a country with a less advanced economy.
What is a developing country?
200
This is the act of leaving one's home country and settling down permanently elsewhere.
What is emigration?
200
This term refers to a population pyramid shaped like this:
What is stationary?
200
This is the second phase of European colonialism in which states sought colonies for resources necessary for industrialization, outlets for overpopulation, and markets for their goods.
What is imperialism?
200
This was a term used to refer to a Spanish explorer who came to the New World with the goal of conquering native peoples and acquiring gold for themselves and their empire.
What was a conquistador?
300
This is a flaw, or distress, that drives a person away from a place. Examples include war, famine, drought, and persecution.
What is a push factor?
300
This is a benefit or advantage that a place offers migrants, such as freedom from oppression, higher education, or more employment opportunities.
What is a pull factor?
300
This term refers to a population pyramid shaped like this:
What is constrictive?
300
This term refers to the rapid colonization of Africa by European powers after the Berlin Conference in 1884-85.
What is The Scramble for Africa?
300
This was a conference held by European countries held in Germany from 1884 to 1885. It was at this conference that the major European powers divided up Africa between themselves.
What was the Berlin Conference?
400
The exchange of goods and services without much government control is referred to as this.
What is an informal economy (market)?
400
This term refers to having a strong sense of loyalty and pride towards one's country or nation.
What is nationalism?
400
This is what a population pyramid for this type of place might look like:
What is a military base?
400
This is the action or process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent.
What is decolonization?
400
This was a period of significant technological and scientific progress that transformed society from being dominated by agriculture and hand crafted goods to being dominated by industry and machine manufacturing, resulting in an increased demand for natural resources.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
500
This is a political unit that controls a particular territory. It has a defined territory, a permanent population, a sovereign government, and is recognized by other states.
What is a state?
500
This is someone with formal training in a profession or career, such as a doctor or a welder, who has come to a new country on a work visa, seeking employment.
What is a skilled worker?
500
This is what a population pyramid for this type of place might look like:
What is a college town?
500
This was a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race in South Africa.
What was Apartheid?
500
This war ended with a series of treaties which are collectively known as the Peace of Westphalia.
What is The Thirty Years War?
600
This is someone who has been forced to flee their home country and who has completed the steps to apply for asylum and had their application approved.
What is a refugee?
600
This is someone who does not have official permission or paperwork to be in a country. Some may have legally entered a country and their paperwork may have expired. Others may have never had permission to enter that country.
What is an undocumented migrant?
600
Three (3) types of businesses that could be successful in a community with this type of population pyramid:
What are:
*Big Lot Store
*Day Care
*Gas Station
*Grocery Store
*Movie Theater
*Toy Store
*Others that the teacher approves of.
600
This was the division of British controlled India into four independent countries: India, Pakistan, Ceylon, and Burma. Between 12 and 18 million people were displaced, and nearly one million people died as a result of this event.
What was the Partition of India?
600
This was the secret agreement made by France and the British on how to divide up the lands controlled by the Ottomans when the First World War came to an end.
What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?