40 Matching Questions Flashcards
Created November 14 2021
Physical map
Shows the physical landscape features of a place. They generally show things like mountains rivers and lakes and water is usually shown with blue. Usually shown with different colors and shades to show topography
Census
A complete enumeration of a population.
Physiological population density
The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is suitable for agriculture
Spatial distribution
The physical location of geographic phenomena across space
Political map
Focuses solely on the state and National boundaries of a place. They usually include the locations of cities - both large and small, depending on the detail of the map.
Cartography
The science or practice of drawing Maps.
Total fertility rate (TFR)
The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.
Natural increase rate (NIR)
The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate (NIR=CBR-CDR)
Crude birth rate (CBR)
The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society
Hearth
The area where an idea or cultural trait originates
Perceptual regions
Defined by how the areas are perceived. Reflect people’s feelings and emotions towards an area.
Functional regions
Define by a system of interactions. Organized around a specific function (transportation, import/export)
Climate map
Shows information about the climate of an area; like the specific climate zones based on the temperature, the amount of snow in area receives or average number of cloudy days. These Maps normally use colors to show different climate areas.
Carrying capacity
The number of living beings people that a specific area can support. i.e SDS can only hold/accommodate so many people, it has a carrying capacity. Once reached changes must be made to space, resources, and accessibility
LDC
Less developed countries. Average a couple years of schooling; a 60% literacy rate; healthier populations; and a life expectancy in the 60s Regions: Latin America East Asia Middle East Southeast Asia South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Stimulus diffusion
Occurs when the Innovative idea diffuses from it’s heart outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters. (Christianity and its many sects Protestant Baptist Catholic etc.) Different menu items from McDonald’s around the world.
Population density
A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land
Stable population level
A population which has constant mortality and fertility rates, and no migration, therefore a fixed age distribution and constant growth rate
Census
The scientific study of population characteristics
Industrial revolution
A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and drastically altered Society
Hierarchical diffusion
Occurs when the diffusion Innovation or concepts friends from a place or person of power or high susceptibility to another in a leveled pattern. Fashion, fads, trends, etc. Many people cutting their hair the way Taylor Swift did.
Sustainability
The level of development that can be maintained without depleting resources.
Mostly related to natural resources and geography
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The idea that successive societies leave their cultural imprint on a place and each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape
Thomas Malthus
(1766-1834) An English economists to argue that increases in population would outgrow increases in food production, which would lead to widespread famine and disease.
Infant mortality rate
The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births in a society
Relocation diffusion
Involve the actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin, or hearth, to a new place i.e. spread of Christianity, when people moved and brought it with
Scale
A representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization. i.e. on maps the ratio of ground distance to map distance
Population pyramid
A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex
Road map
A map that depicts roads, routes, highways, major and minor cities, as well as airports and points of interest
Contagious diffusion
Occurs when numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters (or infected, in the case of a disease) Hinduism spreading throughout the Indian subcontinent
Fieldwork
The study of phenomena by visiting places in observing how people interact with and thereby change those places
Demographic transition
The process of change in a society’s population as a combination of medical advances and economic development, affecting a population’s desire and ability to control its own birth and death rates
MDC (more developed countries)
More developed countries. Average 10 years of schooling; a 98% literacy rate; sicker populations; and life expectancy in the 70s. Regions: North America Western Europe Eastern Europe Japan South Pacific
Topographic map
Show different physical landscape features. They use contour lines instead of colors to show changes in the landscape
Economic or resource map
Shows the specific type of economic activity or natural resources present in an area through the use of different symbols or colors
Thematic map
Focuses on a particular theme or special topic. They are different from the six affirmation General reference Maps because they do not just show natural features like rivers, cities, political subdivisions, elevation and highways. If these items are on a thematic map, they are background information and are used as a reference point to enhance the maps theme. i.e. WW11 maps, a map of the Industrial Revolution etc.
Population distribution
Description of locations on Earth’s surface where populations live
Arithmetic density
The total number of people divided by the total land area
Crude death rate (CDR)
The number of deaths year per 1,000 people in a society
Zero population growth (ZPG)
A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero
