AG HUG Flashcards
human geography
the study of the location of people and activities across Earth and the reason for their distributions
connections
relationships among people and objects in space
possibilism
the environment may limit some human activies but people can adjust
environmental determinism
how physical environment causes social development
cultural ecology
how humans and the environment interact
assimilation
a group’s cultural features are altered to resemble those of another group
acculturation
the process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of 2 groups
formal region
everyone shares in common one or more distinictive characteristics
functional region
focused around a node or focal point
vernacular region
a place that is believed to exist because of their cultural identity
ecumene
portion of Earth’s surface occupied by human settlement
NIR; CBR; CDR; TFR; IMR
natural increase rate crude birth rate crude death rate total fertility rate infant mortality rate
stage 1
low growth, high CBR, high CDR
stage 2
high growth, high CBR, low CDR
stage 3
moderate growth, lower CBR, low CDR
stage 4
low growth, very low CBR, even lower CDR
stage 5
declining growth, low CBR, high CDR
epidemiology
the branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a specific time and are produced but unique
industrial led what countries into stage 2
North America and Europe
medical revolution led what countries into stage 2
Asia, Latin America, and Africa
Dr. John Snow
medical geography, helped cure London’s Cholera by observing where people died
mobility
general term for all types of movement
circulation
short term, repetitve, or cyclical movements
Zelinsky’s Migrant Transition Model
- high daily or seasonal migration
- internation and interregional migration is rural to urban
- internation migration to countries in stage 3 and 4
