Ap human 1 + 2 Flashcards

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Absolute Direction

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the cardinal directions; north, south, east, west

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Absolute distance

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distance that can be measured by a standard unit of length

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3
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Census

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a official count of the number of ppl in a define area; state

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4
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site

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a places absolte location, as well as it physical characteristics

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5
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situation

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location of a place in relation to other places or its surrounding features

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semi-periphery

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classicfication of a country or region that has qualities of both core and perpheral areas and is often in the process of industrailizing

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7
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node

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the focal point of a functional region

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periphery

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classicfication of a country or region that has less wealth, lower education levels, and less sophisticated techonologies and also tends to have and unstable govermnet and poor healthcare systems

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core

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classification of a country or regio that has wealth higher education levels, more advanced technology, many resources, strong military and powerful allies

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10
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scale

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the area of the world being studied

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11
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Relative distance

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distance determined in relative to other places or objects

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12
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Relative direction

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direction based on a persona perception; left, right, up and down

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13
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Choropleth map

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display divided geographical areas or regions that are coloured, shaded or patterned in relation to a data variable.

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14
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Cartogram

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a person that creates maps

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15
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Isoline map

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uses lines to connect point locations with similar values

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16
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DTM (demographic transition model)

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a simplified way of looking at how population is changing and has changed around the world.

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17
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doubling time

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The number of years required for a specified population to double in size at the current rate of population growth.

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18
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land degradation

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A negative trend in land condition, caused by direct or indirect human-induced processes including anthropogenic climate change, expressed as long-term reduction or loss of at least one of the following: biological productivity, ecological integrity, or value to humans.

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19
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agricultural density

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A measures the number of farmers per unit area of farmland

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20
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arable land

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any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.

21
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arithmetic density

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the total number of people divided by the total land area

22
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total fertility rate (TFR)

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the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

23
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population distribution

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a measure of how spread out a population is in any given area.

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population density

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the number of people per unit of area

25
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mortality

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The estimated total number of deaths in a population of a given sex and/or age, divided by the total number of this population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.

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carrying capacity

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a species’ average population size in a particular habitat

27
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dependency ratio

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The average number of economically dependent population per 100 economically productive population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, at a specific point in time.

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Demographics

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the study of demographics, the social characteristics and statistics of a human population

29
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Overpopulation

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the state whereby the human population rises to an extent exceeding the carrying capacity of the ecological setting.

30
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Anti-Natalist

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The policy of the government to slow the population growth by attempting to limit the number of births.

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Pro-Natalist

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policies which are designed with the purpose of increasing the birth rate/fertility rate of an area.

32
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brain drain

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a situation whereby talented professionals flee one country to another in search of better pay and working conditions

33
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distance decay

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describes how the strength of a relationship between people, places, or systems decreases as the separation between them increases.

34
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immigration

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the physical movement of people from one place to another

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emigration

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the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere

36
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intervening obstacle

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an object that interferes with how humans arrive at their destinations.

37
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intervening opportunity

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a feature (usually economic) that causes a migrant to choose a destination other than his original one.

38
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Push Factor

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reasons for leaving a country

39
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diffusion

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the spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and other practices from place to place.

40
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Pull Factor

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reasons for going to a country

41
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friction of distance

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movement over space requires effort, resulting in an undesirable loss of resources, typically called a cost or impedance, that is directly proportional to the distance between a source and destination.

42
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Transhumance

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the seasonal movement of livestock (herding) between mountains and lowland pastures

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Chain Migration

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the social process by which immigrants from a particular area follow others from that area to a particular destination.

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Step Migration

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When a migrant follows a path of a series of stages, or steps toward a final destination.

45
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guest workers

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foreign national who is permitted to live and work temporarily in a host country.

46
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Asylum

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a country that provides refugee and safety to people coming from other areas

47
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repatriate

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the act of returning to your own country

48
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Quotas

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government-imposed trade restrictions that limit the number or monetary value of goods that a country can import or export during a particular period.