AP MIDTERM Flashcards
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A person forced to migrate to another country (avoid violence, violation of human rights, disasters, etc)
Refugee
Someone who has migrated to another country in hopes of being admitted and recognized
Asylum Seeker
Someone forced to migrate but does NOT move across the border
Internally Displaced Persons
Define Mercator Map
Purpose: Navigation
Size of land masses distorted
Define Robinson Map
Purpose: General Use
Area, Shape, Size, direction all slightly distorted
Demographic Transitional Model??
Model of 5 typical stages of population change that countries pass through.
Define Formal Region
Area defined by official boundaries
EX: Areas around land form
Define Functional Region
Area organized around a focal point.
EX: Transportation systems
Define Perceptual
Area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
EX: the Middle East, South
Define Rural to Urban
Leaving a less populated region for a more industrial and non-farmland region which is more populous
Migration in which individuals follow the migration path of preceding friends/family to an existing community
Chain Migration
Popular Migration is…
Urban to Rural
Rural to Urban
Suburban to Urban
Urban to Suburban
Rural to Urban
What is the Malthusian Theory
Society was on the path to mass starvation due to overpopulation. Less kids
LDC Qualities:
-Younger Population
-Higher Fertility Rates
-Rural Areas
MDC Qualities:
-Population declining or stable
-Older People
-Low Birth Rates
Policy that wants to discourage births
Anti-Natalist Policies
Scale of ANALYSIS definition
Global- Entire world
Regional- Continent
National- Couple Countries
Local- Inside a Country/Area
TIme-Space Compression
advancements in technology and communication reduce the perceived distance between places, making it easier and faster for people, ideas, and goods to move across space.
Sustanibility
use of the earth’s resources in ways that ensures the availability for future generations
Environmental Determinism
the belief that the environment determines the patterns of human culture
Possibilism
concept that the natural environment places obstacles on human activity, but humans can adapt to some environmental limits while modifying others using technology
Vernacular Regions are also _________
Perceptual Regions!!
Define Bulk-Gaining
The final product is HEAVIER than the raw materials
Define Bulk-Reducing
The raw materials are HEAVIER than the final product
Define Break-Of-Bulk Point
A location where goods are transferred from one means of transportation to another
Literacy Rate
The number of people in a country who can read and write
What is HDI
Human Development Index
Measurement of development, combines one economic measure with 7 social measures.
EX: life expectancy and education level
What is CBR
Crude Birth Rate
Number of births per year for every 1,000 people
What is CDR
Crude Death Rate
Number of deaths per years for every 1,000 people
What is TFR
Total Fertility Rate
The average number of children born per women (ages 15-49)
Dependency ratio
Percentage of people within a population who are either too young or too old to work
Cultural Landscape
Structures within the physical landscapes caused by human activities
ex: neighborhoods, parks
Cultural Realms
A large segment of the earth with uniformity in cultural characteristics
Linguists is??
People who study languages
Distance Decay
The idea that the interaction between two places decreases as the distance between them increases
