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AP MIDTERM Flashcards

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A person forced to migrate to another country (avoid violence, violation of human rights, disasters, etc)

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Refugee

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Someone who has migrated to another country in hopes of being admitted and recognized

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Asylum Seeker

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Someone forced to migrate but does NOT move across the border

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Internally Displaced Persons

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Define Mercator Map

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Purpose: Navigation
Size of land masses distorted

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Define Robinson Map

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Purpose: General Use
Area, Shape, Size, direction all slightly distorted

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Demographic Transitional Model??

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Model of 5 typical stages of population change that countries pass through.

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Define Formal Region

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Area defined by official boundaries
EX: Areas around land form

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Define Functional Region

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Area organized around a focal point.
EX: Transportation systems

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Define Perceptual

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Area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
EX: the Middle East, South

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Define Rural to Urban

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Leaving a less populated region for a more industrial and non-farmland region which is more populous

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Migration in which individuals follow the migration path of preceding friends/family to an existing community

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Chain Migration

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Popular Migration is…
Urban to Rural
Rural to Urban
Suburban to Urban
Urban to Suburban

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Rural to Urban

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What is the Malthusian Theory

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Society was on the path to mass starvation due to overpopulation. Less kids

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LDC Qualities:

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-Younger Population
-Higher Fertility Rates
-Rural Areas

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MDC Qualities:

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-Population declining or stable
-Older People
-Low Birth Rates

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Policy that wants to discourage births

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Anti-Natalist Policies

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Scale of ANALYSIS definition

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Global- Entire world
Regional- Continent
National- Couple Countries
Local- Inside a Country/Area

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TIme-Space Compression

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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.

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Sustanibility

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use of the earth’s resources in ways that ensures the availability for future generations

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Environmental Determinism

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the belief that the environment determines the patterns of human culture

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Possibilism

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concept that the natural environment places obstacles on human activity, but humans can adapt to some environmental limits while modifying others using technology

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Vernacular Regions are also _________

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Perceptual Regions!!

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Define Bulk-Gaining

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The final product is HEAVIER than the raw materials

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Define Bulk-Reducing

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The raw materials are HEAVIER than the final product

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Define Break-Of-Bulk Point

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A location where goods are transferred from one means of transportation to another

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Literacy Rate

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The number of people in a country who can read and write

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What is HDI

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Human Development Index
Measurement of development, combines one economic measure with 7 social measures.
EX: life expectancy and education level

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What is CBR

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Crude Birth Rate
Number of births per year for every 1,000 people

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What is CDR

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Crude Death Rate
Number of deaths per years for every 1,000 people

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What is TFR

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Total Fertility Rate
The average number of children born per women (ages 15-49)

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Dependency ratio

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Percentage of people within a population who are either too young or too old to work

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Cultural Landscape

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Structures within the physical landscapes caused by human activities

ex: neighborhoods, parks

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Cultural Realms

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A large segment of the earth with uniformity in cultural characteristics

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Linguists is??

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People who study languages

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Distance Decay

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The idea that the interaction between two places decreases as the distance between them increases

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