Asia Test Review Flashcards
Etiquette
Proper Manners
Elevation
Hight above see level
Tectonic Plates
Seven Major Tectonic Plates or always moving in different directions when two collide a mountain is formed when they shift together a earthquake happens
Topographic Map
rings to elevation the smaller the ring the higher the bigger the ring the lower also it is more specific
Physical Map
Uses colors to show elevation/more general regions/to see where people live, tourist to find a general area to go visit, meteorologists to start to see climate patterns
Population Density
Number of people per square mile/Japan 880 per square mile/crowded
Population Distribution
Where people live/in Japan the population is distributed along the coast
Dense
Crowded
Sparse
Spread out
Arable
Usable land/livable land/farmable land
Physiologic Population Density
More accurate calculating population density only using arable land
Human footprint
Humans negative environmental impact
Government
A system that sets up and enforces societies (community country school team etc.) laws and institutions
Democracy
Rule by the people-voice-vote
5th century Greece
Demo (people) kratos (rule)
Direct Democracy
All people get to debate and vote on every issue
+everyone has a voice
-not efficient/arguments/takes too long
- too many people