Deck 1

Question 1

Process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government

Answer 1

Devolution

Question 2

Diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.

Answer 2

Map

Question 3

Spatial perspective on history of “language trees”

Answer 3

Language Families

Question 4

A boundary is a real or imaginary line that separates two things. In geography, boundaries separate different regions of the Earth. Allows other nations to identify you as a sovereign nation.

Answer 4

Boundaries

Question 5

Communist economy that had two objectives: Accelerate industrialization and collectivize agriculture.

Answer 5

Soviet Union

Question 6

Is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it.

Answer 6

Geography

Question 7

(CBD) central point of business with tall buildings

Answer 7

Central Business District

Question 8

German scientists that used spatial analysis to to explain something that is obvious even from a small-scale map

Answer 8

Wegener

Question 9

A vast, singular landmass consisting of most of the areas of present-day continents. The supercontinent broke up more than 200 million years ago.

Answer 9

Pangea

Question 10

Zone of crustal instability along plate boundaries ringing the Pacific Ocean Basin

Answer 10

Ring of Fire

Question 11

The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference

Answer 11

Disparities

Question 12

A country’s largest city–ranking atop its urban hierarchy most expressive of the national culture and usually the capital city as well. Paris is a primate city.

Answer 12

Primate Cities

Question 13

Russian population facts

Answer 13

Largest populations in the west while sparsely populated in the east. Death rate exceeds birth rate. Life expectancy has declined. Alcoholism, AIDs, smoking, suicides, accidents, and murder have all increased.

Question 14

A policy of cultural extension and potential political expansion by a state aimed at a community of its nationals living in a neighboring state.

Answer 14

Irredentism

Question 15

Complementarity: as one area produces a surplus of a commodity that is required by another area. Transferability: ease with which a commodity can be transported by producer to consumer.

Answer 15

Principles of spatial interaction

Question 16

8 ethnic republics

Answer 16

Russian former republic minority populations

Question 17

The capacity to move a good from one place to another at bearable cost; the ease with which a commodity may be transported

Answer 17

Transferability

Question 18

Literally “country behind,” a term that applies to a surrounding area served by an urban center. That center is the focus of goods and services produced for its hinterland and is its dominant urban influence as well.

Answer 18

Hinterland

Question 19

Permanently frozen water in the near-surface soil and bedrock of cold environments, producing the effects of completely frozen ground. Surface can thaw during brief warm season.

Answer 19

Permafrost

Question 20

Places of dominance that exerted power over surroundings, near and far.

Answer 20

Core areas

Question 21

A cooperative venture involving three or more states, each giving up some sovereignty for mutual benefit. The European Union (EU) is one example.

Answer 21

European supranationalism

Question 22

An area on the Earth’s surface marked by specific criteria

Answer 22

Regions

Question 23

Northern Italy is part of the European core and is economically powerful and cultural hearth. Southern Italy is the periphery.

Answer 23

Northern vs. Southern Italy

Question 24

Centrally located between all of the continents. There is water surrounding them which makes it easier to ship things and receive things.

Answer 24

Europe’s locational advantages

Question 25

Europe occupies 5% of Earth’s land but is fragmented into 40 countries. Many of these countries were founded through royal periods where there were powerful kings and formed boundaries.

Answer 25

Fractured States