Flascards For Test #1 (Chapters 1-4) Flashcards
What is Geography?
The study of people, places, and things, and where they are located.
What is continental shelf?
An extension of the ocean underwater. (Costal plain.)
What are the five themes of Geography?
- Movement (Movement of goods, ideas, etc…)
- Region (Formal, Functional, Perceptual)
- Human - Environment (Adaption, Modification, Dependence)
- Location (Absolute, Relative)
- Place (Physical, Human characteristics)
MR. HELP
Formal region?
“A certain characteristic is found throughout the entire area (I.E.: Corn belt, Chinatown)
Functional region?
“One central place and surrounding places affected by it (I.E.: Chicago metropolitan area - city itself and the surrounding suburbs)
Perceptual region?
How we perceive an area (Often based on misperception / Sterotypes) (I.E.: The south drink a lot of tea)
Adaptation:
Adjusts to the environment
Modification:
Changes the environment
Dependence:
?
Using the environment to meet people’s needs.
- 70% of anti-cancer plants are found in the Amazon rainforest
Which planet is rocky, and solid? (Terrestrial)
Inner planets
What are the different percentages associated with the atmosphere?
78% Nitrogen
22% Oxygen
What are the three layers of the Earth?
Crust, Core, Mantle
Debris left over is the definition of what word?
Moraine
Years 1000 - 1800 the world’s population grew “_________”
And “____________” during the years 1800 -1950
Very slowly, doubled
Number of births per year for every 1000 people, is what?
Birth rate
Number of deaths per year for every 1000 people, is what?
Death rate
Demography is what?
Study of population: uses statistics to understand population growth
(Natural Increase) Growth rate is the difference between what?
Birth rate, and Death rate
When birth rate and death rate are equal that is?
Zero population growth
Death rate is HIGHER than birth rate
Negative population growth
Number of years it takes population to double
Doubling time
Food and water supply impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?
True
Health care DOESN’T impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?
False, health care DOES
Access to medicine, technology and industry impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?
True
Living conditions don’t impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?
False, they do
Prevalence of disease, famine, civil war, terroism, etc impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?
True, they do
Cultural beliefs about marriage, family, and children don’t impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?
False, they do!!
Does rapid population growth present any problems?
Yes! Food, water, and housing shortages
World population distribution is uneven; influenced by:
Migration
What is culture?
The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
What is the most densely populated continental?
Europe, and Asia
What is cultural diffusion?
Process of spreading new knowledge from one culture to another
Five modern-day countries that were once culture hearths are?
Hint: There are five answers!!
- Egypt
- Mexico
- China
- Iraq
- Pakistan
Why were culture hearths a good place to live?
They had fertile farmland, mild climate, and a water source
When did the Agricultural revolution happen?
3500 B.C.
When did the Industrial Revolution happen?
1700s & 1800s A.D.
Information Revolution happened when?
Late 1900s A.D. (Some argue it is still happening right now!)
What are the Elements of Culture?
Hint: Seven answers!!
Language,
Religion,
Daily life,
History,
Art,
Government,
Economy
What types of things influence cultural change?
New ideas, lifestyles, inventions, but also trade, migration, and times of war
What is culture?
The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
What are culture regions?
Countries that have certain traits in common (I.e. Language, Religion, government, etc.)
Define culture hearth
Places where the earliest civilization arose
What is unitary, and federal government?
Unitary
- Gives all power to the national or central government.
U.K.
Federal
- Divides power between national government and state government/provincial government.
U.S.
