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Flascards For Test #1 (Chapters 1-4) Flashcards

1
Q

What is Geography?

A

The study of people, places, and things, and where they are located.

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2
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What is continental shelf?

A

An extension of the ocean underwater. (Costal plain.)

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3
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What are the five themes of Geography?

A
  • Movement (Movement of goods, ideas, etc…)
  • Region (Formal, Functional, Perceptual)
  • Human - Environment (Adaption, Modification, Dependence)
  • Location (Absolute, Relative)
  • Place (Physical, Human characteristics)

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4
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Formal region?

A

“A certain characteristic is found throughout the entire area (I.E.: Corn belt, Chinatown)

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5
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Functional region?

A

“One central place and surrounding places affected by it (I.E.: Chicago metropolitan area - city itself and the surrounding suburbs)

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6
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Perceptual region?

A

How we perceive an area (Often based on misperception / Sterotypes) (I.E.: The south drink a lot of tea)

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7
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Adaptation:
Adjusts to the environment

Modification:
Changes the environment

Dependence:
?

A

Using the environment to meet people’s needs.
- 70% of anti-cancer plants are found in the Amazon rainforest

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8
Q

Which planet is rocky, and solid? (Terrestrial)

A

Inner planets

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9
Q

What are the different percentages associated with the atmosphere?

A

78% Nitrogen

22% Oxygen

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10
Q

What are the three layers of the Earth?

A

Crust, Core, Mantle

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11
Q

Debris left over is the definition of what word?

A

Moraine

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12
Q

Years 1000 - 1800 the world’s population grew “_________”
And “____________” during the years 1800 -1950

A

Very slowly, doubled

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13
Q

Number of births per year for every 1000 people, is what?

A

Birth rate

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14
Q

Number of deaths per year for every 1000 people, is what?

A

Death rate

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15
Q

Demography is what?

A

Study of population: uses statistics to understand population growth

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16
Q

(Natural Increase) Growth rate is the difference between what?

A

Birth rate, and Death rate

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17
Q

When birth rate and death rate are equal that is?

A

Zero population growth

18
Q

Death rate is HIGHER than birth rate

A

Negative population growth

19
Q

Number of years it takes population to double

A

Doubling time

20
Q

Food and water supply impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?

A

True

21
Q

Health care DOESN’T impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?

A

False, health care DOES

22
Q

Access to medicine, technology and industry impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?

A

True

23
Q

Living conditions don’t impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?

A

False, they do

24
Q

Prevalence of disease, famine, civil war, terroism, etc impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?

A

True, they do

25
Q

Cultural beliefs about marriage, family, and children don’t impact birth rate, death rate, and migration?

A

False, they do!!

26
Q

Does rapid population growth present any problems?

A

Yes! Food, water, and housing shortages

27
Q

World population distribution is uneven; influenced by:

A

Migration

28
Q

What is culture?

A

The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

29
Q

What is the most densely populated continental?

A

Europe, and Asia

30
Q

What is cultural diffusion?

A

Process of spreading new knowledge from one culture to another

31
Q

Five modern-day countries that were once culture hearths are?
Hint: There are five answers!!

A
  • Egypt
  • Mexico
  • China
  • Iraq
  • Pakistan
32
Q

Why were culture hearths a good place to live?

A

They had fertile farmland, mild climate, and a water source

33
Q

When did the Agricultural revolution happen?

A

3500 B.C.

34
Q

When did the Industrial Revolution happen?

A

1700s & 1800s A.D.

35
Q

Information Revolution happened when?

A

Late 1900s A.D. (Some argue it is still happening right now!)

36
Q

What are the Elements of Culture?
Hint: Seven answers!!

A

Language,
Religion,
Daily life,
History,
Art,
Government,
Economy

37
Q

What types of things influence cultural change?

A

New ideas, lifestyles, inventions, but also trade, migration, and times of war

38
Q

What is culture?

A

The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

39
Q

What are culture regions?

A

Countries that have certain traits in common (I.e. Language, Religion, government, etc.)

40
Q

Define culture hearth

A

Places where the earliest civilization arose

41
Q

What is unitary, and federal government?

A

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.

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