Geography Flashcards
Chongqing
The fastest growing city in the world
One Child Policy
Law set in 1979 in China to prevent overpopulation
Three Gorges Dam
The biggest dam in the world
Problem of Three Gorges Dam
Sediments rising bringing the extinction of several species
China VS Russia
Both has a lot of superpower consisting of military weapons and political power
Megacities
A city with population over 10 million
Urbination
The act of moving into a different location (e.g. another country or another city/town)
Push factor
Something making you want to move to another location due to the current home
Pull factor
Something making you want to move to that house for a better purpose
Sustainability
How environmental friendly something can be
TNC
A large company making jobs for poorer countries such as
Clark Fisher Model
A graph showing the percentage of people with Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Job from Pre-Industrial to Post-Industrial
Declining popularity of secondary jobs in Britain
For the reason being that other countries has taken secondary jobs and another reason being that machinery has taken the job instead of humans
Increase of tertiary jobs
Since machinery replaced most of secondary jobs, more people I are in service of working at a service
Unequal trade in coffee industry
As many people work hard getting those beans, companies such as Starbucks gets most of the money by providing the service
