human geo midterm

Question 1

ecumene

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land where people have made their permanent home
( to remember think eczema and its permanent)

Question 2

vernacular region

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a region that is often defined differently amongst many various people
people’s perceptions

Question 3

environmental determinism

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controls the human culture

Question 4

temperate regions

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most productive settlement/ environmental determinism

Question 5

formal

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primarily used to determine and outline political, cultural and economic regions
ex: the French-speaking region of Canada

Question 6

scale of inquiry

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smaller scale more specific
ex: Maps showing the number of auto thefts per block in Seattle in the decades before and after the Depression

Question 7

why are maps distorted

Answer 7

a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion

Question 8

Mercator maps

Answer 8

The size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated

Question 9

census

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giving the demographics

Question 10

Possibilism

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The concept that the natural environment places constraints on human activity, but humans can adapt to some environmental limits while modifying others using technology.
possibilities are endless!

Question 11

scales of analysis

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the relative size of the map or lens we choose to use to observe geographical phenomena.

Question 12

latuide and longetuide

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absolute

Question 13

Physiological density

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the number of persons per unit of agricultural land

Question 14

Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand

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low population growth rates
MDCs have low population growths

Question 15

low birth rates stage 4

Answer 15

bc of technolgy

Question 16

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, which of the following countries had the lowest fertility rate

Answer 16

south afrcia

Question 17

fertilty rates

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the average number of children born to each woman in a given region during the course of her lifetime

Question 18

epidemiologic

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a field of study that looks at patterns of health and disease within a population

Question 19

Aging population

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last stage of demographic transition

Question 20

thomas malthus

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the world’s population was growing faster than the rate of food production, and as a result, mass starvation would occur.

Question 21

growth patterns in the world today

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fertility rates have fallen in the last 25 years

Question 22

aging population

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a population in which the percentage that is age 65 and older is increasing relative to other age groups.

Question 23

International migration

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Permanent movement from one country to another

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Internal

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movement within a nation-state

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pull factor

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positive factors that attract people to new areas from other areas

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chain migration

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When a migrant communicates to family and friends at home, encouraging further migration along the same path, along kinship links

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step migration

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When a migrant follows a path of a series of stages, or steps toward a final destination

Question 28

Guest workers

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Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.

Question 29

Which of the following explains a significant positive impact that the immigration of large populations of Chinese people had on places like Vancouver and Los Angeles

Answer 29

Chinese immigrants established businesses and religious centers that provided their new cities with greater access to elements of Chinese culture such as arts, cuisine, and religion.

Question 30

Material culture

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the physical aspects of a society, the objects made or modified by a human

Question 31

hog production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions?

Answer 31

middle east

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syncretic

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a mix of cultural traits from a variety of sources

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Topography

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forms and features of land surfaces

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Carl Sauer’s concept

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It is the outcome of interactions between humans and their natural environment.

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Ethnocentricism

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based on the belief that one’s own culture is inherently superior and that other nations are backwards or underdeveloped because their culture is different

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cultural relativism

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not judging cultuers

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has the greatest linguistic fragmentation

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Caucasus

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hindusm

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enthnic relgionj

Question 39

cultural landscape

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a place with many layers of history that evolves through design and use over time

Question 40

The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of

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hierarchical diffusion

Question 41

diffsuins and regions and launges maps

Question 42

ethnic

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relate closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and to the physical geography of a particular place

Question 43

Which of the following correctly lists the four major ancient culture hearths?

Answer 43

Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China

Question 44

EU

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main mission of increasing economic integration

Question 45

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico?

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A multinational trade zone in which most tariffs have been eliminated

Question 46

Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn by

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eurpoen colinal powers

Question 47

Balkanization

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Division of a place or country into several small political units, often unfriendly to one another

Question 48

shatter belt

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a geographical region that is endangered by local conflicts within the states

Question 49

enclave

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name given to a state that is completely surrounded by another state