human geography Flashcards
how to show height on a 2D map?
contour lines
spot heights
colour
2 reasons for urbanisation ?
rural to urban migration
natural increase
What is rural to urban migration?
people moving form rural areas to live in urban areas.
What is natural increase?
When the birth rate is higher than the death rate.
Where are the majority of megacities?
Asia
pull factors for migration?
.more entertainment
.employment
.education
.access to services
.better facilities
.shops
.higher wages
What is counter Urbanisation?
large numbers of people move from urban areas to rural areas
e.g retiring to the countryside
push factors for migration?
.civil war
.loss of employment
.lack of facilities
.failure of crops
.cost of living
What is a TNC?
Transnational corporation-
company that operates in more than 1 country.
What does GDP per capita mean
Gross domestic product per person
amount of money country earns a year divided by the population
What is a HIC?
high income country
GDP $12500+
What is a NEE?
A newly emerging economy
GDP $1000-12500
What is an LIC?
Low income country
earning less than $1000
What does as the crow flies mean?
in a straight line
What is permafrost?
soil under the earth is permanently frozen
What are push factors?
a factor that pushes you away from an area/ place
What are pull factors?
a factor that pulls you in to an area or place
What is intensive farming?
automatic farming that uses machinery.
Not needing many workers but uses machinery and pesticides.
What is traditional farming?
Farming that is manual uses horses and people not machinery and pesticides.
What is bioaccumulation?
animals take in oil through environment (breath) after years of oil building up inside of them the animal dies.
What is biomagnification?
animal eating another animal that has had oil, leading it to die.
e.g a bear eating a fish which has got oil in its system from eating plankton which are contaminated by the water
What is urbanisation?
the increase in % of population living in urban areas.
What is a megacity?
A city with a population higher than 10 million
What is SMOG?
smoke + fog
