Semester 1 Exam Flashcards
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Movement, region, human environment interaction, location, place
Prefer our own, out of familiarity; judge other cultures by our own standards
Ethnocentricism
Relying on other people for goods and services
Interdependence
What are the 4 map projections?
Mercator, peters, robinson, interrupted
Shows the correct areas of landmasses and oceans, accurate directions, distorts the shape of Africa and South America (look longer and thinner)
Peters
Most used today, correct sizes and shapes of most landmasses, fairly accurate view of the sizes of oceans and distances across land, distortions along edge
Robinson
Shows direction accurately, accurate view of land areas near equator, distorts the size and shape of lands near the north and south poles
Mercator
Corrects sizes and shapes, cuts down parts of oceans, impossible to measure distance accurately
Interrupted
What are the 7 elements of culture?
Social organization, religion, economic system, government, customs & traditions, language, arts & literature
What are the 2 types of location?
Absolute and relative
Made up of human and physical characteristics; affects how a person lives
Place
How humans adapt, modify, and depend on the environment
Human environment interaction
How people, goods, and things are transported
Movement
An area displays coherent unity in terms of language, government, landforms, or situation
Region
What are the 3 types of regions?
Formal, functional, vernacular
What are 3 parts of the UN?
General assembly, security council, economic and social council
What is the job of the UN?
Promote peace, modernize nations
Who developed Apartheid?
Afrikaner
Black and whites would advance and live separately but have equal opportunity
Apartheid
Why did Europeans come to Africa?
Economic and religious reasons
Trade routes that benefitted/ affected Europe, Africa and North America
Triangle trade
What did Africa trade to North America?
Slaves
What did Europe trade to Africa?
Goods and Weapons
What did North America trade to Europe?
Cotton and sugar
Why was there slave trade in Africa?
Cheap labor for business owners
Turning semi desert to desert
Desertification
Where did desertification take place?
Sahel
Worshipping more than one god
Polytheism
What is an example of polytheism?
Hinduism
Worshipping only one god
Monotheism
What is an example of monotheism?
Buddhism, Christianity
Where did early civilizations develop?
Mesopotamia
What is the conflict in Somalia?
Warlords are taking over, weak government, genocide in Darfur
What are the similarities between the caste system and apartheid?
Separated people, people couldn’t really get out of the situation
What are the 3 types of nations?
Developed, newly developed, developing
Basic economy is agriculture, population is rural, rapid population growth, high illiteracy rate
Developing
Depend on specialty product, higher education, increased GNP
Newly Developed
Highly industrialized, high number of exports, educational opportunities, high employment rate, diverse economy
Developed
What are the 4 stages of population pyramids?
Primitive, early expanding, late expanding, zero population growth
Birth rate drops, living standards rise/manufacturing, education and birth control
Late expanding