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Term 1 Final Flashcards

1
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Muslim cartographer

A

Muhammad al-Idrisi

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2
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4 distortions of a map

A

Direction
Shape
Distance
Relative size

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3
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Firstcountry to adopt time zones

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New zealand

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4
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Whatcountry moved the international date line in1997

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Kiribati so it would be first country to see the sunrise

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5
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Remote sensing:

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Gathering data from long distance methods

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6
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GIS

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Stores layers of data to make more complex maps

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7
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Toponym

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Name given to place on earth

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8
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Site

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Physical charateristics of a place

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9
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What ways is concentration described

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Clustered

Dispersed

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10
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2 types if pattern on distribution

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Geometric or irregular

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11
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Space time compression

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Reduction of time it takes for something to reach another place

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12
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Global culture and economy are centered in 3 regions

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North america
Europe
Japan

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13
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Sustainability

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Use of earths renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that ensure resource and availability in the future

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14
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Pillars of sustainability

A

Environment economy society

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15
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Chinese father o cartography

A

Pei Xiu

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16
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Types of climates

A 
Tropical
Dry
Warm mid latitude
Cold mid lat. 
polar
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17
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4 biggest pop concentrations

A

East asia
South asia
Southeast asia
Europe

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18
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Sex ratio

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Number of males per 100 females

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19
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2 big breaks in DT

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  • Sudden drop in CDR due to technological innovation

* sudden drop in CDR due to change in social customs

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20
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Ravensteins 2 laws for distance in relation to migrants

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Migrants relocate a short distance and remain in same country
Long distance migrants to other countries head for economic centers

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21
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2 types of migration

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International or internal

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22
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What stage if DT do many emmigrate

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Stage 2

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23
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Russia migration

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To the north bc soviet policy wanted factories up N toward raw materials

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24
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Canada migration

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East to west for gold

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25
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China migration

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Interior to east coast for jobs

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26
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Brazil migration

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Moved capital to interior for more populated interior captial

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27
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Urbanization

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Rural to urban

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28
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Suburbanization

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Urban to suburbs

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29
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Counterurbanization

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Urban to rural

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30
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Intervening obstacle

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Environmental or political feature that hinders migration

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31
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Political intervening obstacle

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Nedding of passport or visas

32
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Preferences of migrants

A

Family reunification
Skilled workers
Diversity

33
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Brain drain

A

Large scale emmigration by talented people

34
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Ethnicity

A

Group of people who share cultural traditions of certain homeland or hearth

35
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Race

A

Group of peope who share biological ancestor

36
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3 most numerous ethnicities

A

Asian american
Hispanic american
African american

37
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Where are hispanics clustered in us

A

Southwest

38
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Where are african americans clustered

A

Southeast

39
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Where are asian americans clustered

A

West

40
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Blockbusting

A

Real estate agents convinced white homeowners living near a black area to sell their house at low prices then selling to black families at high prices

41
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Key parts of apartheid system

A

When baby is born it is either black white colored or asian and each race has a social status that determines their oath in life

42
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When was apartheid created

A

1652

43
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When did british seize dutch colony if S africa

A

1795

44
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When afrikaner nationalist party take control if s africa

A

1948

45
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When were apartheid laws repealed

A

1991

46
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What happenede in 1994 in s africa

A

All s africans were allowed to vote in national elections and mandela was elected as black president

47
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Centripetal forces:

A

Attidues that tend to unify people and enhance support for a state

48
Q

Religions of lebanon

A

Druze
Muslims
Maronites
Greek orthodox

49
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How did lebanons govt solve religion problem

A

Each religion was to be represented in the chamber of deputies according to last census

50
Q

President was a

A

Maronite chrisitan

51
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Premier was a

A

Sunni muslim

52
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Speaker if chamber of deputies was a

A

Shiite muslim

53
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Foreign minister was a

A

Greek orthodox christian

54
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How has pop of lebanan changed since 1943

A

Muslim have become majority and demand equality

55
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Ethnicites if sri lanka

A

Sinhalese
Tamils
Moors

56
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What relig is sinhalese

A

Buddhism

57
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What relig is tamils

A

Hinduism

58
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Where are ethnicites in sri lanka

A

Sinhalese is S 2/3 of island

Tamils is N 1/3 of island

59
Q

What lang fam is tamil lang in

A

Dravidian

60
Q

What lang fam is sinhalese in

A

Indo european-indo iranian branch

61
Q

What happended in 1948 for sri lanka

A

Sri lanka gained independence

62
Q

What ethnicity in sri lanka is mad

A

Tamils

63
Q

When britsh colony in s asia broke up how ws it divided

A

India for hindus pakistan for muslims

64
Q

How was pakistan split

A

West and east pakistan that became to bangladesh

65
Q

What happened to many if refugees as they travelled

A

Many were killed by rivalling relig as they crossed the border

66
Q

Problems of kurds

A

Were going to get kurdistan by 1920 treaty of sèvres but turks expanded turkey first by treaty of lausanne now in many countries and their culture is trying to be smushed

67
Q

5 nationalites of yugoslavia

A

Croats macedonians montenegrens serbs and slovenes

68
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Four langs of yugoslavia

A

Croatian macedonian serbian slovene

69
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Three religions of yugoslavia

A

Roman catholic orthodox and islam

70
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2 alphabets of yugoslavia

A

Roman alphabet and cyrillic

71
Q

What country controlled kosovo

A

Serbia

72
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What ethnic group lives in kosovo

A

Albanians 90%

73
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Balkanization

A

Process by which a state breaks downthrough conflict among ethnicites

74
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Sudan conflict

A

Civil wars between arab muslim and other ethnicities
Black chrisitan and animist opposed muslim traditions in 1 nationality society
Split into s sudan and fought iver boundaries

75
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Ethiopia and eritrea conflict

A

Ethiopia won eritrea when it became own state and dissolved eritreas govt and banned its mist common lang
2 groups civil war and many eritrea fled to sudan

76
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Somalia conflict

A

Sunni muslims
Dictatorship that ran country collapsed and clans claimed land
Refugees caused disputes

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