test #2 Flashcards
Etiquette
The rules regarding how or what to do in a situation
Chopsticks history
*Not all people in Asia use chopsticks
*chopsticks originally was invented by the Chinese it was a cooking tool back then
Chopsticks etiquette
*never stick the chopsticks directly in the food
*do not play with the chopsticks it represents a beggar in china
*USE IT THE CORRECT WAY
Elevation meaning
it means how high it is according to the sea level
Elevation representation
in a topographic map it is represented as circles, the smaller the circle is the higher it is.
in a physical map it is represented by colors commonly red if high up
what are tectonic plates
tectonic plates are the things that are under the continents or oceans it is on top of the magma it moves slowly but it moves. It moves because of the heat the heat pushes the tectonic plates
topographic maps who use, what are the benefits, and how to read one
1.people like the military or a pilot would use this
2. The benefits of reading one is easily reading the ups and downs on a 2d map
3.to read one you have to know the smaller the circle the higher/lower to sea level it is
physical map who use, what are the benefits, and how to read one
- tourists and geologists
- The benefit is the colors are very easy to read
- there is usually a key and look at the colors
what is a human footprint, how to analyze a human footprint map, what does it show you, ex in a city
- it is how much pollution a place has and how many oars/resources that has been extracted
commonly the darker the color the larger human footprint
3.it shows how much one place has a human footprint - In the city it could be a factory or a use of micro plastic use
government what does it mean
system that sets up and enforce a society’s law and institutions
what is direct democracy
All people get to debate and vote on all of the bill/laws/rules
what is representative (indirect) democracy what are the pros and cons
people vote for someone who has their best interest at heart IN THEORY
dictatorships characteristics and how to get into power and lifer under one
- false hope, charismatic self serving narcissistic
- when there is a power vacuum and chaos in one country like war economy collapses then the dictator will come and make false hope
3.no freedom of speech/press/religion, “walls have ears”
what does it mean to be a constituent
it means to be a voter or elector on some kind
what does coup mean
it means a military overthrows a king/dictator/emperor
what is the DMZ
the DMZ is called the demilitarized zone is the border across north and south Korea. You can’t get across the DMZ.
what are the four main islands in japan
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.
where does Japanese usually live why does they live there
they live in the near cost area, and Tokyo and that they live there is because that cost area are the most flat and the most habitable
why do earthquake happen also why does Japan gets so many earthquakes
- when 2 tectonic plates borders move up and down causing earthquakes
- Japan gets a lot of earthquakes because it borders 4 tectonic plates
how are Montanans form and how does the Himalayas get so high
- mountains form when 2 tectonic plates move into each other creating overlapping space which creates mountains
- Himalayas is so tall because the 2 tectonic plates that the Himalaya is next to are continuously moving into each other and the Himalayas had not yet stopped growing.
what are the factors that influence settlements
- climate because when they have a bad climate it is inhabitable
- land form if there is also bad land form it is also inhabitable
what are the pros and cons to direct democracy
1.all people get herd majority happy
2.it could cause chaos and it takes a long time
what are the pros and cons to representative/indirect democracy
- less chaos uneducated people are less effective
2.do not have to listen and politicians will want to get in power so making false promises
Japan urban issue
1. many homeless
2. many commuting hours/can’t fit into a train
3.lots of people creating lots of trash
- A smaller and more compact house, taller buildings for homeless problems
- bullet trains and more trains and also train pushers for commuting hours
- up to 44 different types of recycling bins
why does an area have a bigger human footprint than other places
because -places like west china it is very less populated so there is less oar mining and less polluting but the east china is the exact opposite
what does a lights at night map shows you
it shows how political free and how industrial they are like NK and SK for example NK has no lights at night while SK is very active at night
Japanese overpopulation issue
that there are malls underground many lines of subway and tall skinny buildings
lion king analyze evidence and dictator characteristics also explained
scar said be pleased to see the biggest coup of the century the characteristics is coup and it supports is because scar said be ready to see the biggest coup that provides evidence that scar is going to preform a coup
lion king analyze evidence and dictator characteristics also explained #2
scar said go with me and you will never go hungry again that is false hope because in the next scenes that scar is very full and the hyenas are complaining they aren’t getting food but scar said that is the lionesses job
NK and SK cultural difference
1. health/ life expediency
2. transportation subway
3. economy GDP
- NK: life expediency of 70 years 1. SK: life expediency of 85 years
- NK: old and outdated subways
- SK: modern and new subways also there are bullet trains
- NK: GDP of 2,000 per year
- SK: GDP of 22,000 per year
life in a dictatorship
there is no voice and you have no political rights and you have to be mindful of who you are taking to and what you talk about
General outline of Korean war
1950:North Korea began inviting South Korea NK almost took the whole Korea Peninsula and the SK also almost did it. then china fought back with NK Lastly they signed the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953
what is the DMZ
it is the strictest border in the whole world There are both soldiers from SK and NK
who is it like as a hermit kingdom (NK)
a hermit kingdom doesn’t let you go out because the dictator wants to control everyone they also don’t want people to come in so people don’t know about the outside world
why is it hard to escape North Korea
because there is the strict DMZ and they don’t know what the outside world is like
how to analyze a topographic map, physical map
you look at the circle usually the smaller the circle the higher/deeper it is in a topographic map
a physical map is analyzed by using the key the colors is how high one is
why does one might settle in a more flat area than a higher elevation one
because then there could be more farmlands and there would be more buildings and that there is more air than the higher elevation places
what is population density
population density is simply dividing all of the land by all of the people
what is population distribution
population distribution is where people live like in Japanese people live in the coastal areas
what does dense population mean sparse
dense means there is a lot of people in a place
what is physiologic population density
It is how much people decided by arable land
why is regular population density incorrect and physiologic population density correct
because in the regular it is all of the land but then there are non arable land which is not livable ad farm able so that is why physiologic population density is more accurate
what is arable land
arable land is farm able usable land
how to calculate physiologic population density
to calculate you need to divide the amount of people to the amount of ARABLE land and this will increase the density a lot more than the regular
