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Unit 1 and 2 Flashcards

1
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Site

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A place’s absolute location on earth and its physical characteristics

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Situation

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A place’s connections to other places

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Scale

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The area of the world being studied

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Node

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What a functional region is focused on

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5
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Periphery

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Countries that are less developed and have low levels of economic development

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Core

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Countries that are more developed and profit the most from the world system

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Semi-periphery

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Countries that are neither core nor periphery, but somewhere in the middle

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Absolute distance

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Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length

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Absolute direction

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Using the cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)

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Relative distance

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Distance measure in terms of relative things such as time and money

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Relative direction

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Direction based on people’s perceptions (Left, Right, Up, Down)

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Census

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An official count of the number of people in an area

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Choropleth map

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A map that uses colors or shading to represent categories of data for certain areas

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Cartogram

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A map that shows the size of an area based on a particular attribute.

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Isoline map

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A map where lines connect data points of the same value

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Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

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A model that shows how population is changing around the world over time.

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17
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Doubling time

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The number of years it will take a population that is growing at a certain rate to double

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18
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Land degradation

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Long-term damage to the soil’s ability to support life

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19
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Agricultural density

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The total number of farmers per unit of arable land

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Arable land

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Land that can be used to grow crops

21
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Arithmetic density

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The total number of people per unit area of land

22
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Total fertility rate (TFR)

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The average number of children a woman had during her child bearing years

23
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Population distribution

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Where people live within a geographic area

24
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Population density

A

The number of people occupying a unit of land

24
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Mortality

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Deaths as a component of population change

25
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Carrying Capacity

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The maximum population an enviroment can sustain

26
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Dependency Ratio

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The number of people in a dependent age group divided by the number of people in the working age group, times 100

27
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Demographics

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Data about the structures and characteristics of human population

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Overpopulation

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A population that exceeds its sustainability size

29
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Anti-Natalist

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Ideas that discourage citizens from having children

30
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Pro-Natalist

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Idea that encourage births and aim to grow a population

31
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Brain drain

A

loss of trained or educated people to the lure of another country

32
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Distance decay

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How distance effects interactions between places. Greater distance = fewer interactions

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Immigration

A

Movement to a location

34
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Emigration

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Movement away from a location

35
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Intervening obstacles

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An occurrence that holds immigrants back from continuing their journeys

36
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Intervening opportunity

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An occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

37
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Diffusion

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The spread of cultural traits through migration

38
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Push factor

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Factors that push migrants out of a location

39
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Pull factor

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Factors that pull someone towards a new location

40
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Friction of Distance

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The longer a distance is the more it will cost, the longer it will take, and the more effort it will take.

41
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Transhumance

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The action of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another. It occurs in a seasonal cycle

42
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Chain migration

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The process by which family moves to the places that their family members have immigrated to.

43
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Step migration

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The process by which some migrants move to intervening locations before they arrive at their final destination.

44
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Guest workers

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Temporary laborers who work in another country

45
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Asylum

A

Protection in another country

46
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Repatriate

A

To return to their home country

47
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Quotas

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A law that places a limit on the maximum number of people who can immigrate to a country in a year.

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