Unit 1 Study Guide Flashcards
Define the terms space-time compression and globalization and explain how they relate to each other.
Additionally, provide specific examples of how globalization directly impacts you, your family, and/or your community.
Outline the three revolutions that increased world population. For each, give approximate dates and SPECIFIC reasons for the reduction of the crude death rate.
In terms of CBR, CDR, and rate of natural increase (in percent), explain what happens when a society makes the transition from Stage I to Stage II of the demographic transition. Give two specific reasons that this transition might occur?
Why and how does CBR decline steadily as a society moves through Stage III and ultimately into Stage IV of the demographic transition?
As India and China moved into Stage II of the demographic transition, they both experienced problems related to over population. Compare and contrast the methods and results of both country’s efforts to reduce their birth rates. Review sections 2.9 and 2.10 in Ch. 2 in your textbook to guide you.
Review sections 2.8 and 1.11 in your textbook. Explain the importance of epidemiology and explain how space-time compression has increased the risk and concern for infectious diseases. Provide examples…
Summarize major changes in US immigration patters from about 1830-present by identifying major peaks and also changes in migrants’ region of origin. Review section 3.2 in Ch. 3 in your textbook to guide you
What two pieces of legislation in the early 1920s changed US immigration policy? How? What three groups do we generally give preference to? Review section 3.8 in Ch. 3 in your textbook to guide you.
What initially hindered settlement in the interior of the US (the Great Plains), and what changed to make settlement more attractive? Provide all possible reasons discussed in class. Include in your answer a rough time
frame.
What are three distinctly different types of migration which occur within regions (called intraregional migration)?
What push and pull factors drive each? Review section 3.4 in Ch. 3 in your textbook to guide you.
