Unit 2, Week 8

Question 1

International Migration

Answer 1

Permanent movement from one country to another.

Question 2

Chain Migration

Answer 2

Pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links.

Question 3

Step Migration

Answer 3

Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages.

Question 4

Christianity

Answer 4

The world’s largest religion. A universalizing religion based on the life and teachings Jesus in the first century. Hearth is in SW Asia, diffused primarily through relocation.

Question 5

Islam

Answer 5

The second largest universalizing religion based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. Found in SW Asia in the early/mid 7th century, diffused through conquest and relocation.

Question 6

Remittance

Answer 6

Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries.

Question 7

Circulation

Answer 7

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis, such as commuting to and from work.

Question 8

Historical Migrations

Answer 8

Different periods in US history characterized by large migration streams by different groups/source areas. Initial settlement of the colonies (English or African slaves) mid-19th-early 20th cent. (mostly European), since the 1970s (Latin America and Asia).

Question 9

Age of Exploration

Answer 9

1400-1600 Europeans started exploring the world in search of land, goods and materials.

Question 10

Silk Road

Answer 10

Travel which connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and help to spread culture.

Question 11

Counter-urbanization

Answer 11

A demographic and social process whereby people move from urban areas to rule areas.

Question 12

Unauthorized Immigrant

Answer 12

People who enter a country without proper documents. Undocumented or illegal immigrants.

Question 13

Asylum Seeker

Answer 13

Refugee seeking shelter and protection and once they from another state.

Question 14

Crusades

Answer 14

Military attempts by European Christian King’s to free the holy land from Muslim control During the period from about 1100 - 1300 AD.

Question 15

Constantinople

Answer 15

Now known as Istanbul, Turkey, it was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire then the Byzantine Empire. Fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, cutting off the Holy Land and Asia from Europe, inspiring exploration for new trade routes. Has a very desirable situation on the Bosporus and Black Sea.

Question 16

Resources

Answer 16

Materials found in the earth that people need and value. Anything that is used to produce goods or services.

Question 17

Uneven Development

Answer 17

The gap in economic conditions between regions because of globalization of the economy.

Question 18

Placelessness

Answer 18

Loss of uniqueness of a place in the cultural landscape. Many places looking the same.

Question 19

Manifest Destiny

Answer 19

Belief that the US was meant to extend from coast to coast during the 19th century.

Question 20

Sustainability

Answer 20

Using resources in ways that do not harm ecological systems that support human existence.

Question 21

Global Climate Change

Answer 21

Changes in the average weather that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades; concept started in the later part of the 20th century. Scientists generally contend that the changes are caused by human activity. Debate remains as to what/if anything can and should be done about it.

Question 22

Demography

Answer 22

The scientific study of population characteristics.

Question 23

Anatolian Hearth

Answer 23

Sedentary farmer thesis. Colin Renfrew’s theory that Proto-Indo-European language family originated in modern-day Turkey and diffused as a result of agricultural exchange among people in about 6000 BC.

Question 24

Kurgan Warrior

Answer 24

Nomadic Warrior Theory. Marija’s Gimbutas’ theory of the first Proto-Indo-Euopean speakers came from the steppes of central Asia, diffusing language through conquest about 4000 BC.