Who are 3 people who believed in Environmental Determinism?

___________ is the layers of gases that surround the Earth.

____________ is made up of all of the living orgamisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms.

____________ is made up of all the water found on, under, and over the surface of the Earth.

___________ is the solid surface of the Earth.

What is a mental/cognitive map?

Which map projection is this?

Which map projection is this?

Which map projection is this?

Which map projection is this?

A _____________ region is an area organized around a center or a focal point.

A _____________ region is geographic area that is percieved to exist by its inhabitants, based on a widespread acceptance and use of a unique regional name.

A ___________ is an area with defined borders. Everything and anything in the area share the same characteristic or phenomenon.

Which of the following are examples of a perceptual region? (3 answers)

Which of the following are considered functional regions?

Which of the following are example of formal regions?

What is another name for a functional region?

What is another name for perceptual region?

What is another name for formal region? (choose 2)

What kind of scale is a world map?

what kind of scale is a map of a city?

Which map of which place would have the smallest scale?

______________ location is the location of something in comparison to something else.

____________ location is the precise location of a place.

An address is an example of what kind of location?

"The park is next to the school" is an example of what kind of location?

What is this graph showing?

____________ is the decline of interaction between two things the farther apart they are.

_____________ is the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods

What kind of map is this?

What is this map used for?

What kind of map is this?

What kind of map is this?

Stage ______ of the DTM includes high birth, death, and fertility rates.

Stage _____ of the DTM includes declining death rates, while maintaining high birth and fertility rates

Stage ______ of the DTM includes a continuing decline in death rates, and the beginning of the decline of birth and fertility rates.

Stage ____ of the DTM includes constant low death rates and continuing birth and fertility rates.

Stage _____ of the DTM includes constant low death, birth, and fertility rates, reaching ZPG and possibly negative population growth.

Which of the following countries are in stage 1 of the DTM?

Which of the following countries are in stage 2 of the DTM?

Which of the following countries are in stage 3 of the DTM?

Which of the following countries are in stage 4 of the DTM?

Which of the following countries are in Stage 5 of the DTM?

Which age/sex diagram best represents a country in stage 1 of the DTM?

Which age/sex diagram best represents a country in stage 2 of the DTM?

Which age/sex diagram best represents a country in stage 3 of the DTM?

Which age/sex diagram best represents a country in stage 4 of the DTM?

Which age/sex diagram best represents a country in stage 5 of the DTM?

What are gender/ sex ratios

When socially, sons are more appreciated than daughters

Why there more males than females in some countries?

What did all the culture hearths have in common?

How does good health care and sanitation affect population growth

what is negative population growth?

Which of the following countries have negative population growth?

Why are women having fewer children?

which of the following countries are pro-natalist?

Which of the following countries are anti-natalist?

When did the global population hit 1 billion?

When did the population hit 7 billion?

When is the population projected to hit 2025?

_______________ density is the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amout of land suitable for agriculture.

_______________ density is the average number of people divided by the total land area.

_______________ density is the average number of people per unit of arable land.

pattern where a phonemenon is spread out randomly across an area

a pattern where a phonominon is clustered together in a given area.

Which of the following means the same as linear?

growth in a uniform amount during equal time periods

wavy distribution (looks like an EKG heart monitor)

a pattern where a phenomenon is clustered around an economic point (agglomeration)

Why was Thomas Malthus wrong?

What do Neo Malthusians believe?

Which of the following are Neo Malthusians?

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the population growth?

What is the current world population?

What is the current US population?

What is the fastest growing region in the world?

What is the slowest growing region of the world?

What does ZPG stand for?

What is the Neolithic Revolution

What are some causes of population growth?

It's good to have higher _________.

It's good to have lower _________.

What is the Doubling Rate formula?

the tendency of a growing population to continue to grow even after a decline in fertility rates because of the young age of the population.

the number of dependents in a population, that each 100 working age people must support.

which of the following are major population clusters?

Do females or males generally live longer?

Economic activies located at the natural resource. Includes basic jobs related to the extraction of natural resources.

Economic activities including jobs that turn natural resources into another product, manufacturing.

Economic activities in which people make a living from jobs handling and processing information and capital. Includes medicine, law, education, investment and finance, research and development, and compter technology.

Economic activities in which people make a living from jobs in the service sector that require a high level of specialized knowledge and skill. Decisions are made in areas of business, government, and education and science.

Poor coutnries need loans to continue to develop, but cannot pay back the interest so thye must pay back the interest so they must borrow more money to pay the interest.

foreign companies build new factories on land leased to them by a government. A portion of the gains is given to the government. Profits used for interest payments and infrastructure.

whe na government seizes natural resources or companies and places them under government control.

development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Areas gaining jobs and attracting other industries.

companies are leaving an area and unemployment increases.

What is an example of downward transition in the US?

What is an example of upward transition in the US?

Where did the Industrial Revolution Start?

When did the Industrial Revolution start?

areas that provide the majority of the resources for the industrial core

area where the majority of the manufacturing activity of a nation or country are located

where is the resource frontier for the US

Stages of growth for a country's technology (originally based on how mych a company's technology use increases, but has been adapted for countries)

Does urban or rural areas have better sanitation?

Which of the following have the most advanced infrastructure?

the amount of money left over after all of the bills have been paid

a rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency

Does the US have an official language?

What is the official languange(s) of the US?

Which of the following countries have a free enterprise economy?

Which of the following countries have a socialist economy?

Which of teh following countries have a command economy?

An economic system found in some rural developing areas where custeoms govern the economic decisions. Local decision making for the good of the group.

An economic system also known as a command econmy in which the central government makes the economic decisions and owns the means of production. In Marxism, the goal is a classless society.

An economic system that is sometimes reffered to as a mixed economy. Social programs suchas welfare and public health care and education are funded by the government. The government owns major industries. Governments and individuals share the economic decision making. Companies and land can be individually owned

An economic system also known as free-enterprise and market economy. Resources and means of production are privately owned. Economic decisions are governed by supply and demand. The means of production are privately owned. Very little government intervention.

A form of communism that tries to achieve a classless society

Social and economic change caused by the reduction in manufacturing and the rise of tertiary economies within a country (usually and MDC)

Which of the following countries are experiencing deindustrialization?

highly mobile and efficient, can go almost anywhere there is roads, high route flexibility, but can be delayed due to weather, road work, use fossil fuels, and have high mantainence costs.

can haul big loads for long distances, but don't have much route flexibility, has limited land travel, and aren't as popular as in the past.

fastest mode of transportation, but expensive, many weather delays, and isn't good for break of bulk.

most energy efficient and cheapest, but port facilities are expensive, is the slowest, and is also weather sensitive.

is used to move liquid or gas products from/to refining, and is very expensive to build.

What is the most cost effective for travelling a short distance?

What is the most cost effective for travelling a medium distance?

What is the most cost effective for travelling a long distance?

metal boxes containing transported materials that make it easier to load and unload transported materials

the act of unloading, transferring, or distributing part of all of a shipment

when agglomeration is successful, the land and resources become expensive. When a company chooses to locate elsewhere for economic advantage.

occurs when firms cluster spatially in order to take advantage or geographic concentrations of skilled labor and industry suppliers, specialized infrastructure, and ease of face-to-face contact with industry participants.

the practice of sending part of a company's work to another company off site. Often the sub-contractor (new company) is in another country. The sub-contractor then sells the product back to the original company (still cheaper than making it themselves).

the practice of moving employees or certian business activities to a foreign country as a way to lower costs or taxes (same company)

Starting in about 1960- MDC labor in manufacturing has been transferred to NICs and now LDCs for cheaper production costs (especially labor).

The emigration of highly trained or intelligent individuals from a particular area.

Industrial zones with special incentives to attract foreign investments to places where imported materials indergo processing or assembly before being re-exported.

Foreign industrail plants located in Mexico in order to take advatange of cheap labor costs. Muchof this work has moved to Asia in recent years.

designated areas in countries with special economic regulations that differ from other areas in the same country. These regulation tend to contain measures that are conductive to foriegn direct investment. Conducting business in these usuallly mean a company recieves tax incentives and the opportunity to pay lower tarrifs.

A large campany which opperates with offices and divisions around the world.

4 Asian Countries- South Korea, Hong Kong, Sigapore, and Taiwan- that experienced rapid economic growth due to industrialization and easy export and imports to markets in the West.

a country's ability to produce a product much more efficiently than it can produce other products within its economy.

Theory by David Ricardo that states that coutnries should specialize in the production of goods and services in which they can make the most efficiently (for which they have comparative advantage).

goods purchased that should last for a long period of time. These goods usually cost more as one doesn't need to replace them as often.

goods that last for a short period of time (usually for less than a year) and therefore must be replaced more often.

Developed by August Losch- Manufacturing plants will locate where they can maximize profits

Competitors will seek to limit each others territory as much as possible by locating close to each other

weight of final product is less than that of the raw materials that made the product

weight of final product is heavier than that of the raw materials that made the product

What are the three factors of Weber's Least Cost Theory?

What is the most important factor of Weber's Least Cost Theory?

manufacturing goods for sale in the home. Usually something small- textiles, jewelry, etc.

The North American Trade Agreement- an agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries. Replaced by USMCA.

development that meets the needs of the present without comprominisng the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Which of the following are renewable resources?

Which of the following are non renewable resources?

Which energy source is the most sustainable?

transnational labor migrants, foreign employees work for a limited period of time before returning to their home country.

a family member leaves a country and establishes a goothold in a new country. The migrant sends word back for more familu members to join him or her.

Most migration is actually done in stages- People migrate from farm to village, then from village to twon, then from town to city, then from city to suburbs.

seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures.

transfer of money from a foreign worker to an individual in his or her home country.

Which of the following are included in Ravenstein's 11 Laws of Migration?

Which of the following are included in Ravenstein's 11 Laws of Migration?

Which of the following are included in Ravenstein's 11 Laws of Migration?

African Americans from the South to major urban areas in the North for job opportunities after WWI (1919- after WWII)

The Great Migration is an example of which of the following?

Where in the US is experienceing net-in migration?

Where is the US is experiencing net-out migration?

more people move away from an area than move to the area.

more people move to from an area than leave the area.

Which of the following are reason's that it's easier to migrate today than in the past?

describes the interaction of two places based on size of each place and the distance between them

Zelinsky's Migration Transition Model-

people who move from colder climates to warmer climates in the winter months.

When a culture adopts customs or knowledge from another group and uses it for their own benefit.

domination of one culture over another

cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact

the process through which people lose differenciating traits, such as language, dress, and manners when they come to a new place.

collection of languages with a common heritage from (was spoken) several thousands of years ago

collection of languages with a common heritage from before recorded time (oldest group)

collection of languages with a common heritage in recent past history. These languages share similar grammar, structure, and vocabulary.

language of international communication

Which of the following are Indo-European diffusion theories?

When a person or group takes control of an area, and makes everyone in that area follow their ideas/rules- made to explain Indo-European dominance

Kurgans migrated, bringing language with them while searching for pastures for horses. Theorist- Marija Gimbutas

Anatolian region- relocation diffusion. Theorist- Colin Renfrew.

Which of the following styles of music originated in urban areas in the US?

Which of the following styles of music originated in motor city (Detroit)?

Which of the following styles of music originated in the upper midwest (Minesota, Wisconsin)?

Which of the following styles of music originated in the South/Central Louisiana?

Which of the following styles of music originated in the Texas?

Which of the following is the folk food of northeast US?

Which of the following is the folk food of Maine?

Which of the following is the folk food of Southern US?

Which of the following is the folk food of Louisiana?

merging ideas from different cultures (sometimes merging old and new ideas)

in writing- symbols represent whole words, not sounds

mix of colonizer and indigenous languages

simpler form of two languages to make it easier to understand

created by Carl Sauer- Humans have modified the environment to fit their needs. This includes the built environment and agricultural practices that reflect culture.

place from where a culture begins and spreads