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WorksheetsHUM GEO Vocab Review #1
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
involves the spread outward from a core area that contains the idea, cultural practice, etc.
Expansion Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Royal Diffusion
Open Diffusion
people migrate or move to a new area, they bring their ideas, objects, and the like with them
Expansion Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Open Diffusion
Regional Diffusion
the spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and other practices from place to place.
Delusion
Refusion
Expansion
Diffusion
combines computer hardware and software in a system that stores, analyzes and displays geographic data with a “computer mapping” capability.
Geopolitical Information System
Remote Sensing
Geographic Information System
Geographic Terrain Sensing
characterized by homogeneity or uniformity in one or a number of different characteristics.
Formal Region
Attached Region
Functional Region
International Region
refers to the physical characteristics, such as the topography, vegetative cover, climatic conditions, and the like.
Place
Situation
Area
Site
refers to the area surrounding the place, and is sometimes referred to as relative location
Situation
Site
Place
Area
half circles that connect the north and south poles
Lines
Meridians
Grids
Ropes
circles that encompass the Earth and are parallel to the equator
Meridians
Grids
Parallels
Linears
the theory people can adapt to their environmental conditions and
choose from many alternatives (possibilities), despite the limitations that the
environment pose.
Possibilism
Projection
Scale of Analysis
Situation
the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time
Culture
Race
Ethnicity
set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system.
Pop Culture
Folk Culture
Assimilation
a culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
Pop Culture
Folk/Ethnic Culture
Acculturation
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
Assimilation
Acculturation
Ethnocentricism
something that is considered inappropriate within a cultural group
Taboo
Unruly
Tattoo
Unsavory
the adoption of the ways of another culture: becoming part of a different society, country, etc.
Acculturation
Ethnocentrism
Alliteration
Assimilation
a symbiosis of human activity, geography, and the environment that impacts the development of culture
Cultural Heritage
Cultural Philosophy
Cultural Landscape
Cultural Production
made up of the same kind of people or things
Heterogeneous
Homogenous
Assimilation
any one of the groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits regarded as common among people of shared ancestry
Ethnicity
Assimilation
Race
large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
Ethnicity
Culture
Race
a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.
Linguistic
Lingo
Lingua Franca
a set of languages deriving from a common ancestor or "parent."
Language Family
Language Homies
Language Crew
the amount of population that a region can support without significant environmental deterioration.
Carrying Capacity
Arable Land
Physiological Density
Population Density
the number of people exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Overpopulation
Ecumene
Agricultural Density
Carrying Capacity
the scientific study of population characteristics
Ecumene
Ecology
Demography
Geology
land suited for agriculture is called
Parable Land
Agricultural Land
Arable Land
Physiological Land
the population grows more rapidly than Earth’s food supply because population increased geometrically, whereas food supply increased arithmetically
Carrying Capacity
Demographic Transition Model
Malthusian Theory
Arithmetic Supply Theory
the percentage by which a population grows in a year.
Crude Birth Rate
Demographic Transition Model
Crude Death Rate
Natural Increase Rate
the total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Consistent Brith Rate (CBR)
Ideal Birth Rate (IBR)
Market Birth Rate (MBR)
the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
Human Termination Rate (HTR)
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
Calculated Mortality Rate (CMR)
Death Ratio Calculation (DRC)
The social process by which migrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular destination.
Total Migration
Chain Migration
Overpopulation
Guest Worker
Moving to a country to work with the intention of returning to the native country
Transient Migration
Passthrough Migration
Demographic Transition Model
Guest Worker
total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1,000 live births in a society
Infant Mortality Rate
Live Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
This image represents:
Demographic Transition Model
Crude Death Rate Model
Population Pyramid
based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics – birth rate and death rate – to suggest that a country's total population growth rate cycles through stages as that country develops economically
Population Pyramid
Demographic Transition Model
Crude Birth Rate
Infant Mortality Rate
government laws or programs that attempt to decrease birth rates
Anti-natalist Policies
Pro-natalist Policies
Death Panels
Anti-Human Policies
normally negative consequences/events or conditions that push migrants to leave their place of origin
Pull Factors
Push Factors
Migration Factors
Refugee Promotions
positive factors that lead migrants to arrive at a different location
Bubble Factors
Leverage Factors
Pull Factors
Push Factors
process in which migrants reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller moves
Step Migration
Pull Migration
Internal Migration
Creeping Migration
moving to a country to work with the intention of returning to the native country
Guest Worker
Refugee Employee
International Laborer
Regional Worker
cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
Acculturation
Assimilation
Alliteration
Ethnocentrism
believe in one supreme being or god.
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Atheistic
believe in more than one supreme or deity.
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Atheistic
A thematic map with lines that connect points of equal value.
Isoline Map
Dot Distribution
Graduated Symbol
A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
GPS (global positioning system)
Equator
GIS (geographic information system)
a map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas.
Isoline Map
Choropleth Map
Dot Distribution
An area organized around a node or focal point
Functional Region
Vernacular Region
Formal Region
The image above displays what type of information?
GPS (global positioning system) data
Scale of Analysis
GIS (geographic information systems) data
Map Projection
production of food for personal consumption and survival
Commercial Agriculture
Global Agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture
way of life in which people move place to place in search of food and do not form permanent settlements
Nomadism
Culturalism
Travelism
Pedestrianism
production of food to sell
Commercial Agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture
Global Agriculture
final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans; established a dependence on domesticated plants or animals, settlement in permanent villages
Green Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
Industrial Revolution
region/location from which innovative ideas originate
Hearth
Prime Location
Heart
new technology and increased food production in the second agricultural revolution led to better diets, longer life expectancies and more people available to work in factories.
Neolithic Revolution
Green Revolution
Industrial Revolution
characterized in agriculture by the use of high-yield seeds, increased use of chemicals, and mechanized farming.
Industrial Revolution
Green Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
system of cultivation using large amounts of labor and capital relative to land area
Expansive Agriculture
Intensive Agriculture
Extensive Agriculture
Commercial Agriculture
system of crop cultivation using small amounts of labor and capital in relation to area of land being farmed
Extensive Agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture
Insensitive Agriculture
Reprehensive Agriculture
one of a region's most important crops, typically constituting a major portion of the region's diet
Edible Crop
Eligible Crop
Luxury Crop
Staple Crop
a crop that is grown to serve some purpose other than sustaining human life
Luxury Crop
Staple Crop
Intensive Crop
Formative Crop
the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
Neoagriculture
Neocolonialism
Neocapitalism
Neogeo
the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food
Food Insecurity
Food Stability
Nutritional Value
science and practice of establishing, managing, using, and conserving forests
Horticulture
Agronomy
Agricultural Engineering
Forestry
business involved in the development, growth, distribution, and sale of agricultural products
Commodity Chain
Agribusiness
Commercial Agriculture
Subsistence Chain
intensive, industrial animal farming that mass produces poultry and meat
Supply Chain
Agribusiness
Factory Farm
Commodity Supplier
Heavy products and perishables would be produced close to the town; lighter and more durable goods could be manufactured on the periphery.
Transportation costs were also factored into the overall production of agriculture in this model.
Malthusian Theory
Von Thunen Model
Globalization Model
Free Trade Model
