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What is a map?
A two-dimensional model of Earth’s surface, or a portion of it.
What is the definition of 'place' in geography?
A specific point of Earth distinguished by a particular character.
What are the five themes of geography?
Location, Place, Human-Environmental Interaction, Movement, and Regions.
What is environmental determinism?
The belief that the physical environment causes social development.
What is a choropleth map?
A map that shows the level of some variable within predefined regions, such as counties, states, or countries.
What does 'cultural landscape' refer to?
The area of Earth modified by human habitation.
What is the definition of 'density' in geography?
The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
What is the difference between highest density and highest concentration?
Highest density refers to the most in numbers, while highest concentration refers to items being closest together.
What is diffusion?
The process by which a characteristic spreads across space.
What is globalization?
The process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
What does the demographic transition model explain?
The process of change in a society’s population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates.
What is an example of a push factor in migration?
Forces that induce people to move out of their present location, such as economic hardship.
What does the term 'ethnic cleansing' refer to?
The process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one to create an ethnically homogeneous region.
What is the difference between emigration and immigration?
Emigration refers to migration away from a location, while immigration refers to migration to a location.
What is a language family?
A collection of languages related through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
What is an ideogram?
A writing system where each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a specific sound.
What is the average number of children that a woman will have during her childbearing years called?
Total Fertility Rate (TFR).
What does 'census' refer to?
A complete enumeration of a population.
What is a dot map?
A map that uses a dot to represent the occurrence of some phenomenon to depict variation in density in a given area.
What is a theme in geography?
A specific topic or focus area used to organize geographical information.
What is topography?
The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
What is cartography?
The science of making maps.
Define 'time zone.'
Regions of the Earth that have the same standard time.
What is 'scale' in geography?
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
What is 'net migration'?
The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.
What does 'cultural diffusion' mean?
The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
What is a 'formal region'?
An area within which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics.
What is the main objective of the European Union?
To promote development within member states through economic cooperation.
What does 'urbanization' refer to?
The process of making an area more urban, typically involving the growth of cities.
What does 'situation' mean in geographic terms?
The location of a place relative to other places.
