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GIS (Geographic Information System)
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
Immigration
Migration to a new location
Emigration
movement of individuals out of an area
Where is the lowest life expectancy?
Subsaharan Africa, Middle East
Core Islamic beliefs
One God (Allah), Daily prayer usually 5 times, charity to poor, pilgrimage to Mesa, Ramadan fasting
Examples of forced migration
Native Americans
Site
The physical character of a place
Situation
The location of a place relative to another place
Location
The position of anything on Earth's surface.
enviromental determinism
the view that the natural enviroment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development
Objective of European Union
Military protection, travel between countries is easy, trade freely, same currency, allies
Defacto segregation
Natural segregation, like calls to like
Dejure segregation
Forced segregation, seperate but equal, Jim Crow laws (USA), apartheid (Africa)
Voluntary migration
Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
Main historic motivation for immigration to the U.S
Jobs and freedom
toponynm
the name given to a place on Earth
Stimulus diffusion
The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.
Example of Stimulus diffusion
Mcdonalds in India having the same restaraunt but different meal options
Relocation diffusion
the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another
Hierarchical diffusion
the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places
Average migrant
Young, male, looking for a job, moves short distance, single/unmarried
Why do most South American cities hug the coastline?
Colonialism
immigration in 1750-1990
Europeans coming to America
immigration in 1990-today
Central Americans moving to America
CBR
crude birth rate
Where do the Amish live?
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio
Folk culture
Culture traditionally practiced by a small rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
Pop culture
widespread cultural patterns, available to many
Origin place of major 3 monotheistic religions
Jerusalem
Ethnic religion examples
Judaism and Hinduism
Sunni Muslim location today
Saudi Arabia
Lutheran religion location
Upper midwest- Missouri and Dakotas
Where Christianity least popular regionally
Asia, specifically China
Major religion practiced in Central and South America today
Christianity
Indo-European language groups
Romanic and Germanic
Romance/Romanic languages
French, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, Portugese
Germanic languages
Germany and English
Four major culture hearths
Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, Indus River Valley, North China
How is dependency ratio effected by life expectancy?
High life expectancy= high dependency ratio
Population pyramids heavy on the bottom show what kind of country
Developing
Interregional migration patterns during the 19th+20th century
Move from South USA to North USA during civil rights
Are birth rates high or low in developing countries?
High
Malthus view on population
Believed that the world's population was growing more rapidly than the available food supply.
Physiological population Density
The number of people per unit area of arable land
Chloropleth
a thematic map that uses shading to show statistical variables
Cartogram
a map on which statistical information is shown in diagrammatic form.
Isoline
A map line that connects points of equal or very similar values.
Mormons or Latter Day Saints location
Utah
Arable land
land suitable for growing crops
Concentration
The spread of population over a given area.
Density
How many people are in an area
Cartography
The science of making maps
Centrifrugal
things that cause disunity in the state (ex: political, religious, or economic conflict)
Centripetal
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Mercator projection
Galls-peter projection
Winkel Tripel Projection
Goode Homolosine Projection
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