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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