AP geo final vocab I'm confused on

Absolute direction

Precise compass direction (north south east west) between 2 locations

Absolute distance

measurement of space between two points, expressed in units such as kilometers or miles.

Relative direction

A directional reference based on a person's perception of location, using terms like left, right, forward, or backward.

Relative distance

Measurement of distance between two locations, often expressed in terms of time or cost rather than physical units.

Geographic information system GIS

A computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.

Geospatial technologies

Tools & systems used to capture analyze and visualize geographic info and spatial data

Remote Sensing

Collection of info about earths feature and phenomena from a distance using satellites or aircraft without direct physical contact

Satellite navigation systems

Technology that uses satellites to determine precise geographic locations and coordinates on Earths surface

Asylum seekers

People who have fled their country and applied for protection In another country based of claims of persacution or danger

Chain migration

Voluntary movement of people to destination with relative/friends/community

Itnternally displaced persons

People forced to leave their homes but who remain within their own country's borders due to conflicts,persecution,disaster

Refugees

People who flee their country or region to due to persecution conflict violence and seek safety in another location

Contraception

methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy access to contraception is a factor that influences tfr

Shatter belts

Region of geopolitical tension & conflict where the control and influence of majors powers compete often resulting in political fragmentation

territoriality

connection of people their culture and their economic systems to a specific land or territory

Stage 1 of DTM Model

high births & deaths

stable population

Stage 2 DTM Model

Falling death , high births

rapid pop growth

Stage 3 DTM Model

Falling birth rates & low death rates

growth slowing

Stage 4 DTM Model

low birth & deaths

Low/stable population growth

Stage 5 DTM Model

births fall lower than death rates

population decline

examples of shatter belt

Eastern Europe during the Cold War, where the conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact influenced local dynamics.