| Term | Definition |
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| Earth Writing | The term "geography" literally means- |
| Boroughs | New York City is divided into five ______, in order to better organize social services for millions of people |
| Namibia | In which of the following countries would you expect to find the highest rate of population growth? |
| The Influence of "friction of distance" | In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates- |
| Azimuthal | Which of the following projections places the North of South Pole at the center of the view. |
| Hierachical Diffusion | Rap Music first appeared in New York in the 1970's. Later it spread to large cities with vibrant African-American populations. Such as Los Angeles, Oakland. Chicago, and Detroit, without being absorbed by the smaller cities and rural areas in between. this type of spatial diffusion is called- |
| Map-Making | Cartography is the art and science of- |
| It is part of the Green Revolution | Which of the following is FALSE regarding slash-and-burn agriculture? |
| Shows the age and sex structure of a population. | A population pyramid- |
| Hunters and Gatherers caused the extinction of many species after the end of the last ice age. | The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that- |
| Material Consumption | In and address to the 1994 United Nations International conference on population and development. India argues that. although population growth has placed pressure on the world's natural resources________ by industrialized nations has also had extreme consequence for environmental quality. |
| Idiographic | Geographical research that applies only to one place or region is- |
| 2,000 years | Approximately how long did it take for eurasian hunter-gatherers to reach the tip of south america after their initial arrival in alaska. |
| +births-deaths + immigration - emigration | The demographic accounting equation computes future population as a function of current population |
| Longitude | The angular distance east of west of Greenwich, England |
| Postmodernism | The idea that our impressions and experiences of the world around us are filtered through the lens of our culture and our individual experiences which critiques the sort of scientific universalist grand theories offered by modernists is called- |
| Cultural Syncretism | The religious practices of some native american groups combine elements from both their traditional religion and from christianity. this is an example of- |
| Countries with high levels of economic production will have low birth rates | the demographic transition model posits that- |
| Loss of indegenous knowledge about ecosystems | One important consequence of cultural extinction is- |
| Reference... thematic... | _______ maps work well for locating and navigating between places, while ______ maps display one or more variables across a specific space. |
| Buddhism | Which of the following religions originated in northern india and then spread across central and southeast asia, indonesia and japan? |
| Territorial Organization | States with federal forms of government must also have-- |
| Located mainly in Europe and Nothern America | In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are- |
| Cultural Ecology | The study of the interaction between human cultures and natural ecosystems is called- |
| A strong central government. | Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of Balkanization |
| There could be several thousand over the next century | Which of the following is true about language extinction? |
| Imperialism... Colonialism | __________ involves in the economic and political domination of one state by another while ______ includes official institutionalized government rule. |
| Nutrient-Poor | Agricultural techniques developed in the temperate lands are frequently inappropriate for wet tropical climate because rainforest soils tend to be- |
| Shading and Coloring | All choropleth maps are- |
| In fertile river valleys | Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located |
| Net National Product | The aggregate measure of economic development that accounts for the depreciation of capital and natural resources is called the- |
| Have Historical homelands spanning many national borders | The kurds are an example of an ethnic group that- |
| Tyson's Corner, Virgina | Which of the following is an example of an edge city? |
| China, India, Turkey and Mexico | Hearth regions of early agriculture included present-day- |
| Land values decrease farther from the urban center | Von Thren's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises? |
| The city beautiful moment | Washington D.C's Lincoln memorial mall with their dramatic neoclassical architecture and symbolic references to democracy and populism are associated with- |
| Central Place theory | The theory that explains the regional organization of urban areas based on their functions and the goods and services they offer is called- |
| 19th century victorian architecture | The city of San Francisco is known for which of the following? |
| The north/south divide | the geographic distance between the colonizing countries of europe, north america, and the eastern asia and the colonized states of africa and south america has been called- |
| Chicago | Which city's dense urban core is the "birthplace of the skyscraper? |
| New Guinea | The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on earth is in- |
| Asia | By 2020 most of the worlds biggest cities will be located in- |
| Istanbul, Turkey, | _______ strategically located on the border between two continents and at the intersection of many cultures and religions |
| The relation between a distance on a map and distance on the ground | Cartographic scale refers to- |
| Eurasian Diseases | Which of the following factors is most responsible for the dramaic demographic collapse of native americans during the colonial period? |
| Are disproportionately larger than other cities in a nation | Primate cities are those that- |
| "diaspora" | The term ____________ describes a group of people with a comon ethnic identity that is spread out over a large geographic area. |
| It is versatile and aesthetically pleasing | The National Geographic Society uses the robinson projection for many of its maps because |
| Catholicism | Does NOT qualify as a protestant denomination |
| Gentrification | During the 1980's and 1990's santa monica california became significantly wealthier and more expensive. this process is reffered to as- |
| The great lakes | Which of the following regions experienced rapid industrial growth during the early 20th century followed by a severe decline and difficult period of economic readjustment? |
| Mexico City, Mexico | Qualifies as a primate city |
| Thematic Layers | Geographic information systems use________ to display multiple spatial data sets. |
| Sites where goods are transferred for continued shipping | Break-of-bulk points are- |
| Assimilation | The process by which one ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture is called- |
| Dependency Ratio | The ________ will increase over the next decade as baby boomers reach old age and are no longer able to work and provide for themselves. |
| Natural Increase | When the crude birth rate is higher than the crude death rate. the difference between the two is called the-- |
| Cognitive maps | Maps like the ones shown here are regferred too as- |
| High mass consumption | In Rostows stages of development model economic maturity is characterized by- |
| Most americans consider environmental issues to be important | according to the public opinion polls more than 80% of americans consider themselves environmentalists. which of the following could you locially conclude from this information? |
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