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Term Definition
Geography What is the term that involves the evolving character and organization of earth's surface?
World Population Distribution What is basically the term (consists of three separate words) that means the pattern of where people live.
Crude Birth Rate Number of life births per 1000 population (male + female) in a given year
Crude Death Rate Annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.
Natural Increase Birth Rate - Death rate=
Net migration Immigration - emigration =
Toponym place name: the name by which a geographical place is known
Cultural Ecology This is the study that deals with the relationship between the earth and humans; the outcome of this relationship is the cultural landscape.
Exclave a small piece of territory separated from the main part of the territory of a state and entirely surrounded by the territory of another state. OR (Small) area outside of the compact national territory.
Enclave A tract or territory enclosed within another state or country.
Latitude the distance north or south of the equator of a point on the earth's surface. This distance is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds.
Longitude Geographic distance east or west of the prime meridian expressed in degrees and minutes.
Chain Migration Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. Importance pull factors for migrants.
Brain Drain Countries lose educated, talented emigrants (true for many Asian countries)
Internal Migration Migration within a country
Map Scale Distance on the map represents distance on the ground proportionately
Carrying Capacity The resource base of an area supports a sustainable population
Folk Culture refers to the localized lifestyle of a subsistence or otherwise inward looking culture. It is usually handed down through oral ...--More isolated--
Popular Culture culture and knowledge passed on through mass media, magazines, television, radio, Internet. OR consists of widespread cultural elements in any given society. Such elements are perpetuated through that society's vernacular language or an established lingua franca. ...--Spread by diffusion--
Nation State An ethnostate (examples are: denmark, israel, japan) The Palestinians want to be a __________. a state in which all citizens share a common nationality OR An independent state or country.
Formal Region An area organized around a focal point/ node (center). Uniformity and shared characteristics; like citizenship
Functional Region It has a node or center. Example: Business Territory region that is defined and classified by patterns of spatial interaction or spatial organization. ...
Vernacular Region It varies according to what the criteria is or who you ask. Example: The Midwest. --Also known as perceptual region; an area that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity.
Relocation Diffusion Example: The quakers - The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.
Expansion Diffusion Examples: Hierarchical (USA in Iraq) , Contagious (Coke/ McDonalds) , Stimulus (The Apple Mouse) --The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process.
Acculturation A dominant group absorbs or integrates the culture of a less-dominant group. May happen through conquest or through spread of pop culture.
Centripetal force (ANSWER IS TWO WORDS AND SINGULAR) What brings people together into a nationality; example- language, customs, history, etc. -- An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
Centrifugal force (ANSWER IS TWO WORDS AND SINGULAR) Forces that may lead to devolution (decentralizing) or Balkanization (breaking up) of a state. These may include ethnic differences, uneven development, proruption, allegiance to a substate over the national state (e.g., loyalty to the Confederacy by Southerners)), or even local control when national control is difficult because of distance decay.
Distance Decay Also called "friction of distance" When distance from a core region increases, efficiency or control decreases; The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
Unitary State Central government has the power. (Example: Russia) An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.
Federal State Example: U.S. -- Power is shared by Central government and its sub-state territorial units (state, country, etc.) ; An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
Self-Determination (TWO WORDS WITH - IN BETWEEN) A substate wants to rule itself. Example: Chechnya, Quebec in 1955, Palestinians since 1948
Colonialism Involves being ruled by the mother country. Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
Imperialism Implies economic and political domination. ; Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society.
Forced Migration Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors. Example: Africans because of tribal warfare. Natural Disasters. (Sudan, Cajun Diaspora)
Universalizing religion Seeks new members, A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular region.
Ethnic religion A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.
Global Information System (not abbreviation) This system uses layers of computer data. Organizes information such as the geographic setting of streets and neighborhoods; used to organize/ analyze/ observe the geographic information collected.
Global Positioning System Used to give EXACT location with satellites. (Not the abbreviation)
Census tract Used by the _____ Bureau to canvas neighborhoods and collect data. (consists of two words so DON'T fill in the blank)
North American Free Trade Agreement Canada, USA, Mexico is all involved in this. Economic balance with trade.
European Union 20 + European States are in this and their last decision was to make the common currency all Euros. This is:
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries They organize how oil is distributed and taken from countries within the Middle East and Venezuela. , emerged as the major petroleum pricing power in 1973, when the ownership of oil production in the Middle East transferred from the operating companies to the governments of the producing countries or to their national oil companies. ...was set up in 1960 to co-ordinate prices and supply policies of the major petroleum exporting countries. The UK is not a member.
World Trade Organization Newer than OPEC and aims to decrease world trade barriers.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization West vs. East; democracies vs. Communist States. THE ANSWER was AGAINST the ______ Pact ***DO NOT FILL IN THE BLANK!***
Warsaw Pact The military alliances during the cold war. NOT NATO...
Prorupted State An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension (example: Thailand)
Compact State A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly. (example: Poland)
Perforated State A state that completely surrounds another state. (Example: South Africa)
Elongated State A state with a long, narrow shape. (Example. Chile)
Fragmented State A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory. (Example: Indonesia)

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AhadV : Changed Nation-State → An ethnostate (examples are: denmark, israel, japan) The Palestinians want to be a __________. a state in which all citizens share a common nationality OR An independent state or country. to Nation State → An ethnostate (examples are: denmark, israel, japan) The Palestinians want to be a __________. a state in which all citizens share a common nationality OR An independent state or country.
AhadV : Changed EU → European Union (20+ European States) Latest decision: to change the currency to Euros everywhere. to European Union → 20 + European States are in this and their last decision was to make the common currency all Euros. This is:
AhadV : Changed Vernacular Region → It varies according to what the criteria is or who you ask. Example: The Midwest. to Vernacular Region → It varies according to what the criteria is or who you ask. Example: The Midwest. --Also known as perceptual region; an area that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity.
AhadV : Changed Census tract → Used by the Census Bureau to canvas neighborhoods and collect data. to Census tract → Used by the _____ Bureau to canvas neighborhoods and collect data. (consists of two words so DON'T fill in the blank)
AhadV : Changed GIS → Geographic Information System (uses layers of computer data) to GIS → This system uses layers of computer data. Organizes information such as the geographic setting of streets and neighborhoods; used to organize/ analyze/ observe the geographic information collected.
AhadV : Changed GPS → Global Positioning System which uses remote sensors like satellites to pinpoint location. to Global Positioning System → Used to give EXACT location with satellites. (Not the abbreviation)
AhadV : Changed NAFTA → North American Free Trade Agreement (Canada, U.S., Mexico) to North American Free Trade Agreement → Canada, USA, Mexico is all involved in this. Economic balance with trade.
AhadV : Changed Chain Migration → Importance pull factors for migrants. to Chain Migration → Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. Importance pull factors for migrants.
AhadV : Changed GIS → This system uses layers of computer data. Organizes information such as the geographic setting of streets and neighborhoods; used to organize/ analyze/ observe the geographic information collected. to Global Information System → (not abbreviation) This system uses layers of computer data. Organizes information such as the geographic setting of streets and neighborhoods; used to organize/ analyze/ observe the geographic information collected.
AhadV : Changed Formal Region → Uniformity and shared characteristics; like citizenship to Formal Region → An area organized around a focal point/ node (center). Uniformity and shared characteristics; like citizenship
AhadV : Changed OPEC → Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is the Oil producing countries in Middle East + Venezuela to Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries → They organize how oil is distributed and taken from countries within the Middle East and Venezuela. , emerged as the major petroleum pricing power in 1973, when the ownership of oil production in the Middle East transferred from the operating companies to the governments of the producing countries or to their national oil companies. ...was set up in 1960 to co-ordinate prices and supply policies of the major petroleum exporting countries. The UK is not a member.
AhadV : Changed NATO → North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The military alliances during the Cold War; West vs. East; democracies vs. Communist States. to North Atlantic Treaty Organization → West vs. East; democracies vs. Communist States. THE ANSWER was AGAINST the ______ Pact ***DO NOT FILL IN THE BLANK!***
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  1. Formal Region → An area organized around a focal point/ node (center). Uniformity and shared characteristics; like citizenship - 11 misses
  2. Functional Region → It has a node or center. Example: Business Territory region that is defined and classified by patterns of spatial interaction or spatial organization. ... - 11 misses
  3. Unitary State → Central government has the power. (Example: Russia) An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials. - 10 misses
  4. Imperialism → Implies economic and political domination. ; Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. - 10 misses
  5. Folk Culture → refers to the localized lifestyle of a subsistence or otherwise inward looking culture. It is usually handed down through oral ...--More isolated-- - 9 misses
  6. Acculturation → A dominant group absorbs or integrates the culture of a less-dominant group. May happen through conquest or through spread of pop culture. - 9 misses
  7. Census tract → Used by the _____ Bureau to canvas neighborhoods and collect data. (consists of two words so DON'T fill in the blank) - 9 misses