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Thomas Malthus Who had the theory that Food will increase arithmetically; population increases exponentially; food WILL run out.
World Population Distribution The concentrations of this term are in the Northern Hemisphere (larger land masses, better climate are the reasons why)
Africa and Asia The fastest growth is occurring in the poorer countries of these two continents; their cities are growing rapidly.
China This country's crude birth rate is lower than ours because of birth control; one-child policy
Birth Rate - Death rate + immigration - emigration The formula of a country's population change in one year is : (do not abbreviate)
Total Fertility Rate Other than the original way, what is another way population growth is measured?
Gerrymandering The purpose of this is to benefit one group or political party in creating congressional districts.
Map projection and distortion Happens when a round surface is made flat; distortion may be in size or shape of land forms, distance between land forms, or in direction.
Stage 1 This stage of the demographic transition model has a high birth rate, a high death rate, and low conditions/ outcomes.
Stage 2 This stage of the demographic transition model has high birth rates, low death rates, and high growth.
Stage 3 This stage of the demographic transition model has decreasing birth rates, low death rates, and a better infant mortality rate; moderate growth. Started large migration to the New World because of European wars.
stage 4 This stage of the demographic transition model has a low birth rate, a low death rate, a stabilized condition and low growth. Involves urbanization and even falling birth rates in some countries.
India Cultural Center for Hindus (country)
Israel Cultural Center for Jews (country)
North Africa and Southwest Asia Cultural Center for Muslims (country)
Rivers In world history it has been the significance of this that has gotten city-states to begin within Mesopotamia; in Europe the earliest and largest cities ran on this for necessary transportation.
Great Britain and France Who were the major colonial powers in Africa?
Urban We are more ____ and have been more ____ since the 1920s (talking about the U.S.)
Sun Belt Population is shifting from the Rust Belt to the ____ ______, as businesses seek cheaper land, lower costs. Federal government has spent more money in the ____ _____ in recent years, and elderly have sought retirement in the ___ ______.
Boston to Washington Our core area is from ______ to _________ (make sure you include the word "to" in between your two answers)
Transnational Corporations These corporations look out for themselves by seeking locations abroad where their labor is cheap and the laws are more lax. They move locations of production often.
Mesopotamia, China, India, Mexico Where were the early cultural hearths? (sorry the names are in a certain order and you have to get it in that order... so if you get all of them in a different order just consider it right.)
Site Deals with a description relative to physical features- like near a harbor or mountain
Situation Deals with a relative location- near by or close to some other place.
Cultural Landscape Religions affect food production-- religions may ban the eating of certain foods. This is in the ______ ______. (fill in the blank)
Religion, language, ethnicity What are the causes of clashes between groups?
Family to branch to group to language to dialect Parts of language are?
mortality, war, influx of guest workers, boomer generation What can population pyramids show?
Guest Workers These people come from other countries for money and cannot stay permanently.
15 degrees A new time zone is every how many degrees? (take note: China does not use the international time zone)
Cultural Extinction This is a problem in places like the rainforest because mankind may lose knowledge about the ecosystem and medicinal customs.
Language Extinction This occurs usually by acculturation or take-over by a hierarchical group.
Reference Map This is used for location purposes for places or regions
Thematic map This term shows certain variables that may be located, compared, analyzed
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Created January 12, 2008
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  1. Reference Map → This is used for location purposes for places or regions - 14 misses
  2. Religion, language, ethnicity → What are the causes of clashes between groups? - 13 misses
  3. Language Extinction → This occurs usually by acculturation or take-over by a hierarchical group. - 12 misses
  4. World Population Distribution → The concentrations of this term are in the Northern Hemisphere (larger land masses, better climate are the reasons why) - 11 misses
  5. mortality, war, influx of guest workers, boomer generation → What can population pyramids show? - 11 misses
  6. Site → Deals with a description relative to physical features- like near a harbor or mountain - 10 misses
  7. Cultural Landscape → Religions affect food production-- religions may ban the eating of certain foods. This is in the ______ ______. (fill in the blank) - 10 misses