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13971594519Longitudethe distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian, vertical lines0
13971597047Latitudedistance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees, horizontal lines1
13971599859Robinson MapCompromises polar areas, shows little distortion, hard to see poles2
13971603155Mercator MapArea larger near poles, shows direction3
13971609238Azimuthal MapLatitude lines, used for planes4
13971614586DemographyStudy of population characteristics5
13971616892Crude Birth RateThe number of live births per year per 1,000 people.6
13971618853Crude Death Rate (CDR)The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.7
13971621354Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)The percentage of annual growth in a population excluding migration.8
13971622851infant mortality ratethe death rate during the first year of life9
13971624524total fertility rateThe average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years.10
13971627447Arithmetic Density# of people/square miles11
13971629441Physiological Density# of people/miles of farm land12
139716347445 Main Population ConcentrationsEast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Northeast US, Southeast Canada13
13971641439MalthusFood will increase 1 by 1 but population will multiply, population growth will outpace food.14
13971656093Eugenic PolicyPolicy that favors one group15
13971660506TranshumanceThe seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.16
13971669152Hierarchichal DiffusionThe spread of a feature or trend from one key person or note of authority or power to other persons or places17
13971671213Stimulus DiffusionThe spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.18
13971679261Time-Space Compressionthe rapid innovation of communication and transportation technologies associated with globalization that transforms the way people think about space and time19
13971684784IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.20
13971690041Creole Languagea language that began as a pidgin language but was later adopted as the mother tongue by a people in a place of the mother tongue21
13971715772Heartland Theory (Mackinder)Central Europe is the pivot area that leads to dominating the world22
13971718141Rimland Theory (Spykman)Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provided the base for world conquest.23
13971723368World Systems TheoryTheory originated by Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three-tier structure, separates countries depending on social standings, political power, and economic development.24
13971729139BalkanizationProcess by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities25
13971733830Antecedent BoundariesA boundary line established before an area is populated26
13971735879Subsequent Boundarya boundary line that is established after the area in question has been settled and that considers the cultural characteristics of the bounded area27
13971738633Superimposed BoundariesA boundary chosen by an outside power.28
13971744472Boundary 3 D'sDefined (written on a legal document), delimit (put on maps), demarcate (physically marked)29
13971749649Law of the Sea12 nm territorial, 12 nm high seas, 200 nm eez30
13971757706Agricultural HeathsCentral America/Northwestern South America, Western Africa, Southeast Asia31
13971763549Neolithic (1st) Agricultural RevolutionTransition from hunting and gathering to agriculture32
13971769460Second Agricultural Revolutionimproved methods of cultivation, harvesting, and storage of farm produce, subsistence to commercial33
13971776618Green RevolutionRapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.34
13971778149environmental determinismA doctrine that claims that cultural traits are formed and controlled by environmental conditions.35
13971780158PossibilismThe theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.36
13971789930ImperialismA policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.37
13971793350tertiary economic activityservices, nurses, lawyers, etc.38
13971796277quaternary economic activitycollection, processing, and manipulation of information and capital39
13971798306quinary economic activityService sector industries that require a high level of specialized knowledge or technical skill. Examples include scientific research and high-level management.40
13971800024Least Cost TheoryModel developed by Alfred Weber, factors are transportation cost, available labor, and agglomeration41
139718141084 Asian TigersHong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan42
139718155544 little tigersMalaysia, Vietnam, Phillipines, Indonesia43
13971820785Industrial Revolution MovementHearth in England, then to West Europe, North America, Japan, & world44
13971831292Rust BeltAuto plants surrounding Great Lakes45
13971837479Transnational CorporationCompanies with divisions across the globe to reduce transportation costs of products and people46
13971848765multinational corporationSimilar to a transnational corporation, but provides services adapted to local surroundings47
13971864124Traditional Society (Rostows)Primary and subsistence48
13971867367Preconditions for takeoff (Rostows)Advancements in tech, changes to environment for agricultural purposes.49
13971872488Takeoff (Rostow)Secondary sectors expand, textile industries are usually first.50
13971878698Drive to maturity (Rostows)new and expanded industries, manufacturing shifts from labor to capitol driven51
13971884511Age of high mass consumption (Rostows)High tech, focus on economy52
13971889885Human Development Index (HDI)Indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by United Nations, combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy53
13971936018primate cityThe largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement.54
13971936019rank-size ruleA pattern of settlements in a country, such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.55
13971938215hinterlandThe market area surrounding an urban center, which that urban center serves.56
13971938235Concentric Zone Modelstates that lower class lives closer to CBD57
13971943563sector modelstates that locations of the zones depends on transportation routes, Hoyt58
13971949753multiple-nucei modelcounters that large cities develop by spreading nodes of growth, not just one59
13971953538decentralizationthe process of taking power from state or regionsal government and giving it to local ones (deconcentration, delegation, devolution)60
13971959630Neolocalismseeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world61
13971965411Gravity ModelMeasures based on mass and distance62
13983253052World RegionsNorth America, Central America, South America, Europe, Russian Federation, Asia, Europe, Oceania63
13983314958Ester BoserupThe population growth forces an increased use of technology in farming and requires a conservation from extensive to intensive subsistence agriculture. POPULATION CHANGES DRIVES THE INTENSITY FOR AGRICULTURAL POPULATION64
13983394169Walter ChristallerCentral Place Theory65
13983440216Chauncey Harris and E.L. UlmanModern cities develop by peripheral spread of many nodes not one CBD, multiple nuclei model66
13983467464E.G. RavensteinLaws of migration: most migrants only go a short distance, long distance migrants favor big city destination, most migration proceeds step-by-step, most migration is rural to urban, migration produces counterflow, most migrants are young adult males67
13983658975Carl SauerHe helped us find agricultural hearths68
13983697824Organic TheoryBiological organisms with life cycles that include stages of youth maturity, and old age.69
14001472505Concentric Zone ModelBurgess, city grows outwards like the growth rings of a tree70
14001488510Sector ModelHoyt, as a city grows in wedges out, certain areas are more attractive of different activities.71
14001501641Multiple NucleiC.D. Harris and E.L. Ullman, a city includes multiple structures in which activity revolves72
14001522331Galactic City ModelHarris, made of an inner city, with large suburban residential and business areas surrounding it.73

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