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3904785Thomas MalthusWho had the theory that Food will increase arithmetically; population increases exponentially; food WILL run out.
3904786World Population DistributionThe concentrations of this term are in the Northern Hemisphere (larger land masses, better climate are the reasons why)
3904787Africa and AsiaThe fastest growth is occurring in the poorer countries of these two continents; their cities are growing rapidly.
3904788ChinaThis country's crude birth rate is lower than ours because of birth control; one-child policy
3904789Birth Rate - Death rate + immigration - emigrationThe formula of a country's population change in one year is : (do not abbreviate)
3904790Total Fertility RateOther than the original way, what is another way population growth is measured?
3904791GerrymanderingThe purpose of this is to benefit one group or political party in creating congressional districts.
3904792Map projection and distortionHappens when a round surface is made flat; distortion may be in size or shape of land forms, distance between land forms, or in direction.
3904793Stage 1This stage of the demographic transition model has a high birth rate, a high death rate, and low conditions/ outcomes.
3904794Stage 2This stage of the demographic transition model has high birth rates, low death rates, and high growth.
3904795Stage 3This 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.
3904796stage 4This 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.
3904797IndiaCultural Center for Hindus (country)
3904798IsraelCultural Center for Jews (country)
3904799North Africa and Southwest AsiaCultural Center for Muslims (country)
3904800RiversIn 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.
3904801Great Britain and FranceWho were the major colonial powers in Africa?
3904802UrbanWe are more ____ and have been more ____ since the 1920s (talking about the U.S.)
3904803Sun BeltPopulation 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 ___ ______.
3904804Boston to WashingtonOur core area is from ______ to _________ (make sure you include the word "to" in between your two answers)
3904805Transnational CorporationsThese 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.
3904806Mesopotamia, China, India, MexicoWhere 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.)
3904807SiteDeals with a description relative to physical features- like near a harbor or mountain
3904808SituationDeals with a relative location- near by or close to some other place.
3904809Cultural LandscapeReligions affect food production-- religions may ban the eating of certain foods. This is in the ______ ______. (fill in the blank)
3904810Religion, language, ethnicityWhat are the causes of clashes between groups?
3904811Family to branch to group to language to dialectParts of language are?
3904812mortality, war, influx of guest workers, boomer generationWhat can population pyramids show?
3904813Guest WorkersThese people come from other countries for money and cannot stay permanently.
390481415 degreesA new time zone is every how many degrees? (take note: China does not use the international time zone)
3904815Cultural ExtinctionThis is a problem in places like the rainforest because mankind may lose knowledge about the ecosystem and medicinal customs.
3904816Language ExtinctionThis occurs usually by acculturation or take-over by a hierarchical group.
3904817Reference MapThis is used for location purposes for places or regions
3904818Thematic mapThis term shows certain variables that may be located, compared, analyzed

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