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13994359285Physiological densityThe number of people per area suitable for agriculture0
13994367244Arithmetic densityThe total number of people per square kilometer or unit of land1
13994369003Agricultural densityThe number of farmers per unit of arable land2
13994376471One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implication is thatThe most rapid growth is occurring in the developing world3
13994380586Intraurban migrationTo move within the city4
13994383733International migrationWhen people cross state boundaries5
13994387786Inter-regional migrationPermanent movement from one region to another6
13994389578Intra-regional migrationPermanent movement within one region of a country7
13994394538Interurban migrationTo migrate from City to City8
13994396330Brain drainThe large-scale emigration of individuals with technical skills or knowledge9
13994400535Chain migrationWhen immigrants from a particular Town follow one another to a different city10
13994403487Many Asians are currently migrating to the United States through the process ofBrain drain followed by chain migration11
13997200431Relocation diffusionThe spread of an idea through physical movement from one place to another12
13997207195Stimulus diffusionWhen one people receives a cultural element from another but gives it a new an unique form13
13997222809The current distribution of soccer demonstrates thatA folk custom can become part of a pop culture14
13997229120Literary traditionThe written form of a language15
13997234543Language familyA group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history16
13997240156Religion branchA large and fundamental division within a religion17
13997247430Nation-StateThe system of organizations defined by Geography, politics and culture18
13997259287Nation or NationalityA group of people title place to legal status and personal alliance... to a particular place as an effective being born there19
13997275758Ethnic CleansingThe process when a group forcibly removes another group20
13997279242StateAn area organized into an independent political unit21
13997287433Sphere of influenceAn area surrounding a settlement that is affected by the settlement activities Ex. The S.o.I of a shop if how far people will be prepared to go make use of it22
13997313005THE LAW OF THE SEAStandarizing the territoral limits for most countries at 12 nautical miles23
13997337428What has to happen so the self-sufficiency approach can develop?It calls for a country to identify it's unique economic assests24
13997349326Intensive agricultureThe form of subsistence agriculture that feeds the largest number of people in the developing world25
13997360219What is a commercial farmer most concerned with regarding costs based on the Von Thünen modelThe cost of land The cost of transporting output to market26
13997377402Plantation agricultureA form of commercial agriculture found in developing countries27
13997383970Bulk-reducing industryAn industry where the final product has much high value per weight Ex. Copper production28
13997399123Break-of-bulk points areLocations where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another29
13997410899Rural settlements differ from Urban settlements primarily according to what type of activityEconomic30
13997417211Linear rural settlementsA cluster of buildings near a road, river, to facilitate communication31
13997440078Use of the Central place theoryHelps explain how the most profitable location can be identified32
13997455726According to the gravity model, the potential use of a service at a location is relatedDirectly to population and inversely to distance (More people = more use of the service) (Less distance = more use of a service)33
13997903412Rank-size ruleThe distribution of size by rank in decreasing order of size34
13997912606Peripheral modelModel of North America cities consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential areas and business areas35
13997928496Concentric zone modelMiddle: CBD 2: Transition zone 3: Low income housing 4: Middle income housing 5: Commuting Zone36
13997959710Multiple Nuclei ModelA model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities.37
13998004355Sector Modela description of urban land uses as wedge-shaped sectors radiating outward from the CBD along transportation corridors. The radial access routes attract particular uses to certain sectors, with high-status residential uses occupying the most desirable wedges38
13998032689Metropolitan statistical areaThe definition of a city covers the largest land area (covers a geographical region with a relatively high pop. density at it's core (The U.S.A.)39
13998089049Urban clusterIn the US, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants40
13998108006BlockbustingA process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood41
13998113647AnnexationThe adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.42
13998122124FilteringWhen social groups move from one area to another leading to changes in the nature of the residential areas43
13998141672SubsidizeTo underwrite it financially, providing the support that keeps it going44
13998162715Public transportation in European cities is relatively extensive becauseEuropean governments subsidize public transit45
13998180159Where is the best housing located jnt he sector modelA corridor from downtown (the CBD) to the edge of the city46
13998202930Urban economic and social geographic challenges in the U. S. Do not includeA bigger concentration of low-income residents in suburban areas47
13998244842Critics and defenders of sustainable development both agree thatMore international cooperation is needed to reduce the gap between developed and developing countries48
13999000294Gerrymanderingthe drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent49
13999047554Primary sectorThe portion of the economy concerned with direct extraction of materials from the Earth's surface generally through agricultural although sometimes by mining fishing and forestry50
13999076192Secondary sectorTest portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials51
13999117775Tertiary sectorTest portion of the economy concerned with transportation communications and utilities sometimes extending to the provisions of all goods and services to people in the exchange for payment52
13999163061Quaternary sectorService sector industries concerned with the collection, processing, and manipulation of information and capital. Examples include finance, administration, insurance, and legal services.53
13999175288Quinary sectorThe most advanced form of Quaternary activities consisting of high-level decision making for large corporations or high-level scientific research.54
13999195120SiteThe physical character of a place55
13999199916Situationthe location of a place relative to other places56
13999210213Distance decaythe tapering off of a process, pattern, or event over a distance57
13999245946Who were the original counties within the European Community, the predecessors to the European UnionFrance, Belgium, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands58
13999259888Space-time compressionThe reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place.59
13999276132Amritsar, IndiaHoliest religious site for the Sikh's (the golden temple)60
13999304003What is not true for truck farmingLabor cost are often high on these large-scale farming operations *They are actually a lot cheaper*61
13999374924What was the first prerequisite for the start of urbanizationPrivatization of land ownership62
13999418872What region is most threatened by desertificationAustralia {88%}63
13999419547Mackinder's geopolitical heartland theoryIf anything was outside the dominance of Eurasia it would be less powerful64
13999566529What did Thomas Malthus not account forThe green revolution (improved fertilizer and crop strains)65
13999584741Substitution principalWhat leads to the industrial location theory66
13999597316TopcidePlanned destruction of a place to make way for an industrial center67
13999612847Foreign direct investmentThe investment of foreign companies in countries outside their headquarters. Ex. American companies in Indonesia68
13999632984Footloose industryType of industry that doesn't have high transportation costs69
13999641422Comparative advantagethe idea that a region or country will produce goods it can make at a lower cost than other regions can and will trade them for goods that other regions can make more efficiently than it can70
13999669406Effects of the British enclosure movement in the 1850sAgricultural efficiency increased Urban migration increased Feudal village life was disrupted Communal fields were consolidated71
13999694672In 1998 an estimated is 350,000 asylum-seekers were from Croatia. What were the primary destination in that yearYugoslavia in Bosnia-Herzegovina72
13999715871Linguistic refuge areaA place that is relatively free from forces of language diffusion and convergence Ex. A mountainous area73
13999732080Primate cityThe largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement. Examples: Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Lagos in Nigeria74
13999760244Agglomerationa mass or collection of things; an assemblage.75
13999783907HinterlandThe surrounding area serviced by the functions in an urban center; the larger the urban place = the larger the hinterland76
13999813691Informal sectorWorkers who do not report their incomes are jobs for the government77
13999843680Cognitive distance78
13999395151What region is most threatened by desertification79

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