9980901536 | Agricultural Hearth | Locations where different agricultural practice originated and diffused from. | 0 | |
9980901537 | Urbanization | Increase in the percentage and the number of people living in cities | 1 | |
9980901538 | TFR (total fertility rate) | the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years | 2 | |
9980901539 | dependency ratio | ratio of the economically dependent part of the population to the productive part | 3 | |
9980901540 | Outsourcing | The physical separation of source economic activities from the main production facility | 4 | |
9980901541 | Vernacular region | An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity | 5 | |
9980901542 | Functional region | A region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it | 6 | |
9980901543 | Perforated state | A state that completely surrounds another one | 7 | |
9980901544 | Landlocked state | Lacks a direct outlet to the sea because it is completely surrounded by several other countries | 8 | |
9980901545 | Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape. | 9 | |
9980901546 | Enclave | an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it | 10 | |
9980901547 | large-scale map | shows a small land area with a great amount of detail | 11 | |
9980901548 | Small-scale map | shows a large area with out much detail | 12 | |
9980901549 | Globalization | The expansion of economic, political, and cultural practices to the point that they become global | 13 | |
9980901550 | Lingua franca | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people of different native languages | 14 | |
9980901551 | Isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate. | 15 | |
9980901552 | Language branch | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago | 16 | |
9980901553 | Folk culture | Traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas | 17 | |
9980901554 | Popular culture | Culture found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits | 18 | |
9980901555 | Centripetal force | Force that being people together | 19 | |
9980901556 | Centrifugal force | Things that break people apart | 20 | |
9980901557 | Assimilation | When people lose their own cultural differences such as dress and speech when they come in contact with another culture | 21 | |
9980901558 | Bulk-gaining industry | An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs. | 22 | |
9980901559 | Bulk-reducing industry | An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs. | 23 | |
9980901560 | HDI (Human Development Index) | a measure of a country's standard of living, including health and education | 24 | |
9980901561 | transnational corporations | companies that operate factories in countries other than the ones in which they are headquartered | 25 | |
9980901562 | Forward city | A relocated city because of economic or strategic reasons | 26 | |
9980901563 | World city | Dominant city in terms of its role in the global political economy not because of its population | 27 |
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