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| human/environment interaction |
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| the way humans interact (destroy improve) their environment |
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| the latitude and longitude o fa place |
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| mental map of the areas where your daily activity takes place |
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| the expansion of economic political and cultural processes to the point that they become global (interdependence) |
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| Referring to the cholera epidemic in London, by 1865, what had people learned to take precautions against to avoid contracting the disease? |
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| state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion. |
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| related set of cultural traits |
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| the expansion and adoption of a cultural element from its origin to a wider area |
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| a form of diffusion in which cultural adaptation is created |
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| the distance controlled spread of an idea |
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| the effect of distance on interaction |
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| environmental determinism |
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| the environment determines how we will be |
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| environmental possibilism |
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| the environment could possibly determine how we will be |
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| for the world to maintain a replacement level, what must the fertility rate be? |
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| How do countries with aging populations lessen the strain on the economy and stimulate their economic growth? |
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| population of a country or region expressed as and average per unit area |
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| the number of people per unit area of arable land |
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| ***which continent are the world's 3 largest population concentrations located? |
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| Unlike the above population concentrations, Europe's population concentration is directly related to its ______ |
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| The largest concentration of population in the U.S. is located in which area? |
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| The northeastern megalopolis |
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| Thomas Mathus' Population theory |
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| Food supplies grew arithmetically but population grew geometrically meaning our population would grow much faster than food so eventually we would starve |
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| India in acted what population policy in 1970? |
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| Forced Sterilization of Men |
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| What are the 3 aspects of population |
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| Birth, Death, Immigration |
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| favoring of people with good genetics (promotion of birth control among certain groups) |
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| How many illegal immigrants live in the U.S. currently |
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| temporary recurrent relocation (army) |
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| seasonal periodic movement of pastorilists and livestock |
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| movement that has a closed route repeated seasonally or anually |
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| movement along a definate set of places |
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| a change in residence intended to be permanent |
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| What country was involved in BOTH forced and voluntary movement |
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| Ravenstein's Study of Migration |
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1. migrations flows generate a flow of counter migration
2. Most migrants move short distances
3. Migrants who move far tend to pick big cities
4. Urban Migrants move less
5. Families are less likely to make international moves |
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| Big Cities pull more people in |
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| What 4 present-day countries are the locations of the 4 ancient cultural hearths |
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| India, China, Egypt, and Iraq |
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| 3 Major aspects these cultural hearths had in common |
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| Fresh Water, Favorable Climate, Fertile Soil |
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| cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings, and traditions |
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| cultural traits like fashion |
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| aspects of popular culture with a local flair |
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| beliefs and practices of a group of people |
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| E. Relph used what word to describe the effect of popular culture on the quality of American Landscape |
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1. classification
2. symbolization
3. dehumanization
4. organization
5. polarization
6. preparation
7. extermination
8. denial |
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| language beginning as a pidgin language then being adopted as the mother tongue |
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| business or trade language |
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