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| the ideal form. homogenous group of people governed by their own state. one of most defining moments of political geography. came about in 17th century from westphalia treaty. |
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nature- the social creations and the physical universe that includes human beings
society- the inventions, insitutions and relations created and produced by human beings
relationship b/w the two- society shapes peoples understandings of nature and nature shapes society |
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the way place, space and landscape shape culture at the same time as culture shaping place, space, and landscape. examines traits, complexes and regions. a way of further understanding human settlement patterns
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meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the chances of meeting the needs in future generations. a very vague term, but combines economic development and environmental development
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| malthus population theory |
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uncontrolled fertility.
theory that population growth is solely biologically determined.
1. limited by means of subsistence
2. unless checked population increases as subsistence increases
3. population checks are either "private" or "destructive"
critique of malthus --> technological advance and resource redistribition can offset doomsday scenario, and socio cultural factors also mediate population growth |
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| a specific set of links between food production/consumption and accumulation opportunities. dominates for a particular period. 19th century-1960s wheat and livestock. 1970s fresh fruits and vegetables. linked to global networks between core and periphery. |
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| feeling of belonging to a nation as well as the belief that your nation has the right to determine its own affairs |
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| also known as "la revolution tranquille" established in the 1960s. the use of provincial government to modernize society. caused decline in role of catholic church, and increase in secular nationalism |
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| the aggregate area of land required to produce resource input and assimilate resource output of that population or economy. a way to measure sustainability --> 2 hectares per person leads to sustainability |
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| sharecropping system that dominates current rural landscape. peasants give 50% of shared crops to landlords while landlords determine the domestic life of the peasant. exploitive, but paternalistic. |
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