Unit 1 Study Guide
Scale is
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents ________ on
Earth's surface.
A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is
Distortion is especially severe on
A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic
data is
The first person to use the word geography was
The science of making maps is
The name given to a portion of Earth's surface is known as
Situation identifies a place by its
Site identifies a place by its
The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth's surface is
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a
The division of the United States into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of
The frequency of something within a given unit of area is
The spread of something over a given study area is
The population of the United States is approximately 300 million, and the land area is
approximately 9 million square kilometers. The arithmetic density of the United States is
approximately
A hearth is
Economic development through international trade is an example of what type of
diffusion?
Geographers define overpopulation as
The world's fourth largest concentration of people is located in
The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
The most populous country in the world is
Two-thirds of the world's population is clustered in which four regions.
Most people live in cities in which of these regions?
The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is
Human beings avoid all of these regions?
Physiological density is the number of
A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a
Land suited for agriculture is called
If the physiological density is much larger than the arithmetic density, then a country has
The annual global population growth rate increased approximately ten thousand years
ago because of the
The annual global population growth rate increased approximately two hundred years ago
because of the
Know the stages of the demographic transition model.
Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country Y has
a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9. Which country has a higher natural
increase rate?
Know the shapes of population pyramids and what they represent.
The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is
Thomas Malthus concluded that
The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been