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Study Terms: Define and Give Example for Each
Due on Monday, May 13th
Chapter 1: Introduction to Geography
Concepts/Terms
Human Geography
Globalization
Spatial Distribution
Pattern
Location Theory
Region
Place
Perception of Place
Connectivity
Cultural Landscape
Sequent Occupance
Absolute Location
Mental Map
Formal Region
Functional Region
Perceptual Region
Culture Complex
Cultural Hearth
Time-Distance Decay
Definition and Examples
Cultural Barrier
Expansion Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Environmental Determinism
Chapter 2: Population
Population Density
Arithmetic Density
Physiologic Density
Population Distribution
Dot map
Doubling Time
Population Explosion
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Demographic Transition
Stationary Population Level
Population Composition
Population Pyramids
Infant Mortality Rate
Newborn Mortality Rate
Child Mortality Rate
Genetic or Inherited Diseases
Endemic
Expansive Population Policies
Restrictive Population Policies
One-Child Policy
Chapter 3: Migration
Remittances
Cyclic Movements
Periodic Movement
Activity Spaces
International Migration
Internal Migration
Voluntary Migration
Laws of Migration
Gravity Model
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Distance Decay
Step Migration
Intervening Opportunity
Chain Migration
Colonization
Regional Scale
Islands of Development
Asylum
Genocide
Immigration Laws
Chapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture and Cultural Landscape
Culture
Folk Culture
Popular Culture
Local Culture
Material Culture
Non-Material Culture
Assimilation
Custom
Cultural Appropriation
Ethnic Neighborhood
Commodification
Authenticity
Time-Space Compression
Placelessness
Global-Local Continuum
Glocalization
Chapter 5: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality
Gender
Identity
Race
Racism
Residential Segregation
Succession
Gendered
Barrioization
Chapter 6: Language
Language
Mutual Intelligibility
Standard Language
Dialects
Dialect Chains
Isoglass
Language Families
Subfamilies
Sound Shifts
Proto-Indo-European
Backward Reconstruction
Deep Reconstruction
Language Divergence
Language Convergence
Renfrew Hypothesis
Romanic Languages
Germanic Languages
Slavic Languages
Pidgin Language
Creole Language
Global Language
Chapter 7: Religion
Religion
Secularism
Monotheistic Religion
Polystheistic Relgion
Universalizing Relgion
Caste System
Hinduism
Shintoism
Taoism
Confucianism
Judaism
Zionism
Sunni
Shiite
Minarets
Interfaith Boundaries
Intrafaith Boundaries
Ethnic Cleansing
Religious Extremism
Chapter 8: Political Geography
State
Territoriality
Sovereignty
Territorial Integrity
Nation
Nation-State
Multinational State
Multination-State
Core
Periphery
Semi-periphery
Centripetal
Centrifugal
Federal
Devolution
Boundary
Geometric Boundary
Physical-political boundary
Heartland Theory
Geopolitics
Chapter 9: Urban Geography
Urban Morphology
Social Stratification
First Urban Revolution
Site
Situation
Trade Area
Rank-size Rule
Central Place Theory
Sunbelt Phenomenon
Functional Zonation
Central Business District
Suburbanization
Edge Cities
Urban Realm
Griffin-Ford Model
McGee Model
Zoning Laws
Commercialization
Urban Sprawl
World City
Primate City
Space of Consumption
Chapter 10: Development
Commodity Chain
Developing Country
GNP
GDP
GNI
Formal Economy
Informal Economy
Modernization Model
Neo-Colonialism
Structuralist Theory
Dependency Theory
World Systems Theory
Export Process Zones
Special Economic Zones
Islands of Development
Chapter 11: Agriculture
Organic Agriculture
Primary Economic Activity
Secondary Economic Activity
Tertiary Economic Activity
Root Crops
Seed Crops
Animal Domestication
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture
Von Thunen Model
Third Agricultural Revolution
GMOs
Commercial Agriculture
Koppen Climatic Classification
System
Climatic Regions
Luxury Crops
Agribusiness
Chapter 12: Industry and Service
Location Theory
Variable Costs
Friction of Distance
Least Cost Theory
Agglomeration
Deglomeration
Locational Interdependence
Primary Industry Regions
Break-of-Bulk Points
Fordist
Post-Fordist
Just-in-Time Delivery
Global Division of Labor
Outsourced
Offshore
Technopole
Chapter 14: Globalization and Geography of Networks
Globalization
Participatory Development
Local Exchange Trading System
(LETS)
Vertical Integration
Synergy
Gatekeepers
Horizontal Integration