Which term refers to the physical character of a
location?
a. Situation
b. Site
c. Relative location
d. Absolute location
e. Place
Which term refers to the
physical character of a
location?
a. Situation
b. Site
c. Relative location
d. Absolute location
e. Place
 Situation refers to a
description of a place,
based on its
relationship to
something else
 Site refers to a physical
description of a place
What is meant by
demographic
momentum?
Demographic Momentum
 is the tendency for growing population to continue
growing after a fertility decline because of their young
age distribution.
What is meant by TFR?
What is meant by TFR?
On average, how many children a
woman will have during her
lifetime.
Number of Children Born
Women Aged 15 to 45
What is a language family?
What is a language family?
A group of languages that are
related and derived from a
single earlier language—the
protolanguage
In reference to migration,
what is meant by an
intervening opportunity?
Intervening obstacle?
 Intervening opportunity: the idea that migrants
will choose a location closer rather than farther if all
other factors are roughly the same.
 Intervening obstacle: An environmental or cultural
feature of the landscape that hinders migration
What is an example of a
monotheistic religion?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
What does lingua franca refer
to?
What does lingua franca refer
to?
The language of business and
trade
What is a vernacular region?
Examples?
What is a vernacular region? A popular region
that is names for the way people perceive it.
Examples? The South, New England, the North
What are the characteristics
of a universalizing religion?
What are the characteristics
of a universalizing religion?
One in which anyone can
become a member
What are the characteristics
of an ethnic religion?
What are the characteristics
of an ethnic religion?
One that is a part of a
particular ethnic group or
political group
What is an example of a polytheistic
religion?
Hinduism
Confucianism
Mahayana Buddhism
Taoism
Shintoism
Describe the belief system of
animism.
Where can this religion be
found?
Describe the belief system of animism: The
belief that spirits (including ancestral) live within
objects such as animals, rivers, rocks, trees, and
mountains.
Where can this religion be found? Mainly Africa,
but aspects can found in many ethnic religions.
Define Possibilism:
Define possibilism: The
theory that the physical
environment merely
establishes limits of what is
possible on the human
population
Define
environmental
determinism
Environmental Determinism:
The theory that human behavior is
controlled by the physical
environment
What is meant by a formal
region?
Examples?
 What is meant by a formal region? A region with a
high level of consistency in a certain cultural or
physical attribute.
 Examples: Texas, Virginia, Florida, the Sahara Desert
What is meant by a proto-
language?
What is meant by a proto-
language?
A reconstructed ancestral language
that forms the basis for a language
family
Describe Tobler’s first
law of geography
 Tobler’s First Law of Geography:
 "Everything is related to everything
else, but near things are more related
than distant things."
How do you find the
rate of natural
increase?
How do you find the rate of
natural increase?
Birth Rate – Death Rate__
10
Which country has the higher rate
of natural increase?
Country A: CBR 50
CDR 30
Country B: CBR 22
CDR 9
Why has the
population of China
continued to grow even
though there is a one
child policy in effect?
It is due to demographic
momentum
How do you determine
doubling time?
How do you determine
doubling time?
70___
_
Rate of Natural Increase
What did Ravenstein say
about migration?
What did Ravenstein say about
migration?
 Move only a short distance
 Usually settle in urban areas if moving
long distances
 Move in steps
 Move from rural to urban
 Are adults
 International=more young males
 internal= more females
What term is used to
describe the linguistic
boundary between using
coke and pop?
 What term is used to describe the
linguistic boundary between using
coke and pop?
 Isogloss
What is the current
global lingua franca?
 English
What do Zionist believe?
What do Zionist believe? they
support the reestablishment of a
Jewish homeland in the territory
defined as the historic Land of
Israel
What are the basic beliefs of
Judaism?
What are the basic beliefs of
Hinduism?
What are the basic beliefs of
Christianity?
What are the basic beliefs of
Buddhism?
What are the basic beliefs of
Islam?
Describe the conflict in
Ireland
 Describe the conflict in Ireland:
 Northern Ireland is predominantly Protestant and
more closely aligned with the British Crown. The rest
of Ireland is predominantly Catholic and wants home
rule.
Describe the conflict in Israel
 Describe the conflict in Israel:
 With the creation of the state of Israel in 1947, there
has been major conflicts in the region. Palestine lost
half of its land in this process and were upset. After a
couple of wars between Israel and Palestine/Arab
World, Israel defeated Palestine and their allies, taking
up land. The issue today is over whether or not
Palestine should be granted statehood.
What is the difference between GPS and GIS?
a. GPS uses GIS data
b. GIS uses GPS data to determine location
c. GPS is the layering of data, whereas GIS is the
gathering of data
d. GIS is the layering of data, whereas GPS is the
gathering of data
e. GPS correlates with GIS, but GIS does not correlate
with GPS
What is the difference between GPS and GIS?
a. GPS uses GIS data
b. GIS uses GPS data to determine location
c. GPS is the layering of data, whereas GIS is the
gathering of data
d. GIS is the layering of data, whereas GPS is the
gathering of data
e. GPS correlates with GIS, but GIS does not correlate
with GPS
A fad is started by a television personality of wearing
shorts with a shirt and tie. The trend spreads
throughout the United States. This is an example of
what type of diffusion?
a. Expansion
b. Contagious
c. Stimulus
d. Relocation
e. Hierarchical
A fad is started by a television personality of wearing
shorts with a shirt and tie. The trend spreads
throughout the United States. This is an example of
what type of diffusion?
a. Expansion
b. Contagious
c. Stimulus
d. Relocation
e. Hierarchical
What is this? What does it tell us?
How does this differ from the
previous slide?
What is the difference
between arithmetic
density and physiologic
density? What are the
drawbacks of each?
Arithmetic density: divides
the entire population of a
country by the total land are
to come up with a population
density for the country as a
whole.
Physiologic density: only
takes into account the land
that is being used by humans
What is meant by
dependency ratio?
Dependency Ratio: the ratio
of people under age 15 and
those 65 and older to those
age 15 to 65.
What does this tell us?
Explain this graphic
What is meant by
Chain Migration?
Chain Migration: The part of a
migrant flow that follows former
migrants to an area
Acculturation OR Assimilation
Acculturation: the change that
occurs within a culture when it
adopts a practice from another
culture
Assimilation: the process by
which immigrants become totally
integrated into the host culture
According to APHG, what is the
oldest major religion?
According to APHG, what is the
oldest major religion?
Hinduism
What are the major language
families?
What are the major language
families?
Indo-European Language Family:
 Largest language family in the world
 Of the top 10 languages spoken in the world today, seven are descendants of the IndoEuropean language family.
 Examples: English, Greek languages of Aeolic, Ionic, Doric, Farsi, Bengali, and Hindi.
The Sino-Tibetan Language Family:
 Upwards of 20% of the world’s population speaks a Sino-Tibetan language
 Examples: Mandarin, Thai, Cantonese, and Burmese
The Afro-Asiatic Language Family:
 Many of these languages are spoken in North Africa.
 Most commonly spoken language is Arabic
 Examples: Arabic, Hebrew, Somali, and Berber
The Niger-Congo Language Family:
 Consists of languages found in Southern Africa
 Swahili is a lingua franca in the East Africa region today
 Languages primarily diffused through colonization (relocation diffusion) and trade.
 Examples: Swahili, Zulu