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Farming by area corn is more dominant in Latin America, wheat, corn and soy in North America, Wheat, corn and soy in
Europe, Monoculture and megafarms in America, intensive in LDCs, Yams, cassava and rice in Africa, Rice (intensive
rice in LDCs of Asia)
Major language families – Indo European represents the languages of Europe, Iran and India. Sino-Tibetan represents the
languages of Asia
Geographers in modern times use GPS GIS satellite imagery and remote sensing
Maquiladoras go along with globalization, decline of union in MDCs, newly industrialized countries, the new
international division of labor, rise of TNCs, interdependence
6. Which of the following significantly weakened the strength of Mackinder’s geopolitical heartland theory?
(A) the collapse of the Soviet Union and communist bloc in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Review your population pyramids
Edge cities go along with sprawl, retail and office space, more people during the day, Schaumburg, highway interchanges
Export processing zones go along with newly industrialized countries so LDCs that have industrialized factories will be
the likely place to find these – think China and its coast
Measures of devlt for MDCs –CBR, Longevity, TFR, NIR but not CDR
Japan is known as a country of middle class that developed into that middle class without resources
Remember what ruins means – acropolis
Vegetative planting develops severed roots or stems from a parent plant into separate plants that have new root systems
Sauer, Carl O. – defined cultural landscape, as an area fashioned from nature by a cultural group. A combination of
cultural features such as language and religion; economic features such as agriculture and industry; and physical features
such as climate and vegetation. “Culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result.”
Major river valleys where civilizations started
Mesopotamia-Tigris, Indus Valley-Indus, Nile River Valley-Nile, Hueng-Ho-Yellow River
Know your definitions –distance decay versus time-space compression
Economic activities:
-Primary: (extractive sector) concerned with the direct extraction of natural resources from the environment (e.g.,
agriculture, mining, lumbering, fishing, …).
-Secondary: (manufacturing sector) processing of products and assembling raw materials.
-Tertiary: (service sector) provides us with transportation, communication and utilities (transportation, retailing,
education, routine office-based jobs, …).
-Quaternary: concerned with the collection, processing, and manipulation of data and capital (e.g., FIRE – finance,
insurance, real estate, …).
-Quinary: require a high level of specialized knowledge or technical skill (e.g., scientific research, high-level
management).
Which countries have forward capitals
Centripetal or centrifugal
the existence of different language regions
rugged topography
a primate city
a poorly developed road network
religious diversity and conflict
a lingua franca
fragmented country
good infrastructure
compact shape
predominantly one ethnicity
Name the state shape
Argentina
Indonesia
Russia
Burma
New Zealand Chile
Poland
America
South Africa
24. Even though total fertility rates have been declining in some less-developed countries, the total population has
continued to grow. This demographic momentum primarily occurs because
(A) a high number of females are in their child bearing years.
(B) a low amount of the population is over 65.
(C) many people are under the age of 15.
(D) a high number of people are in the parenting age.
(E) all of the above.
Central place theory know range, threshold, central place, services, high or lower order places, hinterland
Weber’s least cost theory – industry cost theory is mainly about transportation and the cost of labor
Know the difference between urban renewal and gentrification
What does rice require to be grown – what is essential to its growth
Religions of the world –Americas Christianity, RC in Latin America, more protestant in North America. Northern Europe
Protestant, Southern Europe Catholic, Eastern Europe is Eastern Orthodox, Buddhism in East Asia, Hinduism in South
Asia
Know your city models
-which has a spine
-which has many centers
-which are the more recent ones
-which ones have an airport
-which one of the LDC models has mining
-which one of the LDC models has no wealthy areas
-which one of the LDC models has gentrification
-which one of the LDC models has an alien commercial zone
Remember labor intensive means that it would be in an LDC
What is the main part of the definition of a subsistence farmer
Where are Sunni and Shia Muslims dominant and which countries are the top ones
What do jeans represent
Globalization goes along with interdependence, newly industrialized countries, specialization and the new international
division of labor, weakening unions in MDCs and rise in wealth in the semi-periphery countries, outsourcing
Gerrymandering
Density types and how they work
Ravenstein’s rules of migration
- tend to go to cities, rural are more likely to move, most people only move a small amount
--note that cities primarily grow due to migration and also decline due to migration
.
How would each of the following go along with services in central place theory
research university
allergy-testing clinic
grocery store
helicopter repair shop
computer store
elementary school
gas station
major league team
What is hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus and relocation diffusion (first three are expansion)
What is the difference between a primate city and rank size rule
What are superimposed boundaries and when were they drawn to a very large degree
Which types of farms correspond to periphery countries
Define ethnocentrism
How do chain megastores affect a region
What are the differences between balkanization, shatterbelt and devolution
Demographic transition
-what is the NIR of stage 1 - 4
-where did the model originally apply
-why do the changes occur –think originally
What made the first cities (all of the 1s)
-political
-agriculture
-size
-function
What is the EU
What is extensive, intensive and with which farms does it go?
-recall what a feedlot is
What is the difference between food preferences and taboos?
Suburbia corresponds to which and not to which
-Burgess model
-desire for single, family detached
-Multiple Nuclei model -racism
-Highways
-GI Bill
-subways
-urban renewal
How does percentage urban relate to regions of the world
During the winter months in North America, the primary source of fruits and vegetables found in grocery stores is
(A) Uruguay
(D) Philippines
(B) Chile
(E) Italy
(C) Nigeria
How are the religions America dispersed North in the Great Plains- Lutheran, Catholics in the areas in the south with
Hispanics coming in and Baptists in the traditional south, Mormons in Utah
Which type of unit is best for seeing religions, cultures, ethnic neighborhoods, lifestules in the US
-congressional districts, zip codes, census tracts, states, counties
Silicon valley, factories all close together in an export procession zone, and business that are the same being close
together
Kurds, Palestinians have what in common
Know the definition of dependency ratio
Where do you find the Basque, Gaelic, Catalons, Walloons and Flemish
What has happened to the list of the top cities of the world over the last 30 years
What types of farms correspond to von Thunen
Which sector has grown the fastest in the US –what is a sector
67. Boundaries based on the median-line principle are generally associated with
(A) major highways
(D) bodies of water
(B) converging ethnic territories
(E) mountain ridges
(C) unsettled frontier zones
68. Which of the following map scales (all expressed in inches to feet) would be most useful for studying the details of
geographic features in the landscape of a farming community?
(A) 1:3,000,000
(D) 1:125,000
(B) 1:1,000,000
(E) 1:5,000
(C) 1:750,000
Describe NAFTA, EU, UN
What is a toponym
Why build a factory in the US, Northeast, Southeast, northern Mexico, Poland
73. Culturally defined political boundaries, such as those determined by the spatial patterns of religion or language, are
called
(A) consequent
(D) natural
(B) geometric
(E) antecedent
(C) relict
74. Which of the following countries is the primary destination for guest workers from the Maghreb region of northern
Africa?
(A) France
(D) Spain
(B) Germany
(E) United Kingdom
(C) Italy
Review the waves of migration US