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Ms. Paunov

A.P. Human Midterm

Question	Answer
Newest major religion	islam
largest nationality in the world with out a state	kurds
the scientific study of pop. characteristics	demography
what country did buddhism come from?	india and southern nepal
what are the 4 motives of european colonization?	greed,gold,god,glory
what are the 4 major world religions	buddhism,hinduism,christianity and islam
whats the largest state in the world	russia
name the largest piece of land that is not a state	Antartica
what is the study of how human activity is organized spatially and the relationship between people and places?	human geography
name the projection that presents the true shapes of landmasses but distorts their sizes ex.)greenland is bigger than south america	mercator
rap music was intially spread by what type of diffusion	heirarchical
Newest major religion	islam
largest nationality in the world with out a state	kurds
the scientific study of pop. characteristics	demography
what country did buddhism come from?	india and southern nepal
what are the 4 motives of european colonization?	greed,gold,god,glory
what are the 4 major world religions	buddhism,hinduism,christianity and islam
whats the largest state in the world	russia
name the largest piece of land that is not a state	Antartica
what is the study of how human activity is organized spatially and the relationship between people and places?	human geography
name the projection that presents the true shapes of landmasses but distorts their sizes ex.)greenland is bigger than south america	mercator
eating black eyed peas on new years day in south america is an exampleof this..	custom or cultural trait
what is the use of a language distinctive to a particular group	dialect
the number of people per unit of measure	arithmetic density
"philadelphia is about 90 miles south to new york" this is an example of..	situation or relative location
forced migration of the native americans from the u.s. to oklahoma in the 1830's	trail of tears
"I'm sorry the pizza at dominos isnt as good as the pizza in napoli italy" explains the problem of..	distance decay
after this war states were created in europe based on language ex.)Poland	world war 1
prior to the arrival of europeans;native americans practiced..	aminism and shamanism
religious ceremonies for 12 and 13 year olds are often referred to as these..	rights of passage
this has resulted in greater international interdependence	globalization
this type of religion actively seeks converts	universalizing
the art and science of map making	cartography
a standard language understood by people of various linguistic traditions that is used for buisness and commerce	lingua franca
the region where innovative ideas originate, like the fertile crescent	hearth
about 50% of the world's population seak a language from this family	indo european
the othermane foe zero degrees long which passes through greenwich, england	prime meridian
these people move temporarilyto other countries for jobs and send remitance payments home	guest workers
involves permenant move FROM a location	emigration
process where new ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture	assimilation
during the great migration beginning around 1915, african americans moved from the rural south to these	cities
continent that probably has the most tv sets per 1000 people	north america
the absolute distance between 2 places is typically measured in	miles or kilometers
encompasses the largest number of languagesd	language family
hinduism originated in	india
human built objects such as farm and vineyard are examples of	cultural landscape
the scientific study of population characteristics	domography
population theorist believed that the world's rate of population increase was far outrunning the production of food supplies	malthus
according to guns, germs, and steel, this was the cause of the dramatic collapse of native americans population diring the colonial period	eurasion diseases
around here, one is probably more likely to shop at citrus park than international plaza becuse of this factor	friction of disatance
europe entered this stage of the deomographic transition in the 19th century, but most of the rest of the world did so in the 2oth century as a result of advances in medical care and declining death rate- big population growth resulted	stage 2
the death of this man would lead to the split between the shi'a and sunni over the issue of the succession of leadership in Islam	mohommad
where are microstates?	european islands,carribean island, pacific
second largest religion and also the newest	islam
where does stage four of the demographic transition model end?	at 0
where is islams cultural hearth located	iran
what happens to an economy to go into stage 3	when people get richer;more money for birth control. CBR goes down causes stage 3
the exact measure of the seperation between two points using a standard measure	absolute distance
laws no longer in effect in south africa that physically seperated different races into different geographic areas	apartheid
process of less dominant cultures losing their culture to a more dominant culture	assimilation
process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities	balkanization
the science and study of map making	cartography
the complete enumeration of a population done every 10 years	census
also called genetic political boundaries because it has to do with the evolution of boundaries	boundary origins
define centripetal and centrifugal forces	centripetal-attitude that tends to unify ppl.and enhance support for a state centrifugal-attitude that tends to lead to the breakup of a state
Because of its numerous ethnic groups, this existing country would be extremely unlikely to engage in cultural nationalism	United States
Before 1994 in South Africa, this system controlled the actions of Blacks on almost everything but their choice of religion	Apartheid
The formula for Natural Increase	Crude Birth Rate minus Crude Death Rate
The population pyramid for Naples, Florida would probably look like this	inverted
This organization has significantly reduced the importance of individual states, especially those using its currency	european union
In order to satisfy the demands of competing nationalities, states have often adopted this form of government	federal
It appears from the archaeological evidence that the first city-states began here	fertile crescent
According to Mackinder, if you want to rule the world, you should be this country	russia
An area of land that has territory, government and population	state
In the 19th Century, European countries divided up this continent to protect established interests	africa
This is the prevalent form of Christianity in South America	Roman Catholicism
Because of these, Geographic Information Systems have become successful	computers
This country is said to have so many colonies in the 19th and early 20th centuries that the sun never set on its empire	great britain or british empire
The Shi’a branch of Islam is the official religion in this country	iran
The push factor that led to so many people from Ireland settling in the US in the 1840s	the potato famine
territories that are legally tied to a soveriegn state rather than completely independent	colonies
attempt by one country to establish settlements and impose its political economic and cultural principles in another territory	colonialism
regulated european colonization and trade in africa during the new imperialism period and coincided with germany's sudden emergence as imperial power	conference of berlin (1884)
the total # of living births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in society	crude birth rate
the total # of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in society	crude death rate
the frequency with which something exists with in a given unit of area	density
the ratio # of farmers to the amount of arable land	agricultural density
the 3rd of the worlds major universalizing religions	buddhism
the diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin	distance decay
identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions	ethnicity
international organization comprised of western european countries to promote free trade among members. (established in 1958)	european union
an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government	federal
control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society	imperialism

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