Space Place Location Review
What is the difference between a "state" and "nation"?
A state refers to a governmental entity while a nation refers to an "imagined community" of people.
what effect did the 19th century industrialization have on the spatial distribution of cities ?
cities grew up around coal fields
what effect did colonialism have on cities
coastal cities became more important
Post fordism
commodification, service economy-increase mechanization, globalization, advertising, selling and promoting product, branding
traditional economism
violence, forcing local societies to operate under another society
The demise of the banana variety known as gros michael is a cautionary tale about which of the following?
Homogenization of agriculture ?
Folk Culture
Rural, slow change
Maps can easily be criticized as limited or "partial" representations of reality. That is, the map is only a patrol representation of the thing it is meant to represent. However, despite their limitations maps are also extremely helpful. Which is the following way to take an advantage of the "partiality" of maps?
Subway maps that forego locational
Unbridled capitalism often leads to environmental degradation and social inequality. These two concerns need to be balanced with economic health is associated with which theory.
Sustainable delveopment
Many developing societies lack access to nutrious food, like vitamin A. Some development programs seek to replace existing foods with alternative versions. Replacing the white sweet potato with he orange is an example of this. Which of the following is why this strategy is not always effective?
There is a cultural attachment to the white sweet potato and its particular qualities and engineered plants like the orange sweet potato require additional inputs (fertilizer) which may be prohibitived for some farmers.
True or false: despite the criticism of green revolution these techniques have ended for shortages in some places around the world
True
It is common to talk about globalization as a great equalizer that levels the playing fief for people participating in global markets all over the world, but others (including many geographers) argue that this is not always the case. Which of the following illustrates how this is NOT always the case
Unequal access to communications technology means that some people face barrels to participating in global markets
What does not contribute to the deterritorialization of states?
import taxes does not. International terriorism, free trade and globalization, illegal trade migration does.
Popular Culture
Rapid Change, urban
Cultural landscapes refer to the idea that human activity imprints itself onto the physical landscape. How can cultural landscapes be viewed?
1. As texts can be read to help understand to production of a place. 2. as a cultural autobiography that reflects cultural tastes, values aspirations and fears. 3. As a complicated social construct with multiple layers
The best way to overcome inequality is to level the economic playing field by removing trades berries is associated with which theories of development
1. Neoliberalism
In general, women tend to make less than men for doing work the same work. What kind of power is most typically associated with this kid of inequality?
1. Structural power
Which of the following is not an example of commons
1. his computer
Which of the following conditions contributed to the success of bubonic plague and other disease in medieval societies?
1. improved transportation technology 2. urban poverty 3. food shortages
what led to the increasing importance of coastal cities and the decline of the importance of land locked cities
1. increased use of water based shipping
Which of the following is not true about the unequal distribution of disease in the world
1. infectious disease is more prevalent in the developing world while chronic disses is more prevalent in the developed world 2. patterns of disease around the world are linked with wealth of a population, cultural practices or population and the technology available to a population
Which of the following is NOT an example of a non-state political actor?
1. international monetary fund 2. world bank 3. world trade organization 4. united states
Which of the following is NOT true about green revolution of crops
1. they provide more agricultural jobs for rural people.- not true 2. true- require more fertilizers and pesticides than traditional crops 3. produce more food per acre than traditional crops-true 4. are associated with the consolidation of smaller farms into larger ones- true
Development isn't linear. Global economic relationship interfere with the natural progression of economics is associated with which theories of development
2. Dependency theory
Which of the following are features of colonialism?
All are. 1. dominance of one society over another. 2. political,economic, and ideological control of a territory and people invading a group. Military control of a territory and people by an invading group.
Many developing societies lack access to nutritious food, like vitamin A. Which of the following is NOT a historian reason for this shortage?
All of these are reasons for malnutrition 1. colonial practices shifted agriculturlate towards cash crops instead of more nutritious ones. 2. participation in labor force by women reduces protracted infant nursing 3. large-scale plantations restrict access to farmland and games areas.
Which of the following would be an example of enclosure of common property?
All of these are. 1. privatizing pastures that were previously open to anyone who wanted to graze their livestock 2. reducing factory pollution be selling a limited number of pollution permits 3. charging a fee to access a public beach
Which of these situations is not made possible by social construction of race
All of these are. 1. segregated beaches at the shore. 2. block busting. 3. colonialism
Cultural landscapes frequently contain evidence of all of the following expect which of the following
All of these are: 1. language, religions, economy, family structure,
Which of the following engages in territoriality ( or an attempt to control and influence space by delimiting it or defining it)
All: state/countries, sub-states/provinces, cities/towns, individuals
Which of the following was a major contributor to the suburbanization of mid-20th century america
Auto centric planning,decline of americas industrial base
How is common property different than private?
Common property is something that a group of people have access to while private property has the right to exclude others
In the fil generation like, the narrator discuss the increasing integration of social networking and advertising. Which of the following is one way of describing the effects of this new strategy?
Corporate activités, once focused manille on commodifying new trends, are now influencing innovation, population adoptions and main stream acceptance as well as commodification
Which of the following is true about ebola outbreak in west africa?
Ebola emerged in 2013-2014 in areas of political instability, wealth inequality and minimal healthcare spending
What is being adjusted in structural adjustment programs?
Economic systems, and especially reglutaroy policies re adjusted to that there are fewer berries to trade.
True or false. Social construction of genders refers to the process by which expectations based on gender are used to oppress individuals. Therefore only feminity can be constructed and masculinity cannot.
False
True or false: Industrialization of agriculture in the 18th century only had negligible effect on urban economies
False
True or false: Neoliberal policies in the united states have made agricultural subsidies illegal
False
Which is not true about agricultural production in the US?
Farming of stable crops like corn is highly profitable even without federal subsidies
assembly line is associated with what?
Fordism
Which of the following is true about gender from the perspective of social constructionism?
Gender identity is construction by those around us as well as ourselves.
Novel crops like pesticide resistant corn and beta carotene producing rice is associated with which stage of agricultural development
Genetic modification
Which of the following is NOT one of the effects caused by widespread use of railroads to ship foods in 1800s?
Increased use of guano as fertilizer. 1. Effects include: revival of inland cities, synchronization of food prices in distant cities, development of gain elevators for late scale good storage
Improvements in sanitation, resulting in low death rates and high population growth is most closely associated with which society?
Industrialism
Which of the following has been a critique of the demographic transition model
It is based on a eurocentric view of the world
Fordism
Mass production, vertical integration, mass consumption
Economies follow a predictable path from pre industrial, through industriliasm, and then post industrialism is associated with which theory
Modernization theory
What is the main difference between neoclassical economics are marxist political economy?
NE views capitalism as an economic form from covered markets while MPE views capitalism as the struggle between labor and capital
"Natural increase" its the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths in a population. Why is it misleading to only take into account natural increase when looking at a country's population growth?
Natural Increase does not take into account immigration which accounts for population. Natural increase does not take into account emigration which takes away from population.
Which is the following is not true about economic colonialism?
Not true: economic colonialism is achieved primarily though the threat of military violence. True: Economic conoliasm attempts to force local economies to operate under the rules of another economy True: Economic colonialism funnels capital from colonized space to colonial homeland
All of the following are true about urban growth except?
Not true: urban growth in the first world is happening much fasted than in the third world True: urban growth is filed by both natural population and immigration true: rapid urbanization often causes a housing crisis in which some people to are forced to live in substandard housing like shantytowns True: the primary pattern of urban growth in the us today is called urban sprawl
Stable birth and death rates, leading to relatively low population growth is most closely associated with which society?
Post-industrialism
Selection of seeds based on phenotypic traits is associated with which stage in agricultural development?
Pre industrial
Erratic birth and death rates, leading to relatively low population growth is most closely associated with which society?
Pre-industrial society
The green revolution is largely responsible for all of the following except
a rise in crop diversity. -not responsible for responsible for-damage to wildlife, increased use of water, increases in amount of food produced
The malthusian crisis is the point at which
agricultural production can no longer keep up with the population growth
true or false: most of the urban growth in recent decades has been in places other than united states and europe
true
As a musical form, hip hop has spread beyond its origins in nye across the united states, and into the middle east, among other other places. Yet while may of hip hops cores featured have remained intact the musical form has also been modified to fit specific cultural contexts, taking on different culture meanings to groups of people. This is an example
cultural diffusion and appropriation
Over the course of history, urban growth has been most closely associated with
developments of agriculture
reforestation
due to us forest service management, partly due to commercial foresty,
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the post industrial or corporate city?
economic activity is mostly centered at the city core
high rate of growth
economic development, gender inequality, longer life expectancies
urbanization is primarily driven by
economic forces
Which of the following is an attempt to reinforce sovereignty of existing states?
enforcement of borders against illegal immigration
Vertical integration is associated with what?
fordism
incorporation of genes from non plant sources is associated with which stage of agr. development?
genetic modification
Urban sprawl results in environmental problems because of
greater pollution, greater use of materials, conversion of agriculture to urban land uses, prevalence of low activity lifestyles
Increased used of pesticides is associated with which stage of agricultural revolution
green revolution
dramatic 5 fold increase use of water resources is associated with which stage of agri. development ?
green revolution
hybridization of seeds is associated with which stage of agricultural development
green revolution
In this article on queer ecologies " matt grandy tells the story of abney park, a neglected cemetery that has become among other things, a population site, for cruising by homosexual men. Candy argues that the characterization of the cemetery as queer space has led to come argue in favoring "tidying up" the area. This is an example of
heteronormativity
first wide spread use of fertilizer that wasn't derived from live stock manure is associated with which stage of agricultural development
industrial agricultural
mechanization of agricultural activities(planting seeds, preparing soil) is associated with which stage of agr. development?
industrial agricultural
Steam engine is associated with what?
industrial revolution
Which of the following did NOT contribute directly to the rise of a service economy
industrial revolution 1. commodification did, increasing mechanization of production did and globalization did
Steep decline in birth rates because of urbanization, inclusion of women in the workforce, the birth control is associated with which society?
industrialism or or late industrialism
which is most commonly associated with industrial revolution
invention of steam engine
World systems theory proposes there are core countries and periphary countries as well as semi periphery countries like mexio. Mexico is considered Semi periphery because
it exports raw materials, supplies cheap labor, and produces high profit consumption of good
Humanized environment
land conversion to farmland. Humans came to dominant natural processes. All human activity has been constrained. Enable by natural conditions
agricultural industrial,
mechanization, standardization, homogenization of food production,
Which of the following did not play a role in industrial revolution
natural gas water power, steam engine and coal did
low rat of growth
urbanization, disease poverty, gender equality/empowerment of women
Which of the following best describes the cities during the earliest phase of industrial l revolution?
poor working conditions, high levels of environmental degradation and pollution?
Which of the following is/are true about the difference between popular culture and folk culture ?
populate culture tends to be associated with urban populations while folk cultures tend to be associated with rural populations. Folk cultures tend to changes slowly while popular cultures tend to change quickly.
Commodification is associated with what ?
post fordism
Service economy is associated with what?
post fordism
flexible production is associated with what?
post fordism
hand broadcasting of seeds is associated with which stage of Agricultural development?
pre modern agriculture
In the united states our market based economy
privileges private property over common property
structural adjustment programs
pro free trade policies that are often attached to international loans reduce trade barriers
Structural adjustment is a term for
pro-free trade policies that are often attached to international loans
The film t shirt travels examines
problematic relationship between colonialism and debt
In the film t-shirts travels the term economic colonialism is used to describe..
relationships of debt and obligation between nations in the global south like zambia and financial institutions
neoliberalism
removing trader barriers, reduce government spending, intended to reduce interference in global markets
post fordism is associated with the growth of intangible work such as tourism, retail and education. These jobs are associated with which of the following
rise of service economy
The demographic transition is a conceptual model for understanding
the change in population growth rates as as consequence of social and technological change.
Cultural diffusion does not occur at a regular and predictable speed. Instead various kinds of technology and social arrangements can speed up or slow down the process. This is referred to as
time space compression
Some have argued that globalization has flattened the world, but many geographers argue that technological change continues to have uneven effects around the world. For example in some sense the internet has brought together people in far- flung urban centers, which puts social barriers between urban people and rural ones. These effects of internet technology are examples of
time space compression
Most abundant forrest in US
tropical, boreal
Non state political actors
world trade organization, international monetary fund, world bank
