Geography

surrounding area

A functional region is defined in terms of the relationship between a usually urban node and the

plate tectonics

A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

focal point

An element that might define a formal region

what activities is most likely to occur in the informal economy

Childcare, any unpaid family work, itinerant vendors, gardeners, shoe cleaners, parking watchmen.

As climate is defined in the textbook, what reflects a climatic change

Rise in global temperatures from the mid-20th century to present

physical geographers

Study the process by which the physical landscape is shaped

Cultural hybridization.

The blending of popular culture with local cultural traditions is known as

Parellels

The simple definition of a perceptual, vernacular region explains that it is a region, because Latitude, one element of the grid system used for absolute location, includes 90 percent of the world population growth occurs in

Beliefs, behaviors, material objects, and values shared by a group of people.

What are characteristics of culture?

Extreme weather conditions

What are some possible effects of climate change?

Countries in East Asia and South Asia

What countries are the percentage of its living in cities probably less than 75 percent?

Ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state.

What is a stateless nation?

Appeal to people of many cultures, regardless of where they live in the world.

What is a universalizing religion?

Native Americans

What is an individual who locates to a locality that is less vulnerable to global warming

The breakdown of the population by gender and age at a given point in time.

What is shown in a population pyramid?

Decolonization

What is the process of a Connie scanning or beginning control over its territory in establishing a separate independent government?

Society

What term in the book is used in the book to describe a group of people who share a common culture, language, and political identity

Ethnicity

What term refers to the situation in which a group of people with a common background and history identify with one another

Nitrogen oxides

What type of population is the greatest cause of acid rain?

U.S., Japan, Germany

according to the Core periphery model, which of the following countries is part of the core?

Bioregion

an assemblage of local plants, animals, and insects covering a large area, such as a tropical rainforest, or a grassland is called a

Burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, land use changes, livestock, fertilization.

anthropogenic emissions are caused by

Convergent plate boundary.

by what name do we know the place where two tectonic plates are forced together

pull forces of migration

favorable conditions that attract people

East Africa and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

in what world region is Swahili a lingua franca?

Stage1

in which stages of demographic transition is the rate of natural increase (RNI) low?

Latitude and Longitude

lines on globes and maps that provide information to help you easily locate places on the Earth

push forces of migration

negative conditions that drive people from a location

demographic transition

phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates in societies with minimal technology,

Globalization

the increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world

map scale

the relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground

Geography

the study of the earth's physical and cultural features

Available nutrients are in the tropical forest so when the trees are removed, the nutrients are removed too.

tropical forests are not well-suited for intensive agriculture, because

A religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group.

what is an ethic religion?

Carbon dioxide

what substance accounts for more than half of the human generated greenhouse gases

Brazil

what world region is experiencing the highest rate of tropical deforestation?

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

what world regions are most likely to suffer food shortages

Grassland plains without trees except near rivers and lakes.

with what bioregion is the term steppe associated?