Honors Global Human Geography Final Exam Study Guide
What is the impact of popular culture?
Music, food, clothing
What is dependency ratio?
The number of people under the age of 15 and over 64, compared to the number of people active in labor force
What is ecumene?
The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement
What is hearth?
The region from which innovative ideas originate
What is scale?
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface
What is projection?
The system used to transfer Earth's surface to a flat map
What is infant mortality rate?
The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in a society
What is the UN, and what role does it play?
The united nations keep all of the countries in touch and try to keep everything peaceful between the nations.
Why do people maintain folk culture in spite of the lure of popular culture?
They have a strong desire to preserve their unique customs
In the 1950s, what was the status of most countries in Eastern Europe?
They were satellite states of the USSR
What is overpopulation?
Too many people, not enough resources
Name and describe the 4 types of economic systems.
Traditional: hunting, fishing, farming, and gathering as it was in the past. Command: government or dictation makes economic decisions Market: economical decisions are made by individuals to earn profits Mixed: market and command
What is mathematical location?
Being able to read a map and give the coordinates
What is the world's most populated country?
China
What is imperialism?
Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous group
What is popular culture?
Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
What is the EU and NAFTA? What were common goals?
EU: European Union NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement Their common goal is that they want to expand trade between the countries
What was the one child policy?
Families in china could only have one child due to the fastly increasing population.
How does popular culture promote a uniform landscape?
Fast food restaurants are a good example of the uniformity and are usually organized as franchises where the restaurant is allowed to use the company's name, symbol, trademarks, methods and architectural style.
What are human rights violations?
Genocides and persecution
What are characteristics of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism?
Judaism: a monotheistic faith (only believe in one god) Christianity: the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices Islam: the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah Hinduism: a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from vedic religion Buddhism: a religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha
Humans avoid living in which types of land?
Lands without resources
What is monotheism and which religions are monotheistic?
Monotheism is the belief of only having one god. Judaism, Christianity, Islam
What is OPEC?
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
What are primary and secondary sources?
Primary: raw materials of history first hand Secondary: one that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events
What is apartheid?
System of segregation in South Africa
Which geographic feature is located in Latin America?
The Amazon River
What is cartography?
The art of making maps
What is a custom?
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people
How is the population pyramid typically distributed?
Typically there is younger people than older people in more developed countries.