subsaharan africa, southwest asia, north africa

informal

"people who are employed as street vendors or crafts people are considered part of the __ economy"

density,distance,division

2009 world band development report, what are the "3 Ds of Economic Geography?"

formal,functional, and perceptual

3 types of geographical region

False about Global Systems

Global Systems were Spatial relationships between colonial powers and the lands they colonized and no longer exist

states (countries) play an increasingly significant role in world trade

NOT consistent with strong globalization

emerged since the 1970s

NOT consistent with weak globalization

traditional islamic city

a central marketplace, a mosque, a citadel, residential land and buildings and alleyways designed for privacy

strong view of globalization

a global economy has emerged since the 1970s that is significantly different because global corporations have become more important than states in the world economy

biome

a large ecological unit with similar vegetation and climate

fragmented modernization

a pattern in which a few regions experience most of the development while the rest are left unaffected

colonialism

a physical process by which one area takes over and controls another for its own benefit

modifiable areal unit problem

a statistical change that occurs when the size of the spatial unit of analysis is changed within the same study

network

a system of links among places, institutions and people

false

african civilizations of various territorial sizes functioned throughout africa, but their people did not trade with each other until the arrival of the europeans

true

almost all of the continent of africa lies within the TROPICS

Region

an area of Earth with a degree of similarity that differentiates it from surrounding areas

Qanat

an underground conduit system which uses gravity to bring water into agricultural areas or towns

perceptual regions

based on what an individual sees in her mind of an area of land that he or she perceives as being similar within that area

global reach

colonizers focused on gaining lands to establish large-scale agricultural production in the americas and to establish trading posts for the atlantic slave trade in africa and ports for the spice trade in asia. what best describes this trading system?

think geographically

considering and understanding the context of what is going on in the world, using geographic concepts to find connections and make distinctions among different people and places

landlocked

countries such as mali, burkina faso, chad, and niger have economic challenges not only because of climate but also because they are all

Liberia

country in western africa that was never colonized

the rift valley lake district

densely populated zones of Africa include the Nile River, Coastal West, Southern Africa, and __

2009 world band development report, the importance of economic density

economic density relates to people and firms moving closer to each other to take advantage of a certain dynamism

difference between strong and weak globalization

evidenced by the global economy that has emerged since the 1970s and is significantly different from what existed previously defines globalization as a long-standing process, dating back in time to when systems of exchange became more global

from the late 1400s to 1850s, when europeans colonized the americas and coastal africa

first wave of colonialism

weak globalization

globalization is a long-standing process that dates back to a time when systems of exchange became more global in scope, starting with the expansion of the Portuguese empires in the 1500s

Double Exposure

households or areas facing the twin challenge of coping with both globalization and climate change

to places most connected to the hearth

ideas and goods diffuse from the hearth first ___

export resources

main purpose of colonial railway lines

the government

nationalization of resources, such as copper in Zambia, means that ___ now controls and owns it

Kalahari

on the map of population density in Africa, which of the following does NOT have dense concentration of people?

false

physical geography is a large determinant of the spatial patterns of world religions

structural adjustments

policies pushed by the world bank and IMF to raise revenues and cut government costs in developing countries

Townships means within the context of subsaharan africa

refers to the underdeveloped outskirt of a city which was designated for nonwhites to live during the apartheid era in south africa

NOT true about spatial interaction

spatial interaction defines the differences between areas where ideas or inventions begin and areas where there are differences in vegetation and ground covers

site

the basic physical attributes of a location that make it attractive for human habitation or economic activity

spain and portugal

the first wave of colonialism was sparked by these european colonial powers

sequent occupance

the layers of cultures who have lived in a place

Hearth

the origin or place that a new good or service is initially produced

globalization

the process of heightening interactions, increasing independences, and deepening relations across country boundaries

land alienation

the taking of customary land by european colonial powers

Persian Gulf

the vast majority of petroleum resources being exported from Southwest Asia and North Africa come from the countries bordering the __

turkey,syria,iraq

through which 3 countries does euphrates run

the South

we often perceive regions to exist even though we have never been to them. A strong example of regional perception in the US is __

climate and landforms

what could a physical geographer study

see places in the world that were tied together and places that were not

what is true about spatial interaction

arabic

what language is predominant today in SW Asia and N Africa?

uneven distribution of wealth among a country's population

what would explain the reason for the GNI of a country increasing over time, while everyone in that country experiencing greater personal wealth?

nigeria

which country in africa has the highest total population

relocation diffusion

which type of diffusion best describes how judaism has most commonly spread from area to another?

false

world regional geography always uses satellite imagery to define the absolute difference between groupings and then defines and builds a schema from that data