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Isabel Simpson AP human geography 9th grade English 34 cards

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  1. 1Cultural Regionsareas in which people share cultural traits
  2. 2Formal RegionA region defined by a physical trait
  3. 3functional regiondefined by political or social service
  4. 4Perceptual RegionBased off people's stereotypes
  5. 5Distance DecayFather away something gets from its hearth the less frequent that thing becomes
  6. 6Environmental determinismTheory that the environment controls the development of human mental qualities
  7. 7PossibilismThe view that humans can change the environment in a good or bad way
  8. 8Peter's Mapdistorted shape especially AfricaPeter's Map
  9. 9Robinson's MapOval shape
    used the most in education    Robinson's Map
  10. 10Mercator's MapGreenland and Asia will look hugeMercator's Map
  11. 11Polar Mapmap that airplanes use
  12. 12GPStells you how to get to a certain location with satellites
  13. 13GISsystem that collects lots of different data for a huge map
  14. 14Arithmetic DensityThe number of people per unit of land
  15. 15Physiological Densitythe number of people per unit of arable land
  16. 16Agricultural DensityNumber of farmers on arable land
  17. 17Arable Landfarming land
  18. 18Population pyrimadsshows the difference in sex and age of how is dyingPopulation pyrimads
  19. 19Population Pyramid stagesPopulation Pyramid stages
  20. 20Demographic Transition ModelDemographic Transition Model
  21. 21Demographic Transition Model part 2stage 1: high birth rate and death rate
    stage 2: birth rate is the same and death rate goes down
    stage 3: birth and death rate go down a lot
    stage 4: both birth and death rate are extremely low
  22. 22CBRcrude birth rate
  23. 23CDRcrude death rate
  24. 24RNIrate of natural increase
  25. 25doubling timethe time it takes for a population to double
  26. 26TFRtotal fertility rate
  27. 27IMRinfant mortality rate
  28. 28life expectancyaverage age someone is expected to live
  29. 29Cornucopian TheoryHumans will grow enough to innovate new technologies to get more food
  30. 30Malthusian Population Theorythe Human race will outgrow all natural resources
  31. 31Emigrationleaving a country
  32. 32immigrationGoing in a country
  33. 33Ravenstein's laws of migration1. short distances
    2. migrants move to migrants
    3. arrival and movement
    4. people move away from immigrants
    5/6. most move to urban cities
    7. Women move inside a country men move out
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9th grade AP human geography Flashcards on AP test flashcards, created by Isabel Simpson on 04/05/2017.
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Isabel Simpson · May 2017
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