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Geography (Demography
The study of things like birth/ death rates in a…
Geography
Demography
The study of things like birth/ death rates in a place and hw in affects population and human geography.
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Rate of Natural Increase
Rate of natural increase in the amount a population increases based on natural reproduction.
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Demographic Transition Model
- High birth/ death rated
- High growth stage
3.Falling birth rates
$. low growth stage
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The Economy
Trade, Money, Jobs, People.
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Gross Domestic Product
All money, goods and services measured.
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Globalization
The sharing of people, info, making the world more of a whole.
Types of Boundaries
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Median Line Principle
if two countries are too close together for there to be International Waters in between, then they split the space between the countries down the middle and start the zones from there.
Human Geography
Human-Environmental Interaction
Human-Environmental Interaction describes how humans affect the environment and what that has to do with Geography.
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Movement
Movement describes the migration patterns of people, and how the Geography of places might affect that.
Geographic Causes of Inequality
Abundant natural recourses. non domesticatable plants/animal, bad harbors etc.
Place
Place describes the characteristics of a place like what the people are like or physical features of it are.
Location
Location decribes where a place is, maybe the Latitude and Longitude or relative location.
Geopolitics
Something is a geopolitical issue if it is a political issue or argument over something geographical.
Push/Pull Factors
Factors like work, environment, lifestyle, or money that push or pull people to or from an area.
Sovereignty
The owning and ruling of a part of land. All the recourses from the land belong to them and they govern it.
Refugee
A refugee is a person who seeks safety from danger in their own countries and need to stay in another without immigrating.
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Physical Geography
Absolute vs. Relative Location Absolute location is the exact latitude and longitude of a location, and relative location is the location of a place in relation to other places, like an address, or what a place is near.
Latitude vs. Longitude Latitude are the lines on a globe or map that go horizontally, and longitude are the lines on a globe or map that go vertically.
GPS and GIS
GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and it make maps of the world and gives peoples directions. GIS stands for Geographic Information System, and it provides information abour places like where are the poorest areas, etc.
Map Projections and Distortions
Since the Earth is a sphere, it is impossible for it to be displayed on a flat surface without being distorted in some way. for example, the map Google uses, distorts the size of the continent. Greenland looks the same size as Africa, when in reality Africa is much bigger.
Climate vs. Weather
Climate is what the weather is generally like in an area, like average precipitation or temperature range, and weather is the specific weather is at the moment.
5 Factors That Affect Climate
- Altitude
- Lattitude
- Topography
4.Oceans and Lakes
- Winds
Climographs
Climographs are diagrams that show the average precipitation and temperature per month of a place.