Human Geography Midterm

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• I=PAT

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Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology
For China and US, we see population growth with the growth of technology and affluence of more people, that it has a bigger impact on these countries.

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4 ways maps are distorted

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Area, Shape, Distance, Direction

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Types of Maps

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Equal Area - areas are in correct proportion to earths reality.
- tradoff = shape is distorted
Conformal Projections - shapes of small areas are accurately portrayed
- Tradeoff = area is distorted
Equidistant Projections - Distances are true in all directions from one or two central points
- tradeoff: distance between all other locations are incorrect.
Azimuthal - directions are true from one central point to another.
-tradeoff: all other points are not accurate.
Robinson - in between equal area and conformal
- tradoff: does not show true distance.

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Formal Region

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has a shared trait, can be a shared cultural or physical trait.

For example, region of europe where french is spoek can be thought of as a french speaking region but when the scale shifts , the formal region changes and from a world view, we can add french colonies.

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Functional Region

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defined by a particular set of activities that occur within it. Have a shared political, social, or economic purpose

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Perceptual Region

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intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena in human geography.

For example: perception of the middle east.

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Why China's one child policy?

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-Introduced in 78' to alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems in China
- Fertility rate in china fell from 2.63 births in 80 to 1.61 in 09

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Problems with China's one child policy?

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Believe that there are other ways they could have achieved same results over an extended period of time.
- Combination of poverty alleviation and health care was more effective at reducing fertility.

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Race and Race Classification

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Race refers to the classification of humans into populations or groups based on various factors suc has culture, language or social.

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Distance Decay and spatial interaction

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the idea that interaction with faraway places decreases as distance increases; prospective migrants are likely to feel much less certain about distant destinations. So for spatial interaction, that means that people are less likely to interact with one another the farther away they are.

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How does religion influence cultural landscape?

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seen in the the landscape through sacred sites, structure of buildings, location of buildings.
- Pilgrimage

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Local Culture

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"folk culture" is small, incorporates a homogenous population, typically rural and is cohesive in cultural traits.

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Popular Culture

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large, incorporates heterogeneous populations, typically urban and experiences quickly changing cultural traits.

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Causes of Migration

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1. Economic
2. Social
3.Political
4. Environmental

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Types of Migration

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Forced v Unforced
Chain v step
Chain builds on kinship links (can lead to waves)
Step is like moving up the urban hierarchy

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Laws of migration

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1. Most migrants only move short distances
2. Migration occurs in stages
3.Economic factors are the main cause
4. Rural people are more likely to migrate
5. Families are less likely to migrate internationally as compared to young adults.

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Territoriality

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the attempt by an individual or group to affect, influence, or control people, phenomena, and relations by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area.

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Central Place Theory

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o Maintains that each central place has a surrounding complementary region, an exclusive trade area within which the town has a monopoly on the sale of a certain good.

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State

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a politcally organized territory

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Nation

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Group of people who thinks of themselves as one based on a sense of shared culture and history.

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Devolution

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is the movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state