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133 Cards in this Set
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What Country is #1?
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Iceland #1
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What Country is #2?
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Norway #2
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What Country is #3?
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Sweden #3
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What Country is #4?
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Finland #4
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What Country is #5?
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Denmark #5
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What Country is #6?
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Republic of Ireland #6
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What Country is #7?
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United Kingdom #7
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What Country is #8?
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France #8
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What Country is #9?
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The Netherlands #9
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What Country is #10?
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Belgium #10
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What country is #11?
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Luxembourg #11
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What country is #12?
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Germany #12
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What country is #13?
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Switzerland #13
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What country is #14
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Austria #14
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What country is #15?
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Liechtenstein #15
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What country is #16?
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Spain #16
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What country is #17?
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Portugal #17
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What country is #18?
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Czech Republic #18
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What country is #19?
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Hungary #19
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What country is #20?
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Slovakia #20
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What country is #21?
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Slovenia #21
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What country is #22?
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Italy #22
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What country is #23?
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San Marino #23
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What country is #24?
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Vatican City #24
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What country is #25?
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Andorra #25
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What country is #26?
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Monaco #26
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What country is #27?
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Croatia #27
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What country is #28?
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Bosnia-Herzegovina #28
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What country is #29?
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Serbia (former Yugoslavia) #29
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What country is #30?
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Montenegro #30
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What country is #31?
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Macedonia #31
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What country is #32?
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Albania #32
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What country is #33?
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Greece #33
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What country is #34?
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Moldova #34
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What country is #35?
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Bulgaria #35
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What Country is #36?
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Romania #36
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What Country is #37?
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Ukraine #37
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What Country is #38?
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Belarus #38
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What Country is #39?
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Russian Federation #39
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What Country is #40?
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Kaliningrad #40
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What Country is #41?
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Lithuania #41
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What Country is #42?
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Estonia #42
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What Country is #43?
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Latvia #43
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What Country is #44?
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Poland #44
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What Country is #45?
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Cyprus #45
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What Country is #46?
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Malta #46
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What Country is #47?
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Sardinia #47
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What Country is #48?
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Corsica #48
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What Country is #49?
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Gibraltar #49
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What Country is #50?
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Sicily #50
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What Country is #51?
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Crete #51
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What Country is #52?
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Balearic Islands #52
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What Country is #53?
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Shetland Islands #53
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What Country is #54?
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Orkney Islands #54
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What Country is #55?
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Faeroe Islands #55
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1. The number of live births per 1,000 population.
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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
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2. The number of deaths per 1,000 population.
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Crude Death Rate (CDR)
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3. CBR (Crude Birth Rate) minus CDR (Crude Death Rate). The figure will be higher in the Third World.
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Rate of Natural Increase (NR)
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4. The average number of children that would be born to each woman if, during her childbearing years, she bore children at the current year’s rate for women that age.
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
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5. The number of children per family just sufficient to keep total population constant. It is calculated to be between 2.1 and 2.5. Any situation over 3.0 would be considered overpopulation, while a figure below 2.0 leads to eventual ZPG – Zero Population Growth.
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Replacement Level (from TFR [Total Fertility Rate])
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6. The numbers of any population that can be adequately supported by the available resources upon which that population subsists. Estimates today show that the Earth can support between 8 and 11 billion people.
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Carrying Capacity
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7. The number of people per unit of land, e.g., Texas with a population of 24 million and a land area of 267,339 sq. mi. has a crude density of approximately 90 people per square mile.
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Crude (Arithmetic) Density
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8. The number of persons per unit area of arable or agricultural land. We know much of Texas land is uninhabitable, so it is no surprise that 2/3 of the state’s population resides on 10% of the land area, or ecumene, contained with “The Texas Triangle,” formed between Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Like Japan, that creates a much higher physiological density.
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Physiological Density
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9. Measures the ratio of deaths of infants one year or less per 1,000 live births. This is a telling indicator of a quality of life, as indicated by health care. This is a telling indicator of a quality of life, as indicated by health care. In a First World country the IMR would be something like 5.0 per 1,000 while a Third World country might be 100 per 1,000.
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Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
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10. Indicates the number of dependents, old and young (>65 and <16), that each 100 in the productive years, on average, must support. A high figure in a Third World country would suggest a lot of kids running around while a high figure in a First World country would mean a lot of elderly denizens are headed to the nursing home.
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Dependency Ratio
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11. A graphic depiction of the age and sex composition of a (usually national) population.
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Population Pyramid
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12. Summarizes the contribution made to regional population change over time by the combination of natural change (difference between births and deaths) and net migration (difference between in-migration and out-migration).
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Demographic Equation
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Geography and Economic Development Vocabulary
*Rarely has so much been written (pg. 19-22) and so little been said. Here is what I want you to understand about geography and development. |
Geography and Economic Development Vocabulary
*Rarely has so much been written (pg. 19-22) and so little been said. Here is what I want you to understand about geography and development. |
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1. The process by which the political, social, and economic structures of a country are imporved for the purpose of ensuring the well-being of its populace.
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Development
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2. Indices include high poverty, heavy concentration of population employed in agriculture; inadequate food supplies; health problems and epidemics; human productivity is low.
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Low Developed Countries (LDC)
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3. Life expectancy is high; wealth is abundant; people are well fed and housed; human productivity is high.
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Highly Developed Countries (HDC)
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4. One of the best measures of global economic development is GNI-PPP or Gross National Income Purchasing Power Parity, defined in your text as “a new, widely used statistical measure of ________ ______ which factors in differences in cost of living from country to another, so that the resultant figures are more comparable.”
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One of the best measures of global economic development is GNI-PPP or Gross National Income Purchasing Power Parity, defined in your text as “a new, widely used statistical measure of (ECONOMIC OUTPUT) which factors in differences in cost of living from country to another, so that the resultant figures are more comparable.”
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5. Well off capitalist countries, e.g., the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan.
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First World
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6. Comparatively well-off former Marxist countries in transition to capitalist economies, e.g., Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary as Eastern Europe is assimilated into the European Union or Mexico into NAFTA with the USA and Canada.
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Second World
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7. Poorer countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East as well as pockets of poverty within the United States, for example, Las Colonia in South Texas without running water and sewer service for thousands of dwellers and rampant water-borne diseases spread among children such as typhoid and cholera along with bronchitis and tuberculosis.
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Third World
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8. The new kid on the block, like the horrifying civil war overwhelming the Darfur region of western Sudan that has killed thousands in genocide and caused the relocation of millions into refugee camps.
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Fourth World
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9. Countries evolving from Third World to First World status, with lots of bumps in the road, e.g., Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and now China.
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Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs)
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1. Who were the ancient geographers?
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Greece
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2. What did the Greeks study when pioneering the study of Geography?
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Earth-Sun Relationships
Attempts at Mapping MORE??? |
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3. What are the 4 traditional studies of geographies?
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Spatial Tradition
Area Studies Tradition Human-Land Tradition Earth Science Tradition |
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4. Which tradition is it where it studies the way in which things are organized in an area?
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Locational or Spatial Tradition
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5. Which tradition is it where it studies the relationship between man and the land that supports them (languages, religions, political systems, etc.)?
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Man-Land or Culture-Environment Tradition
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6. Which tradition is it that is the study of regions?
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Area Analysis or Area Studies Tradition
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7. Which tradition is it that studies physical geography (the study of man with the earth)?
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The Earth-Science Tradition
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8. What are the traditional careers for Geographers?
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Education
Government location specialists/analysts national security GIS Geographic Information Systems political geographer (know more); Education K-12 and Higher Education Market Analysts Urban or Regional Planners Cartographers Environmental Impact Analysts National Security Geographic Informational Systems |
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9. Developed, capitalist, industrial countries, roughly, a bloc of countries aligned with the U.S. after WWII, with more or less common political and economic interests: N. America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia; life span is higher, infant mortality rate is minimal, GNI, indoor plumbing, drug use
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1st world
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10. Former communist-socialist, industrial states, (formerly the Eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic) today: Russia, Eastern Europe (Poland) and some of the Turk States (Kazakhstan) as well as China; climbing their way out of the 3rd world into the 2nd
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2nd world
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11. the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Including capitalist (Venezuela) and communist (N. Korea) countries as very rich (Saudi Arabia) and very poor (Mali) countries.
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3rd world
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12. an Indian reality, this refers to nations (cultural entities, ethnic groups) of indigenous peoples living within or across state boundaries (nation states).
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4th world
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13. When referring to the development of countries, what classifies a country as 1st world?
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Canada, US, Western Europe, much of eastern Europe, life span is higher, infant mortality rate is minimal, GNI, indoor plumbing, drug use
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14. When referring to the development of countries, what classifies a country as 2nd world?
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Singapore, Costa Rica, parts of Mexico, climbing their way out of the 3rd world into the 2nd.
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15. When referring to the development of countries, what classifies a country as 3rd world?
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The developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Including capitalist (Venezuela) and communist (N. Korea) countries as very rich (Saudi Arabia) and very poor (Mali) countries.
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16. When referring to the development of countries, what classifies a country as 4th world?
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An Indian reality, this refers to nations (cultural entities, ethnic groups) of indigenous peoples living within or across state boundaries (nation states).
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17. What is the oldest revolution, dating back 10,000 years ago?
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Agricultural Revolution
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18. What is the life expectancy for men and women living in the United States?
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Men 75-76
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19. The period of rapid technological change and innovation that began in England in the mid-18th century and subsequently spread worldwide; accompanied by the development of inexpensive, massive amounts of inanimate energy through the use of fossil fuels.
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Industrial Revolution
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20. In contrast to the prehistoric cave dweller and his wall, our ability to produce, store, access, and apply information is massive and nearly instantaneous – truly revolutionary. It is how the information is produced, stored, and accessed that creates a revolution; in the Information Age it comes down to a single transforming technology: the microprocessor.
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Information Revolution – total population divided by land (not arable, all land) = population density per sq. mile
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21. Population density expressed as the number of people per unit of arable land.
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Physiological density – uses arable land
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22. In demographic transformation, it goes through 4 stages of development, what classifies stage 1?
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Rural Pastoral Economy, moms have a lot of water, you might have bad water (necessities), no population growth rate, disease, unclean living conditions, 1600-1700s. very little population growth, high infant mortality rate, no medicine
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23. In demographic transformation, it goes through 4 stages of development, what classifies stage 2?
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(3rd World), Industrial Revolution 1750, energy becomes an alternative output, cities grew around the node (factory or steelmill, etc), 1750 – 18??, living in slums, men want more children, death rate is high because no indoor plumbing, contaminated water, conditions get better as they realize how to improve conditions, population growth rate increases. death rate starts to drop off, more babies are born, population growth begins to accelerate, overpopulation
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24. In demographic transformation, it goes through 4 stages of development, what classifies stage3?
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(2nd World), developing more urban society, birth rate is lower – possibly birth control, men don’t want as many kids as in the past, death rate levels off, increasing urbanization – population growth rate declines. continued industrialization, urbanization, birth rate starts to drop off, death rate begins to drop off and level off, people living longer, population growth rate starts to drop off, industrialization
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25. In demographic transformation, it goes through 4 stages of development, what classifies stage 4?
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(1st World), birthrates interact with deathrates, and it is a stabilized situation, much more urbanized society. birth and death rates counteract each other, 1st world, underpopulation – fertility rates have dropped off
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26. What term is the number of years it takes to double a population?
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Population doubling time
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27. Gloom and Doom, who was it that forecasted the end of the world, population grows exponentially, the ability of the earth’s resources will be outstripped by demand of population, industrial revolution bought us time, but eventually we will run out of water, the technocratic theory – we will think our way out of this situation, recycling, windmills, alternative sources of energy?
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Thomas Malfus
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28. The growing integration and interdependence of world communities through a vast network of trade and communications links.
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Globilization
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29. What are the 2 components that make up weather?
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Precipitation and Temperature
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30. What kind of climate type is type A?
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Hot, Wet (much more, will add later)
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31. What kind of climate type is type B?
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Dry (much more, will add later)
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32. What kind of climate type is type C?
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Temperate, Coastal - 3 variations, humid subtropical, dry summer subtropical, 1 other, continental long/short summer (much more, will add later)
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33. What kind of climate type is type D?
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Temperate, Continental – long summer, humid continental, cool summer (much more, will add later)
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34. What kind of climate type is type E?
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Cold – sub-arctic variation, Alaska (much more, will add later)
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35. What kind of climate type is type H?
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Mountains, Highlands – highlands, Antarctica, North Pole, Mt. Everest, uninhabitable areas (much more, will add later)
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36. The plant life that can be expected in a particular environment if free of human impact.
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Natural Vegitation – botanical products naturally growing without interference from man.
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37. A widely used statistical measure of economic output which factors in differences in cost of living from one country to another, so that the resultant figures are more comparable.
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Gross National Income in Purchasing Power Parity (GNI PPP) – accurate measurement of an economy.
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38. What sector is it when people began to figure out how to make their living off the land. In the 3rd world, this sector rules, a substantial sector of people work in agriculture; Texas up to 1901 was a farm and ranch state.
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Primary Sector
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39. What classifies the primary sector?
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Farming
Ranching Mining Forestry Fishing |
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40. What sector is it that manufacturing is the contributing factor (1920s-30s Houston – Oil Refining comes to town; 2nd world)?
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Secondary Sector
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41. What classifies the secondary sector?
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Oil and Gas Refining
Construction Beer Brewing |
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42. What sector is it where it is the services economy “we live out of each other’s pockets” (Texas today, urban; 1st world)?
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Tertiary Sector
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43. What classifies the tertiary sector?
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Doctors/Dentists/Nursing/Medical
Lawyers – Legal Insurance/Banking/Stocks – Financial Education Government Military Wholesale/Retail |
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44. What sector is it a bunch of nerds? (I will try to add more to this question)
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Quaternary Sector
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45. What classifies the quaternary sector?
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High Technology
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46. What sector is it that is 1/10th of the 1% (top decision makers)?
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Quinary Sector
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47. What classifies the quaternary sector?
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President of the U.S.
Top Military General Corporate CEO |
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48. Animate energy
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3rd world, horses to pull plow, animal energy, 3rd world
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49. Inanimate Energy
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Use gasoline, internal combustion engines, 1st world
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50. World life expectancy
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How long will we live in the U.S.
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51. What are Rostow’s 5 Stages?
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Traditional Society
Preconditions for takeoff Takeoff Drive to maturity Mass consumption – we judge ourselves |
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52. In Rostow’s 5 Stages, which stage is dependent on agriculture, limited savings, and has poor production methods?
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Traditional Society
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53. In Rostow’s 5 Stages, which stage is classified by national goals and an internal desire for improvement?
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Preconditions for Takeoff
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54. In Rostow’s 5 Stages, which stage is it where new technology is applied, capital is raised, and production increases?
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Takeoff
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55. In Rostow’s 5 Stages, which stage is continued urbanization, manufacturing and services, and is the transition of a stage 3 country to stage 2?
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Drive to Maturity
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56. In Rostow’s 5 Stages, which stage is it where a country is in stage 4 of a truly industrialized society?
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High Mass Consumption
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