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Geo Test 1
Flash cards for first GEO test with Corbin
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Geography
Undergraduate 4
10/07/2013

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Term
Biolgy + Geography=
Definition
Biogeography
Term
THEME or ISSUE in Geography
Definition
Politics
Term
CHARACTERISTIC of New Global System
Definition
Global Communications
Term
Two BENEFITS of Globalization
Definition

1. Increased Trade

2. Increased cultural awareness

Term
Two DOWNFALLS of Globalization
Definition

1. Spread of diseases

2. Loss of culture

Term
At what number should the population "cap?"
Definition
9 billion
Term
The % of growth since 1960 has ____
Definition
Declined
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What was the birth/death rate during the industrial period?
Definition

Death - steady

Birth - decline

Term
3 types of migraiton
Definition
push, pull, and networks
Term
2 types of maps
Definition

1. political

2. physical 

Term
Number of countries in the world
Definition
200
Term
Malthus
Definition
created the population/resource graph
Term
Number of people in the US
Definition
330 million
Term
Phase 5
Definition

Current phase of the US

High migration

Term
Employment in the Pacific/North West
Definition
Fishing and lumber
Term
Lewis And Clarke's River
Definition
The Missouri River
Term
Largest Flood
Definition
Missoula Flood
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Deepest Canton
Definition

Hell's Canyon

(carved by SNAKE river)

Term
Grand Canyon
Definition
carved by the Colorado River
Term
St. Lawrence River
Definition
grants access to the Great Lakes
Term
Cascade volcano
Definition
Mt. St. Helen's
Term
TWO of the Great Lakes
Definition

Huron

Ontario

Term
Aztects are now found in ____
Definition
New Mexico
Term
Mayans are now found in _____
Definition
Guatemala
Term
Incas practiced _____
Definition
Brain surgery
Term
Gurkas
Definition
warriors from Nepal
Term
KT
Definition
dinosaurs
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