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GEOG 150 - MT 1
CAL POLY, SLO. POMPEII
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
04/22/2018

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shape, area
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properties when creating map projection
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area
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preserved in equivalent map projection
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equivalent map projection
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landmasses have same area, distorted shape
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compromise projection
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balanced representation, common general-purpose
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observation
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where human geogrophers begin
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time space convergence increases as
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friction of distance decreases
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3-D map cast to 2-D paper distorts...
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everything except absolute altitude of land masses
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physical geography
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study of natural events: tornadoes, forest fires, landslides
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map scale
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ratio between linear distance on map and linear distance on Earth's surface
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relative location
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what geographers characterize accessibility in terms of
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human geography
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study of how human activity is organized in space and relationships between people and their environment
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low transferability
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what spatial interdependence between 2 countries is limited to
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places are
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dynamic
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interdependent
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places connected to events and processes around them
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cognitive map
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based on representations of actual locations direct experiences peoples imaginations
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environmental determinism
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claiming a persons physical, social, and economic development and behavior are fundamentally the result of physical environment

apparently this == racism, but like...?
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neocolonialism
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allows core countries to maintain significant influence over the periphery
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colonialism results in
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political and legal domination of a foreign society by the colonizing power
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import substitution
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manufacturing goods that had previously been imported or available through trade
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globalization
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increased connectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political, and cultural change
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neo-malthusians
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believe greatest threat is population growth
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asymmetrical age-sex pyramid
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implies males experience events differently than female cohorts
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population most obviously affected by
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environmental factors: resources, climate, water, topography
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TFR = 2
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birth and death rates equal, no increase or decrease
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baby boom
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1946-64
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CBR + CDR =
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rate of natural increase
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RNI at preindustrial age ___ industrial age
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equals
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demography
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study of population characteristics
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demographic theory
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death decreases, birth decreases. direct effect of economic production
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absolute space
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determined mathly through points and lines
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topological space
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determined by natural and degree of connectivity
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socioeconomic space
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determined by terms of sites, situations
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friction of distance
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reflection of the time and cost of overcoming a distance
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Prime Meridian
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passes through Greenwich, England
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interdependence
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individual places are connected to events and processes around them
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global commodity chain
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path from production to consumption
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colonialism always results in
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complete legal and political power
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anthroprocene
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proposed geologic epoch defined by humans as drivers of environment change
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ecological footprint
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quantification tool that estimates the resource consumption and waste production of a population in terms of productive land
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internally displaced person - idp
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someone who is forced to flee their home, but remains within their country
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regionalism
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groups with distinctive identifiers that exist within the state
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sectionalism
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extreme identification with a region rather than a state authority
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irredentism
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assertion that a minority outside its borders belong culturally
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E's of sustainability
Definition
environment, economy, equity
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