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A. B. C. D. E. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. Name a country involved in Slash and Burn Agriculture. Any country in a rainforest region. What is terracing?.
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What is an Entrepot? Give an example of a state that is also an Entrepot.
A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; Bahrain, Singapore
An industry that is not tied to any particular location or country, and can relocate across national borders in response to changing economic conditions. Many manufacturing industries seem to have this characteristic.
Which is NOT an example of a Supranational organization?NAFTAColorado River AuthorityEuropean UnionOAS
What sort of issues does a country with this age/sex diagram face?
Zero Population Growth will affect the tax base, dependency ratio, and amount of available workers
What theory did Alfred Mahan develop related to political geography?
Sea Power Theory – Control the sea, control the world + maritime boundary = 12 nautical miles from land
Population will outrun the food supply and we will all starve. (Did not take new technologies into account…)
Larger populations will stimulate economic growth/ farming production will increase to meet population needs.
Bio-Engineering of plants to produce higher yields.Norman Borlaug – Aggie, Nobel Prize Winner, Congressional Medal of Honor, Aggie….
1.TRADITIONAL SOCIETY2.PRECONDITIONS FOR TAKEOFF3.TAKE OFF4.DRIVE TO MATURITY5.HIGH MASS CONSUMPTION
What does Muller say is the key factor in the success of population clusters (cities)
geographic mobility is crucial to the successful functioning of any population cluster
What US city is the main urban model when studying urbanization
What theory did Carl Sauer come up with regarding humans and the environment?
Possibilism > humans can change their environmental conditions.