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Geography Review

Geography Review. Irondale High School is located about a mile away from the Mermaid is an example of its… . Relative Location . What is Geographic Information System (GIS)? . A system that creates specialized maps from digital map information stored in a data bank. What is remote sensing? .

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Geography Review

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  1. Geography Review

  2. Irondale High School is located about a mile away from the Mermaid is an example of its…

  3. Relative Location

  4. What is Geographic Information System (GIS)?

  5. A system that creates specialized maps from digital map information stored in a data bank.

  6. What is remote sensing?

  7. The acquiring of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method.

  8. The name given to a portion of Earth’s surface is know as…

  9. Toponym

  10. What identifies a place by its unique physical characteristics?

  11. Site

  12. Human Geography is principally concerned with the…

  13. Impact of the environment on human understandings and activities.

  14. What is an example of Human environmental interaction?

  15. Minnesotans building sky-ways and tunnels to deal with the cold weather.

  16. An area distinguished by a unique combination of cultural and physical features is known as a…

  17. Region

  18. According to environmental determinism…

  19. The physical environment causes social development.

  20. Distant places in the world are becoming effectively closer together according to what?

  21. The concept of space-time compression.

  22. What do population pyramids represent?

  23. Gender and age groups.

  24. What is the definition of overpopulation?

  25. Too many people compared to available resources.

  26. What is the dependency ratio?

  27. Population under 15 and over 64.

  28. What is Total Fertility Rate?

  29. The AVERAGE number of children a women will have during her childbearing years.

  30. Density, concentration and pattern are…

  31. The three main properties of distribution.

  32. Who thought population would grow more rapidly than food supply?

  33. Thomas Malthus

  34. Agricultural density looks at a country’s…

  35. Farming efficiency

  36. A country with a small amount of arable land and a large amount of farmers would have…

  37. High agricultural density

  38. What is chain migration?

  39. The migration of people to a specific location because of relative or people of the same nationality have migrated there.

  40. Slash and burn agriculture is another name for…

  41. Shifting cultivation

  42. What type of agriculture do most LDCs practice?

  43. Subsistence

  44. What is the primary factor in Von Thunen’s model?

  45. Market location

  46. What type of agriculture typically involves crop rotation?

  47. Mixed crop and livestock farming

  48. Where are most plantations located?

  49. In LDCs

  50. According to the peripheral model, an urban area consists of an inner city surrounded by…

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