Human Geography Study Guide – Ch. 4 from World Geography text and/or notes

1. What term refers to the creation, or invention, of a new system to fulfill a societal need?

2. What is an economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by demand from consumers?

3. What term refers to the number of organisms a piece of land can support?

4. What term is used to measure the total annual value of all goods and services produced within the boundaries of a nation?

5. What term refers to the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior between and among societies?

6. What term refers to the average number of people who live in a measurable area, such as a square mile?

7. What is an economic system in which the government plans and determines the production of goods and services?

8. What term refers to one society's acceptance and adoption of a custom or innovation created by another society?

9. What term is used to measure the total annual value of all goods and services produced by a nation's businesses and industries?

10. The ______is a statistic that shows the number of live births per thousand population.

11. The ______of a nation is the basic support systems-power, water, transportation, etc.-that keep its economy

running.

12. In a ______, an individual or group holds complete political power.

13. The ______is a statistic that shows the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country.

14. A ______is a government that is run by its citizens or their elected representatives.

15. The ______is a statistic that tells the difference between the birthrate and the mortality rate.

Define or answer the following:

Democracy-

Dictatorship-

Monarchy-

Parliamentary Government-

Communism-

Christianity-

Islam-

Hinduism-

Buddhism-

Population Pyramid-

Push-Pull Factors-

Urbanization- Also, how much of the world is populated in Urban vs. Rural regions?

Carrying Capacity-

Describe Earth’s Habitable Lands-

Natural Boundaries-

Artificial Boundaries-

Central Business District-

Metropolitan Areas-

Why are transportation networks important ?

Subsistence Living-

Agriculture-

Industry-

Infrastructure-

Economy-

State-

Nation-

Nation-State

Urban Geography-

Market Economy-

Birth Rate-

Infant Mortality Rate-

Mortality Rate-

GDP-

GNP-

Per Capita Income-

Cottage Industries-

Big Geography/Physical Geography- From notes/World Geography Book

1.  What are map projections?

2.  What is continental drift?

3.  What is the purpose of ocean motion such as currents?

4.  What are tectonic plates?

5.  What is tectonic plate movement?

6.  What is glaciation?

7.  What causes the weather? Pg. 50

8.  List some of the factors affecting climate as listed starting on pg 54 or from your notes.

9.  Familiarize yourself with the various climate types as found on pages 60-63 (in class Monday)

10.  Describe the relationship we discussed in class between the great arid zones and the history of the relationship between pastoral nomadic people and city dwellers.

11.  How have wind and ocean patterns shaped the history of mankind?

12.  What is a rain shadow? What affect does it have? Provide actual example.