Chapter 1 Review- Advanced Global Cultures

An area with a combination of cultural and physical features is known as a

When a new trend or idea goes “viral”, and is spread rapidly, typically through technology and the internet

What is the result of ppl trying to resist globalization to keep traditional cultural elements?

The name given to a place on Earth

What is "the position of anything on Earth's surface"?

  The corn belt, the part of the United States where corn is the most commonly grown crop, is an ex. of which region

The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another is:

What have led to the globalization of the economy?

 The process by which a characteristic spreads from one place to another is:

What can be used to describe location by its unique physical characteristics?

Which is NOT a type of diffusion?

Which is NOT an example of a functional region?

Which is NOT a type of region?

How do characteristics spread from one place to another?

What two questions do geographers always ask?

How are people connected on a worldwide scale?

 The arrangement of objects in space, which can be geometric or irregular, is called:

  A Radio station’s broadcast range is an example of which type of region

The location of each meridian is known as __, & the location of each parallel is __

What does moving 15 degrees East or West (longitude) do?

The Ford Motor Company is an example of a

 What could potentially be the result of more people around the world adopting ideas and products of globalization?

What can be used to identify a place by its location relative to other objects?

Describing the location of a place by its physical characteristics, such as climate, vegetation, or elevation

What allows us to store multiple "layers" of information?

Which is NOT a property of distribution?

What two categories is geography divided into?

What is Greenwich Mean Time measured from?

What two forces are pulling people in opposite directions?

Which is NOT an element of globalization of culture?

Which do geographers use to store reference material & communicate geographic information?

Describing Lake Park High School as 30 miles Northwest of Chicago, and 95 miles south of Milwaukee, is an example of

 Which property of distribution describes when objects in an area are clustered or dispersed:

  The Midwest is a good example of what type of region