What is the main goal of gerrymandering?

To redraw districts to favor a political party

According to Ravenstein, most migrants move...

Short distances and stay within the same country

What's the difference between comparative and complimentarity advantage?

Comparative-best at producing, Compliment-trade that benefits both

What is cultural landscape?

The visible imprint of human activity on the land

Why is balkinazation important?

Creates language diversity and demographic shifts

What is main idea of Von Thunen's Model?

Relationships between distance from city and agricultural activities

What does sequence occupancy refer to?

One cultural group replacing another in area

What is an example of syncretism in culture?

A new cultural tradition formed by blending two older ones

What best describes Wallerstein's "core" countries?

Wealthy, industrialized countries that dominate trade

What is an edge city?

A concentration of business and shopping outside a traditional downtown

Get goods or a service from an outside or foreign supplier

A region that is valuable between larger external forces

Putting your company in another cheaper, country (overseas)

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1
What is the main goal of gerrymandering?
To increase urban development
To promote fair voting
To redraw districts to favor a political party
To reflect population changes accurately
2
According to Ravenstein, most migrants move...
Short distances and stay within the same country
Over long distances
For recreational reasons
From rural to rural areas
3
What's the difference between comparative and complimentarity advantage?
Comparative- resources only, Complimentarity- location only
Comparative-best at producing, Compliment-trade that benefits both
Comparative- distance decay, Compliment- same resources
Comparative- trade that benefits bith
4
What is cultural landscape?
A uniform area with one dominant religion
The visible imprint of human activity on the land
A region with no human settlement
Natural features untouched by humans
5
Distance decay only applies in wealthy countries.
True
False
6
Why is balkinazation important?
Brings groups together
Boosts and creates tourism
Promotes economic growth
Creates language diversity and demographic shifts
7
What is an example of site?
Disney World in Florida
Hudson river in New York City
Mexico City
White House in Washington, DC
8
What is main idea of Von Thunen's Model?
Urbanization pattens in cities
How population grows over time
How resources move between countries
Relationships between distance from city and agricultural activities
9
The world feeling smaller is an affect of space-time compression.
False
True
10
Which of these is the largest scale?
European Union
Canada
South Korea
Auburn, Wa
11
What does sequence occupancy refer to?
The effects in climate
Cultural trade within a region
How fast a city's population grows
One cultural group replacing another in area
12
What is the scale of analysis for Kalamazoo, Michigan?
subnational
regional
local
national
13
What does Neoliberalism support?
A large government
Closed Borders
Stricter regulations
Free market + less government
14
What is an example of syncretism in culture?
A new cultural tradition formed by blending two older ones
One culture completely replacing another
A fold culture resisting globalization
Two languages competing for dominance
15
What best describes Wallerstein's "core" countries?
Wealthy, industrialized countries that dominate trade
Nations transitioning between stages of the DTM
Countries that rely on agricultural exports
Underdeveloped, resource-rich nations
16
What is an edge city?
A city surrounded by farmland
A rural village on the outskirts of a major city
A gentrified urban neighborhood
A concentration of business and shopping outside a traditional downtown
17
Made the belief that people will die from starvation and run out of food.
Charles Robert Darwin
Robert Malthus
Ester Bosrup
Von Thunen
18
Why is absolute location essential in GPS?
Situation factors
Not essential, too precise
Precise and Accurate
Not precise enough
19
Outsourcing is......
Pay someone to do work, usually outside of the country.
Moving and keeping your company in another country.
Get goods or a service from an outside or foreign supplier
Gaining resources from countries through trading.
20
In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) do both birth and death rates remain high?
Stage 1
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 4
21
A shatterbelt is...
A political boundary made to respect cultures
A region that is valuable between larger external forces
The rust belt after the facoties have been take down
The area where a lot of bombs were dropped in WWll
22
Offshoring is.....
Creating a brand new company in another country
Paying someone for work outside of your country
Putting your company in another cheaper, country (overseas)
Fishing off the shore

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