AGS Spring Final Review – Flashcards

1.       A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality. Denmark is a fairly good example of a European nation-state, because the territory occupied by the Danish ethnicity closely corresponds to the state of Denmark. The Danes have a strong sense of unity and speak all the same language.

1.       An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.

1.       Loyalty and devotion to a nationality.

1.       The physical separation of different races into geographic areas; South Africa.

1.       The process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities as a threat to peace throughout the world, not just in a small area. Rivalries among ethnicities resurfaced in Yugoslavia during the 1980’s after Tito’s death, leading the breakup of the country.

1.       Hispanics/ Latinos

1.       Southeast

1.       Southwest near the border

1.       Plessy v. Perguson

1.       The emigration of whites from an area in anticipation of Blacks immigrating into the area. Ex. Westlake

1.       Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states

1.;;;;;; Russia; 11 time zones

1.;;;;;; Fertile crescent-shaped area of land; between Persian gulf and Mediterranean sea; territory organized into succession of empires; middle east area

1.;;;;;; Antarctica

1.       Pitcain, pressed by UK

1.       Stateless

1.       An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials; France

1.       Taiwan, Vatican City

1.       Terrorism: attacks target common ordinary people;    Political assassination: attacks target an important political figure/ leader

1.       Anglo America (.94)    Western Europe (.93)    Eastern Europe (.80)   Japan (.94)   South Pacific (.87)

1.       Gross domestic product (GDP)

1.       (agriculture) mining, fishing, foresting

1.       Retailing, banking, law, education, and government

1.       Access to more machines

1.;;;;;; Life expectancy, infant mortality rate, natural increase rate, crude birth rate, health and welfare, education and literacy rate

1.;;;;;; They industrialized and sold products world wide

1.       Age of mass consumption

1.       Hunting animals such as fish or gathering plants or seed for food

1.       The reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants such as cutting stems and dividing roots, plants growing in the wild

1.       Inhabitants of southwest Asia

1.       Subsidence agriculture; plantation

1.       Intensive subsistence agriculture

1.       The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.

1.       Double cropping

1.       Autumn…Winter

1.       Livestock ranching

1.       Northern England, Southern Scotland, UK

1.       Late 1700s (1750s)

1.;;;;;; Its early date of settlement gave eastern ethnicities advantage

1.;;;;;; Yes, minimizes transportation costs

1.;;;;;; An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises of a greater volume than inputs; soft drinks, coca cola

1.;;;;;; They have access to move raw materials and transportation costs are lower

1.;;;;;; A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another

1.;;;;;; Bulk-gaining industry

1.;;;;;; Fordists assign each worker to do one task repeatedly. Post-Fordists are more flexible

1.;;;;;; Russia (Ural mountains)

1.;;;;;; The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered

1.;;;;;; The eastern part of the city to reach and is the focal point of the transportation network

1.;;;;;; Manufacturing and residents

1.;;;;;; When you have to drive a while to get to work

1.;;;;;; Agriculture, farming/primary

1.;;;;;; Area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted too

1.;;;;;; The maximum number of people are willing to travel to use a service

1.;;;;;; The minimum number of people needed to support the service

1.;;;;;; The closer the cities, the greater the population, the more likely cities are to interact, the farther the less population, the less likely to interact

1.;;;;;; Hexagon, they fit together, circles don;t

1.;;;;;; 500000;250000;125000;62500

1.;;;;;; A pattern of settlement in a country such that the Nth largest settlement is 1/N the population of the largest settlement

1.;;;;;; The largest settlement in a country if it has more than twice as many people and the second ranking settlement

1.;;;;;; An increase in the percentage and the number of people living in urban settlements

1.;;;;;; Increase in the percentage and the in the number of people living in urban settlements; series of improvements and industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods

1.;;;;;; Tolerance for a variety of view points, specialty services, specialty jobs

1.;;;;;; Cities that are overlapping great lakes Chicago to Milwaukee

1.;;;;;; A process of changing in the use of a house, from single family owner occupancy to abandonment

1.;;;;;; A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries

1.;;;;;; A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices, because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood area

1.;;;;;; A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low income renter occupied area to predominantly middle class owner occupied area; South Congress and The East Side

1.;;;;;; Eminent domain

1.;;;;;; American dream, more space, safer and cheaper

1.;;;;;; It looks like a target. It is a circle

1.;;;;;; In the middle of middle class residential

1.;;;;;; An area within a city in a less developed country in which people legally establish residence on land they do not own or rent and create man-made structures

1.;;;;;; The sustainable use and management of a natural resource, through consuming at a less rapid rate that it can be replaced