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1
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stage 1: pestilence & famine

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main cause of death is disease

2
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Gall-peters projection (equal area projection)

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cylindrical; size is accurate, shape is not

good for comparing area sizes

3
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foreign direct investment

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investment made to another country by a foreign company

most go to developed countries

4
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isoline

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connects with lines all places that have a particular value

5
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arithmetic density

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total people divided by total land area

6
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3 main techniques of map projection

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cylindrical, conical, & azimuthal

7
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economic structures: tertiary

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provision of services

8
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phsiological density

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total people divided by total arable land

9
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HDI measures…

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standard of living, health & education

10
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UN measures health based on…

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life expectancy at birth

11
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doubling time

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# of years needed to double the population
rule of 70 (70/% growth rate)
12
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natural increase rate

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% by which a population grows in a year

20(CBR) - 10(CDR) = 15/10 = 1.5% NIR

13
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mixed crop & livestock farming

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most crops fed to animals (corn)

14
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purchasing power parity (PPP)

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cost of living adjustment to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods

15
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crude birth rate

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total # of ppl born in a year for every 1000 p

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crude death rate

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total# of deaths in a year for every 1000 p

17
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mercator map

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shape is accurate, size is not
top & bottom are stretched out, center squished together
good for navigation

18
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demographic transition

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explains the change in population growth rates over time

19
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food security

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access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs for an active and healthy lifestyle

20
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3 main features of distribution

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density, concentration (clustered or dispersed), pattern

21
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economic structures: secondary

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manufacturing

22
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dot distribution

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depicts data as points & shows how these points are clustered together or spread out

23
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plantation agriculture

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commercial farm specializing in one or two crops
usually developing countries, but owned by companies/people in developed
coffee, rubber, cocoa, etc.

24
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Winkel projection

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attempt to minimize distortion in shape & size

good for education, text books, etc

25
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pastoral nomadism

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herding of domesticated animals

26
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agricultural density

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ratio of farmers to amount of arable land

27
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economic structures: primary

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extraction activities

28
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distribution

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arrangment of a feature in space

29
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Meridian

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east to west of prime meridian long

0-180

30
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shifting cultivation

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grow crops on area for few years until soil nutrients are depleted, then leave it fallow for many years so soil can recover
slash and burn; usually tropical regions

31
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threats to food security (6

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  1. population growth
  2. global food trade
  3. food prices
  4. loss of ag land
  5. overfishing
  6. inadequate distribution
32
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stage 4: delayed degenerative disease & lifestyle disease

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low but increasing CDR; life expectancy extended

33
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parallels

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north to south of equator
lat
1-90

34
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graduated symbol

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displays symbols that change in size according to a certain value

35
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cartogram

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size of an area is proportional to the value of a particular variable

36
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stage 2: receding pandemic

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declining CDR because of the reduction of the spread of disease

37
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chloropleth

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recognizable areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measure

38
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gross national income (GNI)

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value of the output of goods and services produced in a country anually, plus income from abroad

39
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5 stages of demographic transitions (health)

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  1. pestilence and famine
  2. receding pandemic
  3. degenerative disease
  4. delayed degenerative disease & lifestyle disease
  5. re-emergence of infectious & parasitic disease
40
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stage 3: degenerative disease

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decrease in death/disease

increase in chronic disease associated with aging

41
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total fertility rate

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average # of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

42
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infant mortality rate (IMR)

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average # of infant deaths per year, x/1000

43
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subsistence farming

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enough food for survival
small plots of land
high agricultural density
most work done by hand or animal
virtually all available land used for production
44
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Good homolosine

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separates hemisphers into pieces

prominence to land features

45
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stage 5: re-emergence of infectious & parasitic disease

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increasing CDR; antibiotic resistant

46
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4 categories of HDI

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very high developed, high developing, medium developing, low developingf

47
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Criticism of HDI is that it doesn’t account for:

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equality, env. impact, freedom/human rights, political instability