Exam 2 Hints

crude birth rate

crude death rate
natural increase
growth rate
total fertility rate (TFR)
TFR replacement levels
infant mortality
life expectancy
geography of infant mortality; where are rates especially high?
doubling time
population pyramid; what does it tell you?
population increase vs. increase in food production; theorist(s)
location of early hominid evolution
reasons for declines in birth rates
term for the number of people who are too young or too old to work, compared to the number of
people in their productive years.
geography of international migration to the US (or what would become the US) in the 17th and
18th centuries
geography of international migration in the 19th century
geography of international migration to the US in the late 20th century
geography of present day immigration to Europe
types of immigration policies
An established language used habitually for communication by people whose native tongues are
mutually incomprehensible; examples
geography of language families in East Asia
geography of language families in Africa
geography of language families in North America
branches of the largest language family in the world
historical reason(s) for rural-to-urban migration

most important push and pull factors shaping global migration

competing theories have been advanced to explain the origin and diffusion of languages
term for a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and
pronunciation
When a state has ________, it is presumed to control its internal affairs without interference by
other states.
branches of Christianity in the southeastern United States
two main branches of Islam
difference between universalizing religions and ethnic religions; major
examples
five basic state shapes
the only large landmass in the world that is not part of a sovereign state
different systems of national government
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
attitudes that tend to unify people and enhance support for a state
a process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order
to create an ethnically homogeneous region
genocide
term for when countries organize themselves into blocs or associations or treaties