Human Geography Study Guide – Ch. 4

1. What term refers to the creation, or invention, of a new system to fulfill a societal need?

2. What is an economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by demand from consumers?

3. What term refers to the number of organisms a piece of land can support?

4. What term is used to measure the total annual value of all goods and services produced within the boundaries of a nation?

5. What term refers to the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior between and among societies?

6. What term refers to the average number of people who live in a measurable area, such as a square mile?

7. What is an economic system in which the government plans and determines the production of goods and services?

8. What term refers to one society's acceptance and adoption of a custom or innovation created by another society?

9. What term is used to measure the total annual value of all goods and services produced by a nation's businesses and industries?

10. The ______is a statistic that shows the number of live births per thousand population.

11. The ______of a nation is the basic support systems-power, water, transportation, etc.-that keep its economy

running.

12. In a ______, an individual or group holds complete political power.

13. The ______is a statistic that shows the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country.

14. A ______is a government that is run by its citizens or their elected representatives.

15. The ______is a statistic that tells the difference between the birthrate and the mortality rate.

Define or answer the following:

Democracy-

Dictatorship-

Monarchy-

Parliamentary Government-

Communism-

Christianity-

Islam-

Hinduism-

Buddhism-

Population Pyramid-

Push-Pull Factors-

Urbanization- Also, how much of the world is populated in Urban vs. Rural regions?

Carrying Capacity-

Describe Earth’s Habitable Lands-

Natural Boundaries-

Artificial Boundaries-

Central Business District-

Metropolitan Areas-

Why are transportation networks important ?

Subsistence Living-

Agriculture-

Industry-

Infrastructure-

Economy-

State-

Nation-

Nation-State

Urban Geography-

Market Economy-

Birth Rate-

Infant Mortality Rate-

Mortality Rate-

GDP-

GNP-

Per Capita Income-

Cottage Industries-

Standards Summary

GA SSWG2.a

GA SSWG2.b: explain how cultural characteristics of a place can be used to describe a place

of transportation and communication) affects the characteristics of place

GA SSWG1.b: explain how human characteristics including population settlement patterns and human activities such as agriculture and industry can describe a place

GA 4: Physical Geography Cultural Geography

Explains how regions may be defined by cultural or physical features or by combination of both.