Human Geography Questions

the average # of children a woman will have throughout the childbearing years ( ages 14 - 48 )

the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another

the number of years needed to double a population

a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes

the annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age ( # deaths age 0-1 / 1000 live births)

the portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement

The study of different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meanings.

(aka perceptual region)a place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place.

A bar graph that displays the percentage of a place's population for each age and gender

A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.

the regional of a place relative to the position of other places

a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data

The deliberate killing of a place through industrial expansion and change, so that its earlier landscape and character are destroyed.

a process of change in a society's population from high crude birth rate and death rate and low rate of natural increases to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low of natural increase, and higher total population

By international agreement, the time of day at the Prime Meridian.

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.

(aka nodal region) an area organized around a node or focal point

The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.