Geog Final

What is a territorial claim made by one sovereign nation state to lands within another?

What is the typical method of preparing a new site for agriculture?

what are renewable fuels derived from biological materials that can be regenerated called?

Urbanization in the world's core was stimulated by increased agricultural productivity that

The 3rd agricultural revolution occurred when?

what did norman borlaug develop?

which was included in the first agricultural revolution

The very first region of independent urbanism was in

The bio revolution in agriculture is expected to lead to more

___________ is the movement of herds according to seasonal rhythms

What is an example of irredentism

What is an "edge city"?

In contrast to the first two agricultural revolution, the third one originated in

Agricultural practices are affected by what?

The State

Shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta are linked to Louisiana wild shrimpers through

In the context of urban systems, basic tenets of central place theory include all of the following EXCEPT

Central place theory explains the relative size and spacing of urban centers based on

During the 20th century what became the dominate agricultural system in the core countries?

which does not belong?

Which agricultural revolution is characterized by the emergence of a significant surplus of production that could be sold and the beginnings of the industrialization?

Define reurbanization.

A city that is an example of deindustrialization is:

When cities experience a net loss of population to smaller towns and rural areas it is known as:

The two largest cities in the US are New York and Los Angeles. The 2010 Census provides evidence to suggest that cities in the United States tend to follow the rank-size rule. Thus the actual populations for NYC and LA are, in order,

Shifting cultivation is most commonly practiced in

Primate Cities are found in

shifting cultivation can support high densities of population.

Nationalists who wanted an independent state of scotland are properly described as

Transhumance is least common in

The biorevolution solved what problem of agriculture?

The agglomeration diseconomies has had positive effects on urban size and density, including noise and air pollution, decrease crime rates, lower commuting costs, reasonable land and housing prices, and lower taxes.

what is an example of the movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state?

Characteristics of intensive subsistence agriculture is the great amount of ___ required

Few of the metropolises of the periphery are world cities that have key roles in the organization of global economics and culture.

The functional dominance of a city within an urban system is known as

When the land is ready for cultivation it is otherwise known as:

As used in out text, the term "state" is close in meaning to

What is the terms used to describe the situation when cities grow faster than their ability to provide jobs, housing and other basic needs for the population?

which agri revolution is Dr. Norman Borlaug associated with?

Today's world cities are distinguished by being centers of all of the following EXCEPT

Define crop rotation.

which is NOT a characteristic of intensive land use

The specific roles of prominent urban settlements of medieval Europe included all of the following EXCEPT

The industrialization of Agriculture involves all of the following except

What is the term used to describe an interdependent group of urban settlements in a given area

The primary benefit of the green revolution has been

agriculture is a science, art, and a business directed at the cultivation of _____

Which of the following is NOT true? Gateway cities

Many periphery countries are switching there production of foodstuffs to biofuels, renewable resources that come from biological matter, so that they improve their economies. Making it so that, in the long run switching their production of foodstuffs to biofuels will have no effect on their food consumption supply.