WGU D199- Geography Study

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24 terms Avy Practice questions for this set Learn1 / 6Study using Learn refers to the idea that human beings have the ability to harmonize the population, the economy, society, the environment, and resources to meet the needs of contemporary people without endangering the needs of future generations.GerrymanderingThe manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular political party or group Physical geographyis the study of the earth and all of its components: its lands, waters, atmosphere, and interior.Choose an answer 1Gerrymandering2Sustainable development 3Weight-losing industries4Abiotic components Don't know?

Human geographystudies how economics, politics, society and cultures, urban and rural systems, and more are organized across the Earth's surface.Biotic componentsliving organisms of ecosystem Abiotic componentsnonliving players in an ecosystem Primary Economic sectorFocuses on the production and extraction of natural resources Secondary Economic sectorManufacturing and construction activities belong here Tertiary Economic sectorServices such as education, healthcare, and tourism occur in Quaternary Economic sectorsEconomic activities concerned with research, information gathering, and administration; processing and administration of information and capital Quinary Economic sectorseconomic activity consisting of high-level decision making and advancement of human capacities Industrial location theoryAlfred Weber, the selection of optimal factory locations has much to do with the minimization of land, labor, resource, and transportation costs, variable-cost framework that affects location of factory sites Weight-gaining industriesProducts gain weight during the production process Weight-losing industriesProducts loose weight during the production process AgglomerationThe concentration of similar industries in a particular city or region TerritorialityThe rules governing who has access to a particular space and what happens in that space Organic state theorytheory views the state as a living organism, with its parts functioning together for the well-being of the whole Heartland theorygeopolitical concept is associated with the idea of a central landmass as the key to global power Rimland theorytheory emphasizes the significance of coastal areas and peripheral regions Shape of states Compacthave relatively equal distances from their center to any boundary, much like a circle. They are often regarded as efficient states.Shape of states Elongatedhave a long and narrow shape. The major problem with these states is with internal communication, which causes isolation of towns from the capital city Shape of states ProruptedHave other state territories or states within them.Perforated StateA state whose territory completely surrounds another state

Fragmented StateA state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.Shape of states LandlockedLack a direct outlet to a major body of water, such as a sea or ocean. This becomes problematic for exporting and importing and can hinder a state's economy.Unitary statesa central government maintains supreme authority and while it may grant some power to regional and local government, the central government maintains final control.Federal statesa system of government that divides political power between a central government and multiple internal regional governments.Renewable resourcesnatural resources such as trees, water, sun, and wind that can be replenished at about the same rate at which they are used.Non-renewable resourcesnatural resources that are depleted more quickly than they can regenerate.BiodiversityThe range of different species within an ecosystem.Anthropoceneis the period of geologic time when human activities have had an environmental impact on the earth.Holoceneto the current warm period, during which time human civilizations have thrived Great Accelerationthe human population has quadrupled in size, and the impacts of human activities on the earth and its atmosphere have amplified in intensity and scale in ways that drastically diverge from the Holocene.Gross Domestic Product (GDP)a measure of a nation's economic strength based on the total monetary or market value of all goods and services produced within its borders Human Development Index (HDI)a measure of the opportunities available to individuals in a given nation for education, healthcare, income, and employment Fourth Industrial Revolutionthe current rapid evolution of knowledge and technology—has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for many people in less- developed parts of the world.NationA community sharing common history, culture, and identity State Nation-stateA political territory where the boundaries align with a single nation that shares a common identity and government Multinational statea country that includes several recognized national groups.

Peace of WestphaliaThis world of sovereign states came together in a treaty called the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. That treaty ended the 30 Years War, which was literally a threedecade-long conflict between Catholic and Protestant rulers and their subjects that tore apart what is now Germany and caused widespread suffering across Europe.SovereigntyThe ability of a state to govern its territory free from external control Global governancebegan to take shape early in the twentieth century.International relations became a high priority as the world rebounded from two world wars.Sustainable developmentrefers to the idea that human beings have the ability to harmonize the population, the economy, society, the environment, and resources to meet the needs of contemporary people without endangering the needs of future generations.A prorupted state is characterized by the presence of: A narrow extension or projection The state of Indonesia, whose territory is broken up among 17,504 islands, is an example of a(n)....Fragmented state What is a key feature of a federal state?Divided powers between central and regional governments In a unitary state, where does the main power come from?A centralized government Where should weight-gaining industries be located? Closest to the final market What distinguishes the Fourth Industrial Revolution from previous industrial revolutions?Integration of digital technologies DecomposersOrganisms responsible for breaking down dead organic matter into simpler substances ConsumersAnimals that obtain energy by consuming other organisms ProducersIn an ecosystem, organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis lithosphereOuter shell of rock and soil of earth What are the biotic components of an ecosystem? Producers What are the biotic components of an ecosystem? Decomposers What are the biotic components of an ecosystem? Consumers What are the inorganic components of an ecosystem? Lithosphere What are the inorganic components of an ecosystem? Atmosphere