ap human geography unit 5
SETS
Balkanization
Apartheid
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state…
Definition: Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that ph…
an international financial institution that provides loans to…
The lending of massive amounts of money to peripheral and semi…
Balkanization
the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state…
Apartheid
Definition: Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that ph…
Colonialism
Exclusive Economic Zone
Frontier
Irredentism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political…
Generally a state's EEZ extends to a distance of 200 nautical…
A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises…
a policy of cultural extension and potential political expansi…
Colonialism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political…
Exclusive Economic Zone
Generally a state's EEZ extends to a distance of 200 nautical…
agriculture
subsistence agriculture
plant domestication
First Agricultural Revolution
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit…
The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first…
agriculture
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
subsistence agriculture
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
space
place
region
toponym
geometric surface of the Earth
an area of bounded space of some human importance
a type of place
a place name
space
geometric surface of the Earth
place
an area of bounded space of some human importance
human geography
physical geography
cultural landscape
built environment
The study of where and why human activities are located where…
the branch of geography dealing with natural features and proc…
the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the lands…
man-made or constructed parts of a landscape or area
human geography
The study of where and why human activities are located where…
physical geography
the branch of geography dealing with natural features and proc…
space
place
region
toponym
geometric surface of the Earth
an area of bounded space of some human importance
a type of place
a place name
space
geometric surface of the Earth
place
an area of bounded space of some human importance
absolute location
acculturation
agglomeration effects
agribusiness
The actual space a place occupies on Earth's surface
The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a pract…
The cost advantages (external economies) for an individual com…
Commercial agriculture in which large corporations own and ope…
absolute location
The actual space a place occupies on Earth's surface
acculturation
The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a pract…
Two types of location
absolute location
relative location
2 characteristics for place
absolute & relative
specific place, uses grids, longitude & latitude
directional words & using distance
physical & human
Two types of location
absolute & relative
absolute location
specific place, uses grids, longitude & latitude
space
place
region
toponym
geometric surface of the Earth
an area of bounded space of some human importance
a type of place
a place name
space
geometric surface of the Earth
place
an area of bounded space of some human importance
Absolute distance
Absolute location
Accessibility
Aggregation
A distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length…
The exact position of an object or place, measured within the…
The relative ease with which a destination may be reached from…
the level at which you group things together for examination…
Absolute distance
A distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length…
Absolute location
The exact position of an object or place, measured within the…
culture
folk/local culture
folklore
popular culture
a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a pe…
how a group of people in a place that see themselves and share…
the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community,…
large culture that incorporates heterogeneous populations, is…
culture
a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a pe…
folk/local culture
how a group of people in a place that see themselves and share…
Agricultural Density
Arable Land
Physiological Density
Arithmetic Population Density
Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Land suitable for farming/agriculture
Population of a region / arable (farmable) land
Population of a region divided by total land area.
Agricultural Density
Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Arable Land
Land suitable for farming/agriculture
Agricultural Density
Arable Land
Physiological Density
Arithmetic Population Density
Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Land suitable for farming/agriculture
Population of a region / arable (farmable) land
Population of a region divided by total land area.
Agricultural Density
Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Arable Land
Land suitable for farming/agriculture
Agricultural Population Density
Arable Land
Physiological Population Density
Arithmetic Population Density
Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Land suitable for farming/agriculture
Population of a region / arable (farmable) land
Population of a region divided by total land area.
Agricultural Population Density
Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Arable Land
Land suitable for farming/agriculture
map
cartography
map scale
projection
two dimension or flat scale model of Earth's surface, or a por…
science of mapmaking
amount of area covered on a map and level of detail
scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface…
map
two dimension or flat scale model of Earth's surface, or a por…
cartography
science of mapmaking
Political Geography
Territory
Territoriality
Sovereignty
A subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and imp…
Area of land controlled by a nation.
In political geography, a country's or more local community's…
A principle of international relations that holds that final a…
Political Geography
A subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and imp…
Territory
Area of land controlled by a nation.
What are Ravenstein's laws for the dist…
What 2 categories can migration be divi…
What are 2 types of international migra…
What are 2 types of internal migration?
most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the…
international and inernal
voluntary and forced
interregional and intratregional
What are Ravenstein's laws for the dist…
most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the…
What 2 categories can migration be divi…
international and inernal
Adaptive Strategies
Agrarian
Agribusiness
Agricultural Industrialization
Describes a society's system of economic production... -helps exp…
People or societies that are farmers therefore promote agricul…
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of differe…
The use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors etc... -Makes…
Adaptive Strategies
Describes a society's system of economic production... -helps exp…
Agrarian
People or societies that are farmers therefore promote agricul…
Ecumene
Non-ecumene
Arithmetic (crude) Density
Physiological (nutritional) density
Portion of the Earth's surface occupied by permanent human set…
Area of the Earth's surface that humans consider too harsh for…
Total # of people divided by total land area
# of people supported by a unit of arable land
Ecumene
Portion of the Earth's surface occupied by permanent human set…
Non-ecumene
Area of the Earth's surface that humans consider too harsh for…
Mercator Projection
Equal Area Projection
Robinson Projection
Polar Projection
Mercator Projection
Equal Area Projection
Allocational boundary
Allocational boundary dispute (example)
Annexation
Antecedent boundaries
A boundary dispute that involves conflicting claims to the nat…
Problem occurs if there is a rich natural resource straddling…
The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) b…
A boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged…
Allocational boundary
A boundary dispute that involves conflicting claims to the nat…
Allocational boundary dispute (example)
Problem occurs if there is a rich natural resource straddling…
Agglomeration
Barriadas
Bid-rent theory
Blockbusting
the action or process of regions or areas collecting in mass u…
another name for squatter settlements that are residential dev…
a geographical economic theory to how the price and demand on…
a process by which real estate agents convince white property…
Agglomeration
the action or process of regions or areas collecting in mass u…
Barriadas
another name for squatter settlements that are residential dev…
with regard to migration how do georgap…
what are the three main reasons why peo…
why would the russian government offer…
why is russia a cultural pull for migra…
where people migrate to, where people migrate from, and reason…
- economic opportunity ... - cultural freedom ... - environmental co…
to reduce the population decline in russia
when the soviet union disbanded in 1991 many russians suddenly…
with regard to migration how do georgap…
where people migrate to, where people migrate from, and reason…
what are the three main reasons why peo…
- economic opportunity ... - cultural freedom ... - environmental co…
spatial approach
physical geography
human geography
absolute location
The way of identifying, explaining, and predicting the human a…
the branch of geography dealing with natural features and proc…
The study of where and why human activities are located where…
Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coo…
spatial approach
The way of identifying, explaining, and predicting the human a…
physical geography
the branch of geography dealing with natural features and proc…
adaptive strategies
architectural form
authenticity
cultural appropriation
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
the look of housing, effected by the available materials, the…
the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincer…
the process by which cultures adopt customs and knowledge from…
adaptive strategies
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
architectural form
the look of housing, effected by the available materials, the…