Study sets matching "ap human geography vocabulary"
Study sets
Diagrams
Classes
Users
acculturation
animism
assimilation
Baha'i
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding cultu…
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself…
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cogniti…
a teacher of or believer in Bahaism
acculturation
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding cultu…
animism
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself…
arithmetic density
Census
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
The total number of people divided by the total land area
A complete enumeration of a population
The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people ali…
The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people alive in a soc…
arithmetic density
The total number of people divided by the total land area
Census
A complete enumeration of a population
Animal Husbandry
Cash Cropping
Corporate Agriculture (Agribusiness)
Commercial Crops
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domest…
Planting large amounts of profitable crops for mass production…
System of food production involving everything from the develo…
A crop grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed.
Animal Husbandry
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domest…
Cash Cropping
Planting large amounts of profitable crops for mass production…
Animal Husbandry
Cash Cropping
Corporate Agriculture (Agribusiness)
Commercial Crops
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domest…
Planting large amounts of profitable crops for mass production…
System of food production involving everything from the develo…
A crop grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed.
Animal Husbandry
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domest…
Cash Cropping
Planting large amounts of profitable crops for mass production…
terra incognita
description
measurement
Ptolemy
unknown land
recording of knowledge about people and environments of the Ea…
human understanding about shape and size of the world
Versions of his map were used for 1,500 years
terra incognita
unknown land
description
recording of knowledge about people and environments of the Ea…
geography
spatial relationships
human-environment interaction
location
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosp…
specifies how some object is located in space in relation to s…
reciprocal relationship between humans and the environment and…
position; situation of people and things
geography
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosp…
spatial relationships
specifies how some object is located in space in relation to s…
Consumer goods
Core-periphery model
Crude birth rate
Dependency Theory
commodities bought and used by consumers, not manufacturers fo…
Model of the distribution of wealth and development. MDC = cor…
number of live births per 1000 people per year per year. Crude…
Notion that resources flow from periphery to wealthy core, enr…
Consumer goods
commodities bought and used by consumers, not manufacturers fo…
Core-periphery model
Model of the distribution of wealth and development. MDC = cor…
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
Boserup Hypothesis
Epidemiologic Transition Model
Gravity Model
In the four stages of transition from an agricultural subsiste…
Based on the observation that explains how population increase…
Disease vulnerability shifts in patterns similar to the DTM. I…
When applied to migration, larger places attract more migrants…
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
In the four stages of transition from an agricultural subsiste…
Boserup Hypothesis
Based on the observation that explains how population increase…
Religion
Monotheistic Religion
Polytheistic Religion
Animistic Religion
a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life…
belief system in which one supreme being is revered as creator…
belief system in which multiple deities are revered as creator…
the belief that inanimate objects, such as hills, trees, rocks…
Religion
a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life…
Monotheistic Religion
belief system in which one supreme being is revered as creator…
Development
Fair trade
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
A process of improvement in the material conditions of people…
Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small busin…
Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another…
Compares the ability of women and men to participate in econom…
Development
A process of improvement in the material conditions of people…
Fair trade
Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small busin…
Latitude
Longitude
GPS
GIS
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallel…
The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridian…
A system that determines the precise position of something on…
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displa…
Latitude
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallel…
Longitude
The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridian…
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
Boserup Hypothesis
Epidemiologic Transition Model
Gravity Model
In the four stages of transition from an agricultural subsiste…
Based on the observation that explains how population increase…
Disease vulnerability shifts in patterns similar to the DTM. I…
When applied to migration, larger places attract more migrants…
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
In the four stages of transition from an agricultural subsiste…
Boserup Hypothesis
Based on the observation that explains how population increase…
Religion
Secularism
Monotheistic Religion
Polytheistic Religion
a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life…
the idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated…
belief system in which one supreme being is revered as creator…
belief system in which multiple deities are revered as creator…
Religion
a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life…
Secularism
the idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated…
Asylum seeker
Brain drain
Chain migration
Circular migration
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of bei…
Large-scale emigration by talented people.
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives o…
The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and ho…
Asylum seeker
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of bei…
Brain drain
Large-scale emigration by talented people.
Cartography
Place
Region
Scale
Science of mapmaking.
Specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular charact…
Area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or featur…
Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being…
Cartography
Science of mapmaking.
Place
Specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular charact…
Creole (or creolized) language
Dialect
Exctinct language
Isogloss
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's langu…
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,…
A language that was once use by people in daily activities but…
A boundary that separates regions in which different language…
Creole (or creolized) language
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's langu…
Dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,…
Consumer goods
Core-periphery model
Crude birth rate
Dependency Theory
commodities bought and used by consumers, not manufacturers fo…
Model of the distribution of wealth and development. MDC = cor…
number of live births per 1000 people per year per year. Crude…
Notion that resources flow from periphery to wealthy core, enr…
Consumer goods
commodities bought and used by consumers, not manufacturers fo…
Core-periphery model
Model of the distribution of wealth and development. MDC = cor…
Human geography
Physical geography
Absolute location
Relative location
a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns an…
the study of physical features of the earth's surface
The exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
the location of something in relation to something else
Human geography
a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns an…
Physical geography
the study of physical features of the earth's surface
Accent
Dialect
Extinct Language
Ideogram
A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially…
A regional variation of a language distinguished by vocabulary…
A language that no longer has any speakers, or that is no long…
A written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without in…
Accent
A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially…
Dialect
A regional variation of a language distinguished by vocabulary…
Religion
Secularism
Monotheistic Religion
Polytheistic Religion
a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life…
the idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated…
belief system in which one supreme being is revered as creator…
belief system in which multiple deities are revered as creator…
Religion
a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life…
Secularism
the idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated…