Study sets matching "ap human geography vocabulary"
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Absolute location
Acculturation
Agglomeration effects
Agribusiness
The actual space a place occupies on the 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 the earth's surface
Acculturation
The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a pract…
Absolute location
Acculturation
Agglomeration effects
Agribusiness
The actual space a place occupies on the 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 the earth's surface
Acculturation
The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a pract…
Formal Region
Absolute Location
Functional Region
Vernacular (Perceptual) Region
region with a high level consistency in certain cultural or ph…
a point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate syste…
regions made up of a central place and surrounding areas affec…
A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural i…
Formal Region
region with a high level consistency in certain cultural or ph…
Absolute Location
a point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate syste…
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
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…
Activity Space
Brain Drain
Chain Migration
Circulation
The range of an area in which an organism participates in its…
The large-scale emigration of talented citizens of a country w…
The migration of people to a certain location because family m…
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a…
Activity Space
The range of an area in which an organism participates in its…
Brain Drain
The large-scale emigration of talented citizens of a country w…
cartography
projection
latitude
longitude
Science of making a map.
A system to transfer location from Earth's surface to a flat m…
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallel…
The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridian…
cartography
Science of making a map.
projection
A system to transfer location from Earth's surface to a flat m…
Activity Space
Brain Drain
Chain Migration
Periodic
The range of an area in which an organism participates in its…
The large-scale emigration of talented citizens of a country w…
The migration of people to a certain location because family m…
movement such as college or military service, that involves te…
Activity Space
The range of an area in which an organism participates in its…
Brain Drain
The large-scale emigration of talented citizens of a country w…
Absolute location
Acculturation
Agglomeration effects
Agribusiness
The actual space a place occupies on the 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 the earth's surface
Acculturation
The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a pract…
Agribusiness
Agriculture
Animal Domestication
Cereal Grain
A term referring to every business involved in commercial farm…
The raising of animals or the growing of crops on tended land…
The process of taming an animal species to be accustomed to hu…
A grass with starchy grains, which are used in many different…
Agribusiness
A term referring to every business involved in commercial farm…
Agriculture
The raising of animals or the growing of crops on tended land…
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…
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…
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…
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives o…
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…
geography
spatial relationships
human-environment interaction
location
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosp…
two (or more) phenomena may be related, or associated with one…
the connection and exchange between humans and the natural wor…
position; situation of people and things
geography
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosp…
spatial relationships
two (or more) phenomena may be related, or associated with one…
Acid Precipitation
Active Solar Energy Systems
Agribusiness
Agricultural Density
Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids emitt…
Solar energy system that collects energy through the use of of…
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of differe…
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arab…
Acid Precipitation
Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids emitt…
Active Solar Energy Systems
Solar energy system that collects energy through the use of of…
acculturation
animism
artifacts
assimilation
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding cultu…
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself…
object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cogniti…
acculturation
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding cultu…
animism
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself…
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
1st Agricultural Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
5 Themes of Geography
Region
Transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedenta…
During the industrial revolution; improved methods of cultivat…
Region, location, place, human-environment interaction, and mo…
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or fea…
1st Agricultural Revolution
Transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedenta…
2nd Agricultural Revolution
During the industrial revolution; improved methods of cultivat…
1st Agricultural Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
5 Themes of Geography
Region
Transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedenta…
During the industrial revolution; improved methods of cultivat…
Region, location, place, human-environment interaction, and mo…
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or fea…
1st Agricultural Revolution
Transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedenta…
2nd Agricultural Revolution
During the industrial revolution; improved methods of cultivat…
1st Agricultural Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
5 Themes of Geography
Region
Transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedenta…
During the industrial revolution; improved methods of cultivat…
Region, location, place, human-environment interaction, and mo…
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or fea…
1st Agricultural Revolution
Transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedenta…
2nd Agricultural Revolution
During the industrial revolution; improved methods of cultivat…