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Antecedent Boundary
Balance of Power
Boundary
Buffer State
A boundary that was drawn across an area prior to the area bec…
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countri…
An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
A neutral state between two warring states (e.g. Mongolia, bet…
Antecedent Boundary
A boundary that was drawn across an area prior to the area bec…
Balance of Power
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countri…
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…
Dialect
Extinct Language
Ideogram
Isogloss
A particular form of a language that is particular to a specif…
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speak…
A written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without in…
A geographic boundary line delimiting the area in which a give…
Dialect
A particular form of a language that is particular to a specif…
Extinct Language
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speak…
Apartheid
Balkanization
Blockbusting
Centripetal force
A South African policy of complete legal separation of the rac…
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among i…
A process by which real estate agents convince white property…
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for…
Apartheid
A South African policy of complete legal separation of the rac…
Balkanization
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among i…
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…
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…
agricultural revolution
arithmetic density
Census
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
the development of farming
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…
agricultural revolution
the development of farming
arithmetic density
The total number of people divided by the total land area
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
absolute location
cartography
cultural landscapes
distortion
The exact position of an object or place, measured within the…
science or art of making maps
The products of complex interactions between humans and their…
a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is…
absolute location
The exact position of an object or place, measured within the…
cartography
science or art of making maps
Industrial Revolution
primary sector
secondary sector
tertiary sector
a set of changes in technology that dramatically increased man…
portion of a country's economy employed in extracting natural…
portion of a country's economy employed in processing natural…
the service sector; consists of providing services to people a…
Industrial Revolution
a set of changes in technology that dramatically increased man…
primary sector
portion of a country's economy employed in extracting natural…
Artifact
Built environment
Cultural convergence
Cultural/environmental perception
Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of…
The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human a…
The contact and interaction of one culture to another.
The concept that people of different culture will definitely o…
Artifact
Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of…
Built environment
The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human a…
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…
culture
cultural trait
cultural complex
folk culture
the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a partic…
A single element of normal practice in a culture, such as the…
A related set of cultural traits, such as prevailing dress cod…
small, incorporates a homogeneous population, is typically rur…
culture
the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a partic…
cultural trait
A single element of normal practice in a culture, such as the…
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
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…
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…