‘AP Human Geography
Vocabulary List
ALL DEFINITIONS MUST BE HAND-WRITTEN
Unit I: Geography: Its Nature
and Perspectives
Group 1 Terms Due: Group 2 Terms Due:___ Group 3 Terms Due:___
1. Geography 26. Globalization 57. Distortion
2. Human geography 27. Location 58. Cartography
3. Physical geography 28, Location theory 59. Geographic Information
4, Five themes of 29. Absolute location systems (GIS)
geography 30. Relative location 60. Global Position systems
5. Sequent o¢cupance 31. Space vs. place (GPs)
6. Culture 32. site 61. North Pole
7. Culture trait 33. Situation 62. South Pole
8. Cultural landscape 34, Region 63. Longitude
9. Physical landscape 35. Formal region 64. Latitude
10. Den: 36. Functional (or nodal) 65. Meridian
11. Hearth region 66. Parallel
12. Cultural hearth 37. Perceptual (or 67. Equator
13. Cultural barrier vernacular} region 68, Prime Meridian
14. Diffusion 38. Space-time compression 68. International Date Line
15. Relocation diffusion 39, Pattern 70. Map scale
16. Expansion diffusion 40. Linear pattern 71. Cartogram
17. Hierarchical diffusion 41. Centralized pattern 72. Dot map
18. Contagious diffusion 42. Random pattern 73, Chloropleth map
19. Stimulus diffusion 43, Concentration 74, Isoline map
20. Distribution 44, Connectivity 75, Projection
21. Eeumene 45, Pandemic 76. Remote sensing
22. Environmental 46. Epidemic 77, Time zones
determinism 47. Land Ordinance of 1785 78, Satellite imagery
23. Isotherms 48. Township
24, Cultural ecology 49, Principal meridians
25, Human-environment 50. Base lines
interaction 51. Sections
52. Scale (implied degree of
generalization)
53. Spatial perspective
54. Spatial interaction
55. Distance decay
56. ToponymUnit 3: Culture
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Acculturation
Assimilation
Maladaptive diffusion
Built environment
Custom
Folk culture
Folklore
Glocalization
Habit
|. Material culture
Nonmaterial culture
Placelessness
Popular culture
Reterritorialization
Taboo
Terroir
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British Received
Pronunciation
Creole
Conquest theory
Dispersal hypothesis
Dialect
Ebonics
Extinct language
Franglais
Ideograms
Indo-European languages
Isogloss
Isolated languages
Language
Language family
Language branch
Language group
AP Human Geography
Vocabulary List
ALL DEFINITIONS MUST BE HAND-WRITTEN
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(ang uage divergence Group-4 Terms-Bue-——
Language convergence
Lingua franca 68. Judaism
Literary traditions 69. Landscapes of the dead
Monolingual {burial}
Multilingual 70. Lutheran
Mutual intelligibility 71, Monotheism
72. Polytheism
73. Pagan
74, Mormonism
Official language
Pidgin
42. Proto-Indo-European
43, Renfrew hypothesis ® poselne religion
. Reincarnation
ciel 77. Religious toponym
Group 3 Terms Due:_ 78, Sacred space
79. Secularism
45, Animism Si sexs
46, Autonomous religion i stamerem
47, Baptist 82. Shari'a law
48. Baha'i 83. Shintoism
49. Buddhism 4. Sikhism
50. Christianity 85. sun
51. Catholic 36. Shia
52. Denomination 87, Taoism
53. Diocese cg, Taner,
eh coioeemy, 89. Universalizing
So Pinieeate 90. Zoroastrianism
56. Confucianism
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Ethnic religion
Fundamentalism
Geomaney (feng shui)
Hadj
Hinduism
Caste system
interfaith boundaries
Intrafaith boundaries
Islam
Jainism
JinadAP Human Geography
Vocabulary List
ALL DEFINITIONS MUST BE HANI
98. Territorial morphology
99. Compact state
100. Fragmented state
101. Elongated state
102. Prorupted state
103. Perforated state
104, Territoriality
105. UNCLOS (United
Nations Convention on
‘the Law of the Sea)
106. USSR collapse (what
happened?)
107. EnfranchisementAP Human Geography
Vocabulary List
ALL DEFINITIONS MUST BE HAND-WRITTEN,
Unit 6: Industrialization &
Development
Group 3 Terms Due: _ core, periphery, & semi- 50. Location theory
1. Compressed modernity periphery) Uindustriat
2. ‘Glial convergence 22. Social development 51. Primary industries
8. Derenlencytheory 23, Microcredit 52. Secondary industries
4. Per capita (microfinance) 53. Tertiary industries
5. Foreign direct 24, Structural adjustment 54, Quaternary industries
investment (FDI) program 55. Quinary industries
6. Gross domestic product 25. Acid rain 56. Industrial regions (list
(oP) 26. Agglomeration examples)
7. Gross national product 27. Air pollution 57. industrial Revolution
{enp} 28. Assembly line 58. Infrastructure
8. Human Development production/Fordism 59. Labor-intensive
Index 29. Bid rent theory industries
9. More Developed Country 30. Break-of-bulk point 60. Locational
(moc) interdependence
re ee Grows 2treens ede — 61. Maquiladora
ess Developed Country
(0c) 31. Carrier efficiency en
11. Relatively developed 32. Comparative advantage
country 33. Cottage industry 62. Multiplier effect
12. Indicators of 34, Cumulative causation 63. NAFTA
development (list 35. Deglomeration 64. Outsourcing
examples) 36. Desertification 65. “just in time” delivery
13. Literacy rate 37. Deindustrialization 66. Specialized Economic
14. Neocolonialism 38. Economic sectors (list Zones
15, Physical Quality of Life examples) 67. Substitution principle
Index 39. Economies of scale 68. Topocide
16. Purchasing power parity 40. Ecotourism 69. Transnational
17. W.W. Rostow’s 41. Entrepot corporation
Development Model 42. Export Processing Zone 70. Ubiquitous
(identify and describe 43, Fair trade 71. Variable costs
the 5 stages) 44, Formal economy 72. Alfred Weber's least cost
18. Technology gap 45, informal economy theory
19. Technology transfer 46. Footloose industry 73. Weight-gaining (bulk-
20. Third World 47. Four Tigers gaining industry)
21. Immanuel Waliterstein's 48, Friction of distance
World Systems Theory 49. Greenhouse effect Please turn page for rest
(identify and describe of definitionsAP Human Geography
Vocabulary List
ALL DEFINITIONS MUST BE HAND-WRITTEN
Unit 6: Industrialization &
Development
Group 1 Terms Due: _ core, periphery, & semi- 50, Location theory
1. Compressed modernity Periphery) (industrial)
2. Cultural convergence 22. Social development 51, Primary industries
3. Dependency theory 23. Microcredit 52. Secondary industries
4. Percapita {microfinance} 53. Tertiary industries
5. Foreign direct 24, Structural adjustment 54, Quaternary industries
investment (FO!) program 55. Quinary industries
6. Gross domestic product 25. Acid rain 56. Industrial regions (ist
(e0P) 26. Agglomeration examples)
7. Grossnational product 27. Air pollution 57. Industrial Revolution
(np) 28. Assembly line 58, Infrastructure
8. Human Development production/Fordism 59, Labor-intensive
index 29. Bid rent theory industries
9. Mote Developed Country 30. Break-of-bulk point 60. Locational
{MeS) Group 2 Terms Due: Imerdependence
10. Less Developed Country Si. Maquiladora
(wc) 31. Carrier efficiency Group 3 Terms Due:
11, Relatively developed 32. Comparative advantage
country 33. Cottage industry 62. Multiplier effect,
12. Indicators of 34. Cumulative causation 63. NAFTA
development (list 35. Deglomeration 64, Outsourcing
examples) 36. Desertification 65. “just in time” delivery
13. Literacy rate 37. Deindustrialization 66, Specialized Economic
14, Neocolonialism 38, Economic sectors (list Zones
15. Physical Quality of Life examples) 67. Substitution principle
Index 39, Economies of scale 68. Topocide
16, Purchasing power parity 40. Ecotourism 69. Transnational
17. WW. Rostow’s 421. Entrepot corporation
Development Model 42. Export Processing Zone 70. Ubiquitous
(identify and describe 43. Fair trade 71, Variable costs
the 5 stages) 444, Formal economy 72. Alfred Weber's least cost
18. Technology gap 45, informal economy theory
19. Technology transfer 46. Footloose industry 73, Weight-gaining (bulk-
20. Third World 47. Four Tigers gaining industry)
21, Immanuel Wallterstein’s 48, Friction of distance
World systems Theory 49. Greenhouse effect Please turn page for rest
(identify and describe of definitionsUnit 7: Cities & Urban Land
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Barriadas
CBD (central business
district)
Census tract
Centralization
Walter Christaller's
Central-place theory
city
EW. Burgess’
Concentric Zone Model
Decentralization
Density gradient
Filtering
Basic sector
Non-basic sector
Edge city
Favela
Gateway city
Gentrification
Ghetto
Hinterland
Inner city
Megacities
Conurbation
Metropolitan area
Harris & Ullman’s
Multiple Nuclei Mode!
Communities
Rank-size rule
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AP Human Geography
Vocabulary List
up 2 Terms Due:
Redlining,
. Homer Hoyt’s Sector
Model
Nucleated
slum
Squatter settlement
Grid street pattern
Dendritic street pattern
Suburb
Suburbanization
Tenement
Town
Underclass
Underemployment
Urban hierarchy
Urbanization
World city
Zone in transition
Zoning ordinances
Base ratio
Bosnywash
Center city
Complementary region
Councils of government
Disamenity sector
Export activities
Feminization of poverty
Formative era
Greenbelts
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In situ accretion
Manufacturing city
Mercantile city
Micropolitan statistical
area
Physical city
Public housing
Rush hours
Settlement geography
Smart growth
Social area analysis
Special-function cities
Sprawl
Transportation centers
Urban area
Urban elite
Urban geography
Urban influence zone
Urban renewal
Wirth, Louis
Zone of maturity
Urban morphology
Civilization
Shanty-towns
Mesopotamia
(civilization)
Indus River Valley
(civilization)
Nile River Valley
(civilization)
Huang He and Wei
Mesoamerica
(civilization)