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‘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. Toponym Unit 3: Culture 14, 15, 16. roup-i Terms Due: Acculturation Assimilation Maladaptive diffusion Built environment Custom Folk culture Folklore Glocalization Habit |. Material culture Nonmaterial culture Placelessness Popular culture Reterritorialization Taboo Terroir Group 2 Terms Due: 17. 18. 19. 20, 21 22. 23, 24, 25, 26. 27. 28, 29, 30, aL. 32, 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 "33, 34, 35, 36. 7. 38, 39, 40. 41. (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 97, 58, 59. 60. 61 62, 63, 64 65. 66. 67, Ethnic religion Fundamentalism Geomaney (feng shui) Hadj Hinduism Caste system interfaith boundaries Intrafaith boundaries Islam Jainism Jinad AP 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. Enfranchisement AP 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 definitions AP 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 definitions Unit 7: Cities & Urban Land Use Group i Terms Due:__ 10, 11. 12, 13, 14, 15. 16 47, 18, 19, 20. a1. 22, 23, 24, 25, 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 Gro! 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31, 32, 33. 34, 35, 36. 37, 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 4, 45, 46. 47. 48, 49, 50, 51, 52. 53. 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 Group 3 Terms Due: 54, 55, 56. 57. 58, 59, 60. 61. 62, 63 64 65. 65. 67, 68 69. 70, n 72 3 74, 75, 76. 77. 78. 79, 20. 81, 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)

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