APHUG FINAL EXAM REVIEW FALL

view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles [youth, maturity, & old age]

have progressed relatively far along a continuum of development [knowledge and technology].

group contains people w/ different characteristics [race, ethnicity, social forms, etc.]

process to control immigration; individuals w/ certain backgrounds are barred from immigrating.

boundary no longer observed but that still affects the present-day area (i.e. Berlin Wall).

a state with very small land area.

allocates strong power to units of local government within the country.

ethnic group tries remove by terror-inspiring means population of another ethnic group.

transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.

a force that divides people and countries; it means "spread out from the center."

language commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.

language collection within a branch; shares a common origin in recent past w/few differences.

migration to a new location.

an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics.

terrorist groups with no connection to a government.

spread of a feature from one key person/node of authority or power to other persons or places.

someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

domination of Eurasia's coastal fringes provides base for world conquest & containing USSR.

theory that physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people can adjust.

physical, tangible objects made, used, possessed, and left behind by a group for the future.

collection of languages related through a common ancestor but not as old as language families.

interplay b/w political relations & territorial context [geography & international relations].

conviction of the evident superiority of one's own ethnic group.

the spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.

the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

person been forced to migrate but has not migrated across an international border.

a system of communication through speech [& sounds] that have the same meaning to a group.

reduced time to diffuse something b/c of improved communications and transportation systems.

the rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

the total number of births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

a change in migration pattern in a society that also produces the demographic transition.

the process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.

realtors told homeowners that black families would move into neighborhood, making them sell.

three-tier structure in which developing world linked to economic activities of developed world

terrorist attacks by groups inside the state.

an area that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity.

group w/ different characteristics [race, ethnicity, language, religious beliefs, etc.]

identity of a group who share cultural characteristics of a particular homeland or hearth.

# of children/woman to replace parents & compensate for early deaths [2.1 children per woman].

migration from a location.

identity of a group who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin color.

places most power in the hands of central government officials.

a person who enters a country without proper documents to do so.

a large group of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history.

average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

the rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

form of relocation diffusion that involves a permanent move to a new location.

a force that divides people and countries; it means "spread out from the center."

identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.

boundary made via colonization without regard to prior ethnic/cultural patterns [i.e. Africa]

government tries to restrict population by encouraging smaller families to lower TFR.

medical science branch concerned w/ population's incidence, distribution, & control disease.

concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves.

mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence.

belief race primarily determines human traits & racial differences creates racial superiority

forced to migrate from his or her home country and cannot return for fear of persecution.

identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

government tries to expand population by encouraging larger families to increase TFR.

model explains the change in population by establishing 4 stages of transition & later stage 5.

concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

culture found in a large heterogeneous society despite differences in personal characteristics.

simple, economical, mass-produced houses for suburban growth; housing built in U.S post 1940s

actions/processes that involve entire world & result in making something worldwide in scope.

boundaries between countries have been placed where possible to separate different ethnicities

an area organized around a node or focal point.

internat'l relations principle that final authority over matters rest w/ legit rulers of states

house-style comprised one-story, w/ a steep roof and chimneys at either side, & a raised porch.

region from which innovative ideas originate.

government tries to expand its population by encouraging larger families to increase the TFR.

the emigration of whites from an area of in anticipation of blacks moving into the area.

a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity.

projection where direction is correct, but relative size is badly distorted towards the poles.

nation that transcends the borders of two or more states [Kurdistan, the Koreas, etc.].

group systematic violence to create fear to coerce a government into action or inaction.

spread of feature from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

% growth of a population in a year; crude birth rate [CBR] minus crude death rate [CDR].

the portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.

science of making maps.

all success is controlled by the limits of one's environment.

the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.

the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

attacks organized, funded, and/or planned by the government of a state.

boundaries based on human constructs, such as straight lines.

1st group of people who needed to use geography; mainly for survival and locating other places.

a state that contains more than one ethnicity.

an area organized into a political unit and ruled by a government that has sovereignty.

found in Great Lakes region b/c area was settled by New England migrants ["boxy"& central hall]

identity with group of people who are perceived to share physiological trait like skin color.

the number of males per 100 females in the population.

customary beliefs & values & social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group.

a group of languages with a shared but fairly distant origin.

redrawing legislative bodies to benefit the political party in power.

countries in early stage of development [improvement of people via knowledge & technology].

terrorist attacks by groups outside the state.

conviction of the evident superiority of one's own ethnic group.

regional language variation distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, & pronunciation.

physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust

countries have progressed far along a continuum of development [via knowledge and technology].

the process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.

diminished importance & eventual disappearance of phenomenon w/ increasing distance from origin

state w/ more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination and self government.

a compromised distortion in which everything is distorted, but nothing is distorted greatly.

terrorist attacks by groups outside the state.

East Asia, South Asia, Europe, & Southeast Asia.

terrorist groups with no connection to a government.

system used to transfer locations from earth's surface to a flat map.

claimed population was growing much more rapidly than Earth's food supply arithmetically.

religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular area.

His studies led to laws that state that migration is impacted by push and pull factors.

mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence.

#of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the # of people active in the labor force.

culture traditionally practiced by small, homogeneous, rural groups living in isolation.

religion w/ concentrated distribution & typically based on location's physical characteristics.

houses mass-produced for suburban growth that combine elements of modern and folk house styles.

associations of 3 or more states developed to achieve objectives [political, economic, etc.]

identity with a group who share cultural characteristics of a particular homeland or hearth.

geographic area that could not successfully be organized into stable countries.

the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

a group that shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

a bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex.

worker migrated to developed W & N Europe countries; today migrate to Middle East oil countries

migrants from Middle Atlantic settled in Midwest, 2 stories in height, 1-room deep 2 rooms wide

theory predicted armed conflicts after 1950 would occur in the countries surrounding the USSR

boundary across area prior to becoming substantially-populated (i.e. Malaysia/Indonesia border]

relationship between object's size on a map & size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.