APHG Vocabulary

Economic activities in which natural resources are extracted.

Largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can sustainably support.

The population pyramid for stage 4 of the DTM looks most like a

Geographical boundary lines where different linguistic features meet.

The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.

Territory administered by a sovereign gov't and recognized by the international community.

Economic activities concerned with the processing of raw materials, such as manufacturing.

Language family including Germanic and Romance languages; spoken by about 50% of the world.

Total value of goods and services, including income received from abroad, produced by residents

Soda bottling would be an example of this type of industry.

Chile is an example of this state shape.

Cohort of individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during a time of peace and prosperity.

Clustering together of many firms from the same industry.

Chile, Brazil, India, and China would all be considered

Mackinder's theory that political powers in central Eurasia could eventually dominate the world

Map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area

Doctrine that claims that cultural traits are formed and controlled by environmental conditions

This city model has three CBD's.

Migration event in which individuals follow the path of preceding friends or family members.

The difference between the number of births and number of deaths within a particular country.

Sharing a common language is this type of force.

A country's leading city whose population is disproportionately larger than all other cities.

Several metropolitan areas that have joined together to form a large, sprawling urban complex.

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

U.S. firms that have factories across the border in Mexico; products exported back to the U.S.

A model of development where LDCs are defined by their dependence on a developed core region.

Which of the following is NOT important in Weber's Least Cost Theory?

National or global regions where economic power, innovation, and advanced tech is concentrated.

Despite the One Child Policy, China's population has continued to grow due to

Projection that attempts to balance several possible projection errors.

Distance is actually shrinking as technology enables more rapid communication and interaction.

Thailand is an example of this state shape.

Type of map that distorts the size and shape of a political unit to represent some value

What do Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism have in common?

Forces that tend to divide a country

The dispersal of an industry that formerly existed in an established agglomeration.

A pidgin language that becomes the primary language of the people who speak it.

Place names given to certain features on the land such as settlements & terrain features.

State governed constitutionally as a unit, without internal divisions.

When a trait of one culture prompts invention or innovation in another.

Language in which all government business occurs.

Contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries.

The northern industrial states of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania are now known as the

Diffusion of ideas, innovations, etc. from one place to another through migration.

China is in this stage of the DTM.

Exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system

If the net pop. growth of a country is 1%, how long will it take for the population to double?

Andorra, San Marino, and Vatican City are all

Industries that tend to locate close to the source of raw materials.

Spykman's theory that controlling the coasts of Eurasia could lead to world conquest

Decrease in interaction between two things as the distance between them increases

Organization of three or more states to promote shared objectives, ie European Union.

The relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other place

Number of deaths per 1,000 children within the first five years of life.

Boundary line established before an area is populated.

Model that describes a country's progression through five stages of development.

Italy and South Africa are both

He argued that population grows exponentially, while food production increases arithmetically.

Projection that attempts to retain the accurate sizes of all the world's landmasses.

The adoption of cultural traits by one group under the influence of another.

If the biggest city has 10 million, according to the rank-size rule, the 5th largest will have

Language used by two people not sharing a native language; often for the purposes of trade

San Marino and Lesotho are both

Stage of the demographic transition model with low birth rates and low death rates

The number of people living in a given unit area.

Location where shipments of goods are broken up for delivery to local markets.

Boundary line drawn in an area ignoring the existing cultural pattern.

Diffusion in which something is transmitted between places because of what they have in common

Computer chips and diamonds are examples of this type of industry

Projection that distorts the size of landmasses, especially near the poles.

Time period required for a population experiencing exponential growth to double in size.

Religion that is identified with a particular ethnic group; does not seek converts

Measure used by the UN to calculate development in terms of human welfare

Total value of goods and services produced within the borders of a country in one year.

This city model has a Colonial Port Zone instead of a CBD.