APHG Fall Exam Review

A company that conducts research, operated factories and sells products in many countries

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing it

A repetitive act performed by a particular individual

Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that has diffused to the poorer countries

A total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in a society

An area in organized around a node or focal point

The portion of Earth's surface occupied permanent human settlement

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society

A total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in a society

The creation and maintenance of unequal relationships between civilizations favoring the more powerful civilization

A term used for a worker who migrated to Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe

Number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase

Average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

One who has been forced to migrate for similar reasons as a refugee but has not moved across an international border

Actions or processes that involve the entire world result in making something worldwide in scope

Average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic and medical conditions

The region from which innovative ideas originate

Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution and control of diseases

Physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability and choose a course of action

Permanent movement within one region of a country

The language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents

Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumers by humans

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution

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

Architecture based on local needs, construction materials and reflecting local tradtions

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

The traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

A language that is in daily use but that lacks a literary tradition

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed

Area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics

Claimed migrants relocate a short distance, or a long distance to as major economic center

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

The relationship between the portion of the Earth being studied and Earth as a whole

Permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors

A language in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

Claimed that the population in growing much more rapidly than Earth's food supply

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

Large-scale emigration by talented people

The physical evidence of a culture in the objects and architecture they make, or have made

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation

A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans

A restrictions behavior imposed by social systems

A complete enumeration of a population

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

The increase gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods