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Duplicate of AP Human Geography Vocabulary
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Almost all the vocabulary throughout the class of AP Human Geography.
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Theory that the physical environment merely establishes limits of what is possible for humanity
Environmental Determinism
Possibilism
Environmental Possibilism
Determinism
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What is situation?
The culture of a place
The absolute location of a place
The location of a place based on relation to other places
The agricultural density of a place
3
The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior to all others
Superiorism
Ethnocentrism
Ethnoism
Imperialism
4
Who created the model of development for countries that is based on stages of economic growth?
Rostow
Mackinder
Mendel
Malthus
5
A population pyramid reflects on the
Population by age and sex
The population by state and job
The population by age and job
The population by job and economics
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What does DC and LDC stand for?
DC: dying countries, DLC: less developed countries
DC: depedent countries, LDC: large dependent countries
DC: developed countries, LDC: less developed countries
DC: developed countries, LDC: lower developed countries
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What type of diffusion is spread over time and space?
Hiearchical
Spatial
Contagious
Spreading
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What is a centripetal force?
Different religions
One language
Different cultural backgrounds
Different ethnicities
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What is the hinterlands?
The surrounding trade area of an urban area
The urban complex outside of a city
A rural complex outside of a city
The surrounding trade area of an rural area
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A urban complex that consists of more workers than residents (plus lots of offices)
Edge City
Megacity
Megalopolis
Global city
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What is it called when corporations use commercial agriculture to gain a profit?
Industry
Profit Agriculture
Agribusiness
Agriculture
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When an ethnic group is trying to reclaim or relocate to its homeland
Irredentism
Reclaimation
Relocotatism
Relocation
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What is the multiplier effect
Basic jobs:Nonbasic jobs
Non-basic jobs:Basic Jobs
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What is the heartland-rimland theory?
is a theory made by Halford Mackinder
The Heartlands (Eurasia) will rule the world/rimlands
The rimlands will rule the world/heartlands
is a theory created by Thomas Malthus
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What is step migration?
Moving only a small bit away
Migrating up a set of stairs
A series of small moves to reach a destination
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An expanse of water (200 miles) off a country coast designated for the country's resources
EPZs
EEZs
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Which is a megalopolis?
The Corn Belt
The Tristate Area
London
Toyko
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The process of renovating an old, run-down part of a neighborhood for the middle & upper class
Rejuvenation
Gentrification
Renovatation
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When many businesses locate themselves near similar businesses, what is it called?
Agglomeration
Deagglomeration
Franchise
Relocation
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Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
The United States East Coast
France
Russia
England
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The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior to all others
Ethnoism
Ethnocentrism
Imperialism
Superiorism
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The location of a place in relation to the location of other places
Around location
Mental location
Relative location
Percieved location
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What type of agriculture only creates enough crops to sustain its population?
Nomadism
Plantation
Subsistence
Horticulture
24
What is the dependency ratio?
People working:People unemployed
People under 15 & older than 65:people 15-65
People 15-65:People under 15 & older than 65
Children: Adults
25
What is assimilation?
Immigrants move from a country
Immigrants move to a country
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Relocation diffusion
Cultural diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
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What do you call the movement of people from the countryside to the city?
rural-to-suburban migration
urban-to-suburban migration
urban-to-rural migration
rural-to-urban migration
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An example of a perceptual region is...
The Tristate Area
The Deep South
The Rocky Mountains
Canada
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A state where over 90% of the population is an ethnic group:a political unit composed of people
State:nation-state
Government:state
State:government
Nation-state:state
30
What is the demographic transition model?
It shows the link between population and economic growth
It shows the link between population and agricultural growth
It shows the link between agricultural and ecomonic growth
It shows the link between economic and business growth
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A city that is twice as large as the next largest city and more than twice as significant
Megacity
Primate City
Superior City
Primary City
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A state with a strong central government that retains most political power.
Unitary State
Power House
Federal State
Compact State
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What is assimilation?
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
Immigrants move from a country
Immigrants move to a country
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What is decolonization?
People go back to their home country
Former colonies gain independence from their home country
Former colonies rejoin their home country
People go to another country
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Relocation diffusion
Cultural diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
36
Define Megacity
A city with over 20 million people
A city with other 10 thousand people
A city with other 20 thousand people
A city wth other 10 million people
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What is environmental determinism?
The environment controls human behavior
Human behavior controls the environment
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The rate of natural increase is
Crude birth rate-Crude death rate
Crude death rate-Crude birth rate
Population+Migrants
Population-Migrants
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What model is this?
Sector
Multiple Nuclei
Urban Realms
Concentric Zones
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Define pastoralism
Animals are killed in a season pattern
Animals are left out in pastures
Animals are herded in a seasonal migratory pattern
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The production of a single crop for commercial markets, such as rice, corn, and wheat
Soloculture
Monoculture
Unoculture
Oneculture
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What is the movement of people from urban cores to the surrounding outer edges of a city?
Urbanization
Migration
Ruralization
Suburbanization
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What is an example of channelized migration?
A Cuban family comes to Florida
Young adult singles move to Chicago
Senior citizens move to California
A Mexican family move to Texas
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A simplified mixture of two or more languages that is adopted in areas of cultural diversity
Language
Language Family
Pidgin
Creole
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The time it takes for a population to double in size if the growth rate stays the same
Doubling time
Doubling population
Population growth
Doubling growth
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What do you call an old boundary between countries that is no longer used?
Relict Boundary
Former Boundary
Relic Boundary
Ancient Boundary
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What is assimilation?
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
Immigrants move to a country
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
Immigrants move from a country
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What is a country going through
deindustrialization
?
Brazil
Afghanistan
United States
Haiti
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Not the formal language of the country but the language used in the country trade and bussiness
Business language
Lingua franca
Creole
Pidgin
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The process of detecting the nature of an area from a distance
GIS
Remote sensing
map
GPS
51
What is the rejection of all religious beliefs called?
Secularism
Segregation
Atheism
Socioism
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What is an example of a dialect?
An English speaker learns the Spanish language
A Spanish speaker speaks English with a Spanish accent
A French speaker speaks only French
An English speaker tries to speak Spanish, but says it wrong
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Migrants try to minimize the friction of distance by moving to locations closer to them
Gentrification
Migration
Friction decay
Distance decay
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What agricultural revolution started in the 17th century and increased the efficiency of crops?
The Green Revolution
Third Agricultural Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
Second Agricultural Revolution
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A state that is long and narrow in shape
Perforated State
Compacted State
Enlongated State
Fragmented State
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What type of boundary is forced on a territory after existing ones are in place?
Forced boundaries
Superimposed boundaries
Amendment boundaries
Vengeful boundaries
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In what revolution did the domestication of plants and animals become a part of society?
Second Agricultural Revolution
Third Agricultural Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
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Type of government w/ main government in power:Type of government w/ local government in power
Canada: United States
Federal: Confederate
Confederate: Federal
United States: Canada
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The gross domestic product plus the value of income from abroad
GDP
GNP
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Companies will try to limit the other territories by moving towards the middle of the customers
Locational Depedence Theory
Location Theory
Middlism
Locational Interdepedence Theory
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What is a tangible piece of material culture?
Sociofact
Artifact
Mentifact
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Intensive subsistence agriculture uses...
heavy inputs of fertilizer & human labor on a small area
less fertilizer & lots of human labor on a small rural area
the destruction of arable land
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Least cost theory is _____ when locating an industry.
labor, transporation, and agglomeration is minimized
location, transportation, and agglomeration is maximized
location, transporation, and deagglomeration is minimized
location, transporation, and deagglomeration is maximized
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A form of tribal religion that reveres a single person with special healing or magic powers?
Shamanism
Buddhism
Christianity
Ancient Belief
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What is a charter group?
The first group of people to settle at a place
A large group of people go to a place
The first group of people to establish a culture at a place
The most recent group of people to go to a place
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Migrants will choose a location closer rather than farther if all other factors are the same
Migration termination
Location diffusion
Gravity model
Intervening opportunity
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What is imperialism?
A country colonizing other countries
A country decolonizing from another country
A country taking over another country by force
A country taking over another country who willingly agree
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A state that is inititially round and has a large extension
Fragmented
Enlongated
Compact
Prorupt
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One god:many gods
Monotheism:Polytheism
Polytheism:Monotheism
Gods:God
God:Gods
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The gerrymandering process is...
Creating district boudaries to favor a political party
Creating district boundaries to favor a certain race
Fair
Unfair
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Cultural diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
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What is boundary called when it is drawn after cultural landscape is in place?
Conquescent
Anquescent
Andecent
Subsequent
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
Cultural diffusion
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What type of sector has goods and services produced for individuals outside the urban work area
Nonbasic
Basic
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Define antecedent boundary
Boundary decided after cultural landscape has been developed
Boundary that is placed that ignores cultural landscape
Boundary that no longer exists
Boundary placed before the cultural landscape was developed
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What is a charter group?
The most recent group of people to go to a place
The first group of people to settle at a place
The first group of people to establish a culture at a place
A large group of people go to a place
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The production of goods and parts abroad for sale in one's own country
Supervising
Outsourcing
Offshoring
Repurposing
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A state that totally surrounds another country.
Fragmented
Perforated
Compact
Elongated
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What does CBD stand for?
Citizen Board of Discretion
Citizen Business District
Central Business Disclosure
Central Business District
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A simplified language created by merging two other languages.
Pidgin
Creole
Simplistic Language
Language
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Area of a country with great investment and trading conditions to attract foreign investors
EPZs
EEZs
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A formal region is a region with...
a connection to transportation
a high level of consistency w/ a culture or physical trait
a percieved image of a region
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What is commercial gardening and fruit farming in the US referred to as?
Freedom Farming
Subsistence Farming
Truck Farming
United Farming
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A mapping software with the purpose of overlaying various data layers on a locational map grid
Remote sensing
Overlaying
GIS
GPS
85
Footloose firms are firms that
produce something that requires minimal transport costs
produce something that require maximum transport firms
Cut loose other businesses
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What is assimilation?
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
Immigrants move to a country
Immigrants move from a country
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A simplified mixture of two or more languages that is adopted in areas of cultural diversity
Language
Language Family
Pidgin
Creole
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A mapping software with the purpose of overlaying various data layers on a locational map grid
Remote sensing
GIS
Overlaying
GPS
89
A mapping software with the purpose of overlaying various data layers on a locational map grid
Remote sensing
Overlaying
GIS
GPS
90
What is the internationally recognized exercise of a country's power over its people/territory?
Laws
War
Power
Sovereignty
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The second largest city is half the population of the largest city
Rank Size Rule
Population Size Rule
Doublication
Duplification
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The practice of having another country take over or supervise part of the business operations
Offshoring
Repurposing
Outsourcing
Supervising
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A form of subsistence agriculture that uses different fields for crops on a rotating basis
Subsistence Farming
Nomadism
Shifting Agriculture
Plantation Farming
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A group of people who follow traditional lifestyle:The changing culture of a group of people
Population Culture: Folk Culture
New Culture: Old Culture
Old Culture: New Culture
Folk Culture: Popular Culture
95
The adoption of something by a ruler or administrater diffused downward into the society
Cultural diffusion
Heirachical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
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What is a popular region named for the way people percieve it?
Fancy Region
Populous Region
Perceptual Region
Vernacular Region
97
What is CBR?
Crude bid rent
Crude baby rate
Crude birth rate
Crude business rate
98
Who created the concentric zone model?
Burgess
Rostow
Malthus
Weber
99
Higher-yield and fast growing crops through new and improved technology to remove world hunger
Second Agricultural Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
Third Agricultural Revolution
100
Define absolute location
The location using a map.
The address of the location.
The location using longitude and latitude .
The location using streetnames and landmarks.
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The value of all final goods and services produced in a country per year
GDP
GNP
102
Jobs with information and knowledge processing:jobs with the highest level of decisionmaking
Secondary:Primary
Primary:Secondary
Quaternary:Quinary
Quinary:Quaternary
103
What is it called when a country declares control over a territory outside its own boundaries?
Controlism
Imperalism
Superiorism
Colonialism
104
Who designed the agricultural land use model based on transportation costs?
Malthus
Rostow
Von Thünen
Mendel
105
What is the belief that spirits live within objects including animals, rivers, and rocks?
Spiritalism
Animism
Spiritism
Animalism
106
The population level necessary to assure the population continues to replace itself
Fertility Rate
Equality Level
Replacement Level
Secularism
107
What is the domino theory?
If a family moves, their relatives will move
A group of people move, so more people will move
A country colonizes another country so neighbors colonize
A country becomes communists so neighbors become communists
108
What is the gravity model?
A single man will move to a city with 10000 people
Larger places attract more attention than smaller places
Smaller places attract more attention than larger places
A single man will move to a city with 400 people
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A nonmaterial part of a culture like language, religion, artistic pursuits, folk stories, myths
Mentifact
Sociofact
Artifact
110
What is site?
The physical location of a place
The culture of a place
The population density of a place
111
What model shows urban growth in pie-shaped wedges based on transportation improvements?
Sector Model
Multiple-Nuclei Model
Rostow's Model
Concentric Zone Model
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An exclave is a....
Completely enclosed within the border of another country
Piece of territory that is surrounded by another territory
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What type of economic activities provide services?
Secondary
Quintary
Primary
Tertiary
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What is a global city that serves as a connection point in the global economic system called?
Megalopolis
Mega city
Global city
World city
