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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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A mapping software with the purpose of overlaying various data layers on a locational map grid
GPS
GIS
Overlaying
Remote sensing
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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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A state that is inititially round and has a large extension
Prorupt
Compact
Enlongated
Fragmented
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When an ethnic group is trying to reclaim or relocate to its homeland
Reclaimation
Relocation
Irredentism
Relocotatism
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The production of goods and parts abroad for sale in one's own country
Supervising
Outsourcing
Repurposing
Offshoring
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What is a centripetal force?
Different religions
Different ethnicities
Different cultural backgrounds
One language
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Migrants try to minimize the friction of distance by moving to locations closer to them
Friction decay
Distance decay
Gentrification
Migration
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Type of government w/ main government in power:Type of government w/ local government in power
Canada: United States
United States: Canada
Federal: Confederate
Confederate: Federal
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In what revolution did the domestication of plants and animals become a part of society?
Second Agricultural Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
Third Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
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A state where over 90% of the population is an ethnic group:a political unit composed of people
Nation-state:state
Government:state
State:nation-state
State:government
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What is decolonization?
People go to another country
Former colonies gain independence from their home country
Former colonies rejoin their home country
People go back to their home country
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Define absolute location
The location using a map.
The location using streetnames and landmarks.
The address of the location.
The location using longitude and latitude .
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Migrants will choose a location closer rather than farther if all other factors are the same
Location diffusion
Intervening opportunity
Migration termination
Gravity model
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Who created the model of development for countries that is based on stages of economic growth?
Malthus
Mendel
Rostow
Mackinder
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Who designed the agricultural land use model based on transportation costs?
Rostow
Mendel
Malthus
Von Thünen
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What type of diffusion is spread over time and space?
Contagious
Hiearchical
Spatial
Spreading
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A form of subsistence agriculture that uses different fields for crops on a rotating basis
Nomadism
Shifting Agriculture
Subsistence Farming
Plantation Farming
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The production of a single crop for commercial markets, such as rice, corn, and wheat
Oneculture
Unoculture
Soloculture
Monoculture
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Higher-yield and fast growing crops through new and improved technology to remove world hunger
Third Agricultural Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
Second Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
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What is the movement of people from urban cores to the surrounding outer edges of a city?
Ruralization
Urbanization
Migration
Suburbanization
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What is an example of channelized migration?
A Mexican family move to Texas
A Cuban family comes to Florida
Senior citizens move to California
Young adult singles move to Chicago
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A state that is long and narrow in shape
Enlongated State
Compacted State
Perforated State
Fragmented State
23
A simplified mixture of two or more languages that is adopted in areas of cultural diversity
Language
Language Family
Creole
Pidgin
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Relocation diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
Cultural diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
25
One god:many gods
God:Gods
Monotheism:Polytheism
Polytheism:Monotheism
Gods:God
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The practice of having another country take over or supervise part of the business operations
Repurposing
Offshoring
Supervising
Outsourcing
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What is assimilation?
Immigrants move to a country
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
Immigrants move from a country
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Cultural diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
29
Which is a megalopolis?
Toyko
The Corn Belt
The Tristate Area
London
30
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
The United States East Coast
England
Russia
France
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What is a global city that serves as a connection point in the global economic system called?
World city
Megalopolis
Global city
Mega city
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The process of renovating an old, run-down part of a neighborhood for the middle & upper class
Rejuvenation
Renovatation
Gentrification
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A state with a strong central government that retains most political power.
Federal State
Compact State
Unitary State
Power House
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What is the multiplier effect
Basic jobs:Nonbasic jobs
Non-basic jobs:Basic Jobs
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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 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 city that is twice as large as the next largest city and more than twice as significant
Primate City
Superior City
Primary City
Megacity
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Define Megacity
A city with over 20 million people
A city with other 20 thousand people
A city with other 10 thousand people
A city wth other 10 million people
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What type of boundary is forced on a territory after existing ones are in place?
Superimposed boundaries
Amendment boundaries
Vengeful boundaries
Forced boundaries
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What is an example of a dialect?
A French speaker speaks only French
An English speaker learns the Spanish language
A Spanish speaker speaks English with a Spanish accent
An English speaker tries to speak Spanish, but says it wrong
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Least cost theory is _____ when locating an industry.
labor, transporation, and agglomeration is minimized
location, transporation, and deagglomeration is maximized
location, transportation, and agglomeration is maximized
location, transporation, and deagglomeration is minimized
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What do you call the movement of people from the countryside to the city?
urban-to-suburban migration
rural-to-suburban migration
urban-to-rural migration
rural-to-urban migration
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Companies will try to limit the other territories by moving towards the middle of the customers
Location Theory
Middlism
Locational Depedence Theory
Locational Interdepedence Theory
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The process of detecting the nature of an area from a distance
GIS
map
GPS
Remote sensing
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Theory that the physical environment merely establishes limits of what is possible for humanity
Environmental Possibilism
Determinism
Environmental Determinism
Possibilism
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The adoption of something by a ruler or administrater diffused downward into the society
Cultural diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Heirachical diffusion
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The rate of natural increase is
Population-Migrants
Crude birth rate-Crude death rate
Population+Migrants
Crude death rate-Crude birth rate
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The population level necessary to assure the population continues to replace itself
Fertility Rate
Replacement Level
Secularism
Equality Level
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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 rejection of all religious beliefs called?
Secularism
Socioism
Atheism
Segregation
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A mapping software with the purpose of overlaying various data layers on a locational map grid
Overlaying
GIS
GPS
Remote sensing
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What is the gravity model?
A single man will move to a city with 10000 people
A single man will move to a city with 400 people
Smaller places attract more attention than larger places
Larger places attract more attention than smaller places
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An example of a perceptual region is...
Canada
The Deep South
The Rocky Mountains
The Tristate Area
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What type of agriculture only creates enough crops to sustain its population?
Subsistence
Plantation
Horticulture
Nomadism
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What is imperialism?
A country decolonizing from another country
A country taking over another country by force
A country colonizing other countries
A country taking over another country who willingly agree
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What is a popular region named for the way people percieve it?
Fancy Region
Vernacular Region
Populous Region
Perceptual Region
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What model is this?
Multiple Nuclei
Urban Realms
Sector
Concentric Zones
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What is commercial gardening and fruit farming in the US referred to as?
Freedom Farming
United Farming
Subsistence Farming
Truck Farming
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Who created the concentric zone model?
Rostow
Malthus
Burgess
Weber
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Jobs with information and knowledge processing:jobs with the highest level of decisionmaking
Quinary:Quaternary
Primary:Secondary
Quaternary:Quinary
Secondary:Primary
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What is environmental determinism?
The environment controls human behavior
Human behavior controls the environment
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What is site?
The culture of a place
The physical location of a place
The population density of a place
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What is the demographic transition model?
It shows the link between population and agricultural growth
It shows the link between population and economic growth
It shows the link between agricultural and ecomonic growth
It shows the link between economic and business growth
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The gross domestic product plus the value of income from abroad
GDP
GNP
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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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What is the belief that spirits live within objects including animals, rivers, and rocks?
Animalism
Animism
Spiritism
Spiritalism
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What is assimilation?
Immigrants move to a country
Immigrants move from a country
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
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When many businesses locate themselves near similar businesses, what is it called?
Deagglomeration
Franchise
Agglomeration
Relocation
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Cultural diffusion
Heirarchical diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation diffusion
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A urban complex that consists of more workers than residents (plus lots of offices)
Edge City
Global city
Megalopolis
Megacity
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Define pastoralism
Animals are herded in a seasonal migratory pattern
Animals are left out in pastures
Animals are killed in a season pattern
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A state that totally surrounds another country.
Compact
Fragmented
Perforated
Elongated
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What is the hinterlands?
The surrounding trade area of an urban area
A rural complex outside of a city
The surrounding trade area of an rural area
The urban complex outside of a city
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What is step migration?
Migrating up a set of stairs
Moving only a small bit away
A series of small moves to reach a destination
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A simplified language created by merging two other languages.
Creole
Pidgin
Simplistic Language
Language
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A formal region is a region with...
a connection to transportation
a percieved image of a region
a high level of consistency w/ a culture or physical trait
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What type of economic activities provide services?
Primary
Quintary
Secondary
Tertiary
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What is a country going through
deindustrialization
?
Afghanistan
Brazil
Haiti
United States
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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
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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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The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior to all others
Ethnocentrism
Imperialism
Superiorism
Ethnoism
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A form of tribal religion that reveres a single person with special healing or magic powers?
Buddhism
Christianity
Shamanism
Ancient Belief
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What is assimilation?
Immigrants fully integrate themselves into a society
Immigrants move from a country
Immigrants move to a country
Immigrants keep old traits and integrate party into society
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Define antecedent boundary
Boundary placed before the cultural landscape was developed
Boundary that no longer exists
Boundary that is placed that ignores cultural landscape
Boundary decided after cultural landscape has been developed
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What is a tangible piece of material culture?
Sociofact
Mentifact
Artifact
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What does CBD stand for?
Citizen Business District
Central Business District
Citizen Board of Discretion
Central Business Disclosure
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What is boundary called when it is drawn after cultural landscape is in place?
Conquescent
Subsequent
Andecent
Anquescent
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What is the process in which culture is spread from one region to another?
Heirarchical diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Cultural diffusion
Relocation diffusion
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What is it called when a country declares control over a territory outside its own boundaries?
Superiorism
Controlism
Colonialism
Imperalism
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What is CBR?
Crude birth rate
Crude business rate
Crude bid rent
Crude baby rate
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The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior to all others
Superiorism
Ethnocentrism
Ethnoism
Imperialism
92
A nonmaterial part of a culture like language, religion, artistic pursuits, folk stories, myths
Mentifact
Sociofact
Artifact
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What model shows urban growth in pie-shaped wedges based on transportation improvements?
Sector Model
Concentric Zone Model
Multiple-Nuclei Model
Rostow's Model
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Area of a country with great investment and trading conditions to attract foreign investors
EEZs
EPZs
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Intensive subsistence agriculture uses...
less fertilizer & lots of human labor on a small rural area
heavy inputs of fertilizer & human labor on a small area
the destruction of arable land
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The second largest city is half the population of the largest city
Rank Size Rule
Duplification
Population Size Rule
Doublication
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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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What is the domino theory?
A country becomes communists so neighbors become communists
A group of people move, so more people will move
If a family moves, their relatives will move
A country colonizes another country so neighbors colonize
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What is situation?
The location of a place based on relation to other places
The culture of a place
The absolute location of a place
The agricultural density of a place
100
A group of people who follow traditional lifestyle:The changing culture of a group of people
Population Culture: Folk Culture
New Culture: Old Culture
Folk Culture: Popular Culture
Old Culture: New Culture
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The time it takes for a population to double in size if the growth rate stays the same
Doubling population
Doubling time
Doubling growth
Population growth
102
What do you call an old boundary between countries that is no longer used?
Relic Boundary
Former Boundary
Relict Boundary
Ancient Boundary
103
An exclave is a....
Piece of territory that is surrounded by another territory
Completely enclosed within the border of another country
104
What is the heartland-rimland theory?
The rimlands will rule the world/heartlands
is a theory made by Halford Mackinder
is a theory created by Thomas Malthus
The Heartlands (Eurasia) will rule the world/rimlands
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What is the internationally recognized exercise of a country's power over its people/territory?
Laws
Sovereignty
War
Power
106
A mapping software with the purpose of overlaying various data layers on a locational map grid
Remote sensing
Overlaying
GPS
GIS
107
The location of a place in relation to the location of other places
Around location
Relative location
Mental location
Percieved location
108
What is it called when corporations use commercial agriculture to gain a profit?
Agriculture
Profit Agriculture
Industry
Agribusiness
109
The value of all final goods and services produced in a country per year
GDP
GNP
110
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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A simplified mixture of two or more languages that is adopted in areas of cultural diversity
Language
Language Family
Creole
Pidgin
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Not the formal language of the country but the language used in the country trade and bussiness
Lingua franca
Creole
Business language
Pidgin
