APHUG FINAL EXAM REVIEW FALL

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

terrorist attacks by groups outside the state.

terrorist groups with no connection to a government.

boundaries based on human constructs, such as straight lines.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

migration to a new location.

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

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

redrawing legislative bodies to benefit the political party in power.

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

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

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

science of making maps.

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

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

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

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

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

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

terrorist attacks by groups inside the state.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

places most power in the hands of central government officials.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

terrorist groups with no connection to a government.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

terrorist attacks by groups outside the state.

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

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

concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

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

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

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

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

the number of males per 100 females in the population.

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

region from which innovative ideas originate.

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

concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves.

migration from a location.

an area organized around a node or focal point.

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

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

the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

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

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

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

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

a state that contains more than one ethnicity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a state with very small land area.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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