AP HuG Vocab Review Jaxon Rende A1

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  1. 2. Increase in food production resulting from the use of new farming methods. This is significant because it contradicts Malthusian theory by showing that humans can keep up with the growing population.(IDK, 2)
  2. 4. The study of the spatial aspects of ethnicity. This is a very important term in unit three because in unit three it is all about studying cultural and ethnic patterns and their processes that change the land which is what ethnic geography is. (VIT, 3)
  3. 7. Populated areas on the outskirts of a city. This is an important term in unit 6 because it shows how the populations shifted from the center of the city’s to the outskirts of the city’s. It also shows the differences in social classes. These two words are commonly confused because they are both on the outskirts of the city but one is for residents and the other is for economy and businesses. (CC,6)
  4. 8. A state that possesses the sole authority over the land and the people within its boundaries. This is a very important term in unit 4 because if you don’t have sovereign states you can’t study the boundaries and political patterns.(VIT, 4)
  5. 9. When people move within the borders of a country. This is an important vocab word for migration because it shows that people don’t always have to move out of their country or region to migrate. (CC, 2)
  6. 13. The placement or arrangement of objects on Earth’s surface; also includes the space between those objects. This is the most important term in unit 1 because in all of AP Human Geography we study the patterns of how humans place things or place places. For example we study the spatial pattern of where cities were placed and why they were placed there.(VIT,1)
  7. 17. A geographical area inhabited by people who have one or more traits in common. This is a significant term because it allows Geographers to determine different areas by certain characteristics. For example people in the region of the USA are known for being the USA because of certain characteristics like the constitution and other rules or laws.(IDK, 1)
  8. 18. Less influenced or controlled by religion. This is important because its shows the shift from religion being a huge part in everyday life to it becoming less influential. (IDK, 3)
  9. 20. Producing two forms of energy from one fuel. This is a significant term because it shows how economies can be more efficient and reduce their air pollution. This also shows how countries can come closer to reaching sustainable development.(IDK,7)
  10. 21. The relocation of manufacturing and support services from one country to another. This is a significant term because it shows how they can lower costs by relocating to another country that’s cheaper. These are commonly confused because one is talkings about transfers and the other is talking about relocation. (CC,7)
  11. 23. The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties. This is an important term in unit 5 because it shows how the world becomes less biodiverse.(CC,5)
  12. 26. Someone who remains within his or her country’s borders despite being persecuted by their home country. This is significant because it shows a different option or thing that happens to people who are being persecuted. These two words are commonly confused because the words both employ that they are moving to get away from persecution but really the defections are different and shows that one is not getting away from it.(CC, 2)
  13. 27. A living organism, including crops and livestock, that is produced through genetic engineering. This term is significant because it shows how we can make more suitable crops for different areas or climates. These terms are confused because one is talking about how species can make biodiversity and the other is made from genetic engineering.(CC,5)
  14. 28. A system that uses refrigeration and food-freezing technologies to keep farm produce fresh in climate controlled environments at every stage of transport from field to retail grocers and restaurants. This is a significant term in unit 5 because it shows a different chain of product and a different way to store farm produce.(IDK,5)
  15. 29. The statistical study of population and its change. This is the most important vocabulary word in unit two because all of unit two we talk about how populations change and the rates of birth and deaths in countries.(VIT, 2)
  16. 33. Development that meets present consumption needs without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their consumption needs. This is a very important term in unit 7 because in this unit we talk about economic development and goals and this is the biggest goal for all economies.(VIT,7)
  17. 34. A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits such as language, ethnicity, and religion. This is a significant term because it shows that a nation isn’t something like the USA but it is a community that is in the same place because of shared traits.(CC,4)
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  1. 1. The geographic principle stating that the interaction between two places decreases as the distance between them increases. To go more into depth with this term it means that when a country or region is farther away from another country or region the less interactions they are going to have. This is a commonly confused word because distance decay sounds like the part from Time-space compression when it says the world is shrinking so many people think that it means that the world is getting smaller or closer together.(CC, 1)
  2. 3. A concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment that developed in the suburbs, outside of a city’s traditional downtown or central business district. This is a significant term because it shows how cities shifted from being the center of everything to it being decentralized.(CC,6)
  3. 5. Occurs when an ethnic or immigrant group adopts enough of the ways of the host society to be able to to function economically and socially. This is a significant term because it shows how some cultures have to adapt and change to be able to function in society.(CC, 3)
  4. 6. Occurs when an ethnic or immigrant group blends in with the host culture and loses many culturally distinctive traits. This term is important because it shows how culture can be lost or how they can disappear. These two terms are commonly confused because they are very similar, one adapts and the other replaces. (CC, 3)
  5. 10. The removal of contaminates with plant species that react with or degrade contaminates or draw up contaminates from the soil into shoots and leaves. This is an important term because it shows how we can use natural things to benefit the environment and get rid of brownfields.(IDK,6)
  6. 11. A region where cultural markers overlap and blend into recognizable border culture. Border zones are significant because they show that not all borders or boundaries are perfect and neat. For example there are Indians reservations that their culture markers overlap with formal borders by them having there own region and traits.(IDK, 1)
  7. 12. An independent political unit with a centralized authority that makes claim to sole legal, political, and economic jurisdiction over a region with defined boundaries. This is an important term because it shows the world and how it is divided into countries. These words are commonly confused because they think that there are states within nations but it’s actually the opposite. (CC,4)
  8. 14. A set of traditional symbols or symbolic forms associated with a country and its citizens. The significance of this word is that it can be a centripetal force between races or cultures.(IDK, 4)
  9. 15. The transfer of part of firms internal operations to a third party. This is an important term because it shows how companies can lower the costs of their products by selling part of it. (CC,7)
  10. 16. Measures how much a common “ basket of goods” costs locally in the currency of each country being compared. This is an important term because it allows geographers to compare different things in different countries like wealth and living standards.(IDK,7)
  11. 19. A relatively large, densely populated settlement with a much larger population than rural towns and villages; cities serve as important commercial, governmental, and cultural hubs for their surrounding regions. This is a very important term in unit 6 because in all of this unit we study urbanization, the workings of cities and the roles that they play in the global economy and how they changed the world.(VIT,6)
  12. 22. A branch of medicine that studies the distribution, determinates, and control of diseases and other health conditions such as tobacco use and sedentary lifestyle. This is important because it explains why there was a lot of deaths and it shows how we changed to help that problem.(IDK,
  13. 24. Racial segregation that is not supported by law but is still apparent. This is a significant term in this unit because it shows cities can still be racially segregated even without the law.(IDK,6)
  14. 25. The increasing distance between places, as measured by travel time or cost; often summarized by the phrase “the world is shrinking”. To explain this more this means that whenever new technology comes out it makes the world more connected and makes it feel smaller. This is an important term because it sets the reader up for the concept of globalization. Time-space compression is like the basics for globalization and that is why its important.(CC, 1)
  15. 30. A person who is fluent in more than two languages. This is significant because it shows how languages have diffused and have cause globalization around the world, its also important to trade among countries. (IDK, 3)
  16. 31. A territory surrounded by a country but not ruled by it. This term is important because it shows how countries can be landlocked and it shows how dependent one country can be to the other. (IDK, 4)
  17. 32. Who raise crops and livestock to sell in the market at a profit rather than raising them for their own consumption. This is the most important term in unit 5 because all of unit 5 we follow how they grow and develop to produce more crops and livestocks in commercial farming. (VIT,5)
  18. 33. A grain plant native to northeast Africa. This term is important because it shows how people in different climates would get the food they needed before commercial farming. It also shows that their are certain plants in certain areas that can only grow in those areas.(IDK,5)