AP Human Geography Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 2. The pattern of human settlement or spread of people across the earth. This relates to human geography because it helps geographers to understand why the populations and densities of people are where they are, and to better understand migration and its patterns. (2, VIT)
  2. 7. pattern where buildings and human activities are organized close to a body of water. This relates to human geography because food production being close to water has a large impact on the development of settlements and cities around it. (5, CC)
  3. 12. the first group to create cultural and religious customs in a place. This relates to human geography because many geographers often study cultures and try to find the root of the cultural practices and traditions. (3, IDK)
  4. 15. Vertical axis on population pyramid showing age groups. This relates to human geography because it is one of the ways that people are organized by age and gender to help to better understand human geography. (2, IDK)
  5. 18. A movement to unite people who share a language or other cultural element but are divided by a national boundary. This relates to human geography because it can be a large centrifugal force in countries, influencing national boundaries, wars, and other processes. (4, IDK)
  6. 19. the process of using machines and large scale processes to convert raw materials into manufactured goods. This relates to human geography because it influences globalization and the increased age of technology. (7, VIT)
  7. 20. Refers to human characteristics of location. This word represents human geography as a whole, as its meaning is the human characteristics of a geographic location which is exactly what we learn about in the class. (1, VIT)
  8. 21. Geographic areas defined by a specific function or activity that occurs within them. This relates to human geography because it is another way that geographic regions are classified and studied. (1, CC)
  9. 23. The widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time. This relates to human geography because it can show how diseases spread across populations, and it can help understand what stage of the DTM a country is in based on the effects of the illness. (2, CC)
  10. 24. companies moving back-offices to other countries. This relates to human geography because it can help show least-cost theory, and locational triangles by being an example of companies moving workers to where it is cheaper. (7, CC)
  11. 25. The largest political unit, the formal term for a country. This relates to human geography because they are the entities with the most power of any other groups of people, and therefore they and their governments are what almost all of the political processes in the world. (4, CC)
  12. 27. The process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade. This relates to human geography because food has a massive impact on growth and settlement patterns, war, among other things. (5, VIT)
  13. 29. Higher population and opportunity leads to more variation. This relates to human geography because it can help to explain why people spread the way that they do, and why different ethnicities and cultures are where they are. (6, IDK)
  14. 31. regions that have large numbers of closed factories. This relates to human geography because they show the progression and changes of industry over the course of many years. (7, IDK)
  15. 32. can be carried on a truck, train, ship, or plane. This relates to human geography because it can help to understand how goods are spread around the globe, and how that affects globalization. (7, IDK)
  16. 34. Residential areas near cities. This relates to human geography because by knowing how they developed, you can better understand urban growth, migration patterns… (6, CC)
  17. 35. A simplified mixture of 2 or more languages. This relates to human geography because pidgin languages can be studied to see where and how languages and new cultures develop. (3, CC)
Down
  1. 1. matching patterns of distribution. This relates to human geography as it helps geographers to understand the relationships between the regions or areas within the regions they are studying. (1, IDK)
  2. 3. A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. This relates to human geography because it can show the effects of illness on a community, and the spread of sickness throughout a community. (2, CC)
  3. 4. geographic area that is defined by the common perceptions, experiences, and cultural identity of the people who live within the region or outside of it. This relates to human geography because it is a way that areas are classified or identified based on the human perception of the geographic region which is one of the main points of human geography. (1, CC)
  4. 5. Transportation networks that keep food cool throughout a trip. This is important to human geography because this can influence how far food can be transported and influences settlement patterns and the location of the farms. (5, IDK)
  5. 6. When geographers organize data into different scales. This relates to human geography because it helps geographers to better understand the scale of the region and its characteristics. (1, IDK)
  6. 8. An area of economic growth outside of the business district. This relates to human geography because they can help to understand urban growth and how urban areas develop in the outskirts of a city. (6, CC)
  7. 9. When a group is dispersed across multiple locations. This relates to human geography because it can help to understand diffusion and how cultures and peoples spread across the world. (3, IDK)
  8. 10. A group learning behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects. This relates to human geography because it is one of the main things human geographers study when they are looking at a region, community, or country, and it is a cause for many events. (3, VIT)
  9. 11. contracting to non-company workers. This relates to human geography because it can help to understand how large corporations function,least cost theory and globalization. (7, CC)
  10. 13. Support for the political interests of a particular ethnic group within a state. This relates to human geography as it can cause many political consequences, igniting many movements, laws, and others. (4, IDK)
  11. 14. When salts from water used by plants remain in the soil. This relates to human geography because it can influence crop yields, which influence the amount of food available, and can have impacts on many aspects of society. (5, IDK)
  12. 16. The hierarchical division of people into groups based on patterns such as economic status… This term relates to human geography because much of human geographical patterns revolve around the division of people into groups, and this is a large factor in many historical and important events. (2, IDK)
  13. 17. patterns of farming homes spread throughout the countryside. This relates to human geography because the location and spread of food production across a region has a large impact on the settlement and development of the area. (5, CC)
  14. 22. A nation's desire to create and maintain a state of its own. This relates to human geography because it is the main reason that governments and their peoples want to do many of the actions that they do, to maintain their state or gain power for their state and many political patterns can be traced back to it. (4, VIT)
  15. 26. an area with a permanent human population. This relates to human geography because these areas can be studied to better understand why people live there and how they got there. (6, VIT)
  16. 28. A pidgin language with more advanced vocabulary. This relates to human geography because it can represent how over time 2 cultures can mix into an entirely new culture and language, with their own advanced dialects. (3, CC)
  17. 30. A group of people who have certain things in common. This relates to human geography because people grouping together with a reason to do something is what causes almost every political agenda, process, and policy. (4, CC)
  18. 33. the permanently inhabited areas of the earth. This relates to human geography because most of the events from history and modern times all relate and or take place on it. (6, IDK)