AP Human Geography
Semester Exam Review
Fall 2015
Main categories of Push/Pull factors…..
Main categories of Push/Pull factors…..
• Economic
• Political
• Enviromental
Where is the majority of interregional
migration occurring in the United States?
Where is the majority of interregional
migration occurring in the United States?
Today, the trend is northeast to southwest
Which traits are associated with folk culture?
• Small, homogenous, traditional communities
– Housing styles
– Clothing
– Customs
What is assimilation?
Assimilationadopting the host culture, while giving
up parts of your native culture
What is an example of a folk culture
living in an urban environment?
Hasidic Jews
What is globalization?
Interconnectedness : beliefs, dress,
housing styles, economics
Why do humans living in different
areas have different appearances?
(according to studies)
• Physical
• Environmental conditions
What is a maquiladora? Who works there?
A manufacturing operation in Mexico, where
factories import certain material and equipment on a
duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly,
processing, or manufacturing and then export the
assembled
What is………..
Expansion Diffusion
Relocation
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical –
spread of an idea from persons or nodes of
authority or power to other persons or
places
Relocation Diffusion
Spread of an idea through
physical movement of people
from one place to another
Ex. Language brought to a
new locale by a migrant
Contagious
Rapid, widespread diffusion of a
characteristic throughout the population
Stimulus
Spread of an underlying principle even
though a characteristic itself apparently fails
to diffuse.
Hierarchical –
• spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or
power to other persons or places
• Rich to poor
• Big Cities to smaller towns
• Fashion Industry
Contagious DiffusionRapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the
population
Stimulus Diffusion
Spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic
itself apparently fails to diffuse.
What is reverse hierarchal diffusion?
http://grist.org/list/map-walmart-stores-america/
What is a core country?
What is a periphery country?
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
Which Map projection?
Which Map projection?
Which map projection?
The most famous, large-scale U.S
internal migration
Migration Transition
What is the most common
environmental threat to forced
migration? (Think Syria to Europe)
Marco Polo’s Explorations
Explorations of Columbus
Formal, Functional, and
Perceptual Regions
• AKA homogeneous, nodal, and vernacular
regions
Infrastructure
Mobility
Circulation
Which type of density?
Which type of density?
Which type of density?
Dome of the Rock built over the Temple Mount
Western wall or “Wailing Wall”
Important to Arabs and Muslims
Jews
The fact that these are shared
religious sites have led to an
ongoing Arab – Israeli conflict
Important to
The Old City of Jerusalem is divided in many
ways politically, but there are four different
quarters that divide the city culturally,
religiously and even historically: The
Christian Quarter. The Jewish Quarter. The
Muslim Quarter, and the Armenian Quarter.
Apartheid was a racist political
policy in South Africa demanding
segregation of the nation's white and
non-white populations.
European
colonization
caused many
problems in
Africa that still
linger to this
day.
In the world of
globalization it is
becoming
increasingly
important to
maintain ones
ethnicity to
ensure a diverse
landscape.
A sect is a type of religious group that is distinguished by
having broken away from a larger organization, usually a
church. Members of sects are predominantly lower class and
have usually attained membership through conversion. The
power structure in a sect is informal and leaders are
untrained and typically chosen by the members. In relation
to other religious organizations, sects tend to be
nonconformist and oppositional, although they are less so
than cults.
The world’s largest universalizing
religion is????
Christianity
The world’s largest ethnic
religion is???
Hinduism
The worldview that non-human
entities—such as animals, plants,
and inanimate objects—possess a
spiritual essence belongs to ?????
Animists
Literary tradition - A language
that is written as well as
spoken
Example: English with
Roman Alphabet
Application: Having a literary
tradition(as most countries do)
shows a certain degree of
development
In order for any society to exist and
maintain all aspects of it’s
culture… it must have the support
of a strong military, and a stable
government.
A language branch is a
newer, or less commonly
spoken language that has a
older "parent language"
Popular culture or
pop culture is the
entirety of ideas,
perspectives, attitudes,
images, and other
phenomena that are
within the mainstream
of a given culture,
especially Western
culture of the early to
mid 20th century and
the emerging global
Pop
Culture
Folk
Culture
Communications + Globalization =
Sameness
Habit A recurrent, often unconscious,
pattern of behavior that is acquired through
frequent repetition
Custom the long-established habits or
traditions of a society collectively
Like the first reason in the illustration, above
all else people have historically migrated to
improve their economic status.
The ability to move or be moved freely
and easily?
Mobility
Circulation is the regular
movement, or pattern of
movement, in our daily lives.
John Snow vs.
Cholera
Like most modern refugees,
the Jewish people fled for their
lives when their culture, or
way of life was threatened.
These corporations are becoming increasingly powerful. As
profits are naturally the most important goal, damaging
results can arise, such as violation of human rights,
lobbying for and participating in manipulated international
agreements, environmental damage, child labor, driving
towards cheaper and cheaper labor, and so on. They claim
that their involvement in foreign countries is actually a
constructive engagement as it can promote human rights in
non-democratic nations. However, it seems that that is more
of a convenient excuse to continue exploitative practices
and hiding profits in offshore banking institutions. What are
they?
Transnational Corporations
Few people have
traditionally lived
in unhospitable
locations but
“possiblism” is
making some
remote areas more
habitable.
What is causing the population
pyramid to invert?
An aging population
Consequently some countries are
encouraging immigration and/or its
people to work to an older age.
Good luck, study hard and
prepare for the essay
writing assignment!!!