A Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography1
Unit III, Culture part II – chapters 6-7
Directions:
 Identify and explain the significance of terms for each section of the chapter
o 3 terms for 6.1, one-two for 6.2, three for 6.3, and three for 6.4.
o Terms are first come, first served, so it is in your interest to work ahead so you can do
the terms you prefer – hopefully the terms that get you learning the most! 
 Terms are due on the day the reading is due.
 Each term should be RELATED TO THE TEXTBOOK!!
o It is NOT enough to google the term though you can do that to help.
o Your goal is to say what the term means and relate it to the subject we are studying –
in this chapter that is world religions.
 PUT YOUR NAME AT THE END OF YOUR DEFINITION!!!
Unit III. Cultural Patterns and Processes, Part 2—Basic Vocabulary and Concepts
Religion
Chapter 6.1 vocabulary – 3 terms each student
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Universalizing religions
Ethnic religions
Branch, denomination, sect (give specific examples)
Christianity
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Eastern Orthodox
Coptic Church of Egypt
Ethiopian Church
Armenian church
Maronites
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism)
Islam
Five Pillars of Islam
Sunni
Shiite
Nation of Islam/Black Muslims
Buddhism (list branches)
Four Noble Truths
Siddhartha Gautama
Sikhism
Baha’i
Hinduism
Confucianism
Terms adapted from Martha Sharma, Retired teacher, Hilton Head, South Carolina
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Taoism
Shintoism
Judaism
Animism
Chapter 6.2 vocabulary – 1-2 terms each student
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Religious culture hearth (list the locations for Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism)
Relocation diffusion and Christianity
Hierarchical expansion diffusion and Christianity
Contagious expansion diffusion and Christianity
Monotheism/polytheism
Conquest and spread of Christianity
Conquest and spread of Islam
Relocation diffusion and Islam
Relocation diffusion and Buddhism
Pilgrimage (Hadj, tirtha)
Holy places for each religion:
Cosmogony
Chapter 6.3 vocabulary 1-2 terms each student
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Church
Basilica
Mosque
Temple
Pagoda
Synagogue
Cemetery
Cremation (China, Hindus)
Zoroastrianism (death practices)
Utopian settlements (give examples)
Religious toponyms
Hierarchical religions
Autonomous religions
Chapter 6.4 vocabulary 1 term each (plus make sure you do one extra from 6.2, 6.3)
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Fundamentalism
Taliban
Caste system
Communism
Religious wars in Ireland
Religious conflict in Palestine/Israel
Terms not in the text but important according to the AP (tell me if you see them in the text): I am not
requiring these but I hope you might try some.
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Geomancy (feng shui)
Interfaith boundaries
Jainism
Proselytic religion
Reincarnation
Secularism
Shamanism
Sharia law
Theocracy
Ethnicity
Chapter 7.1 vocabulary – 1-2 terms per student
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Ethnicity (see also pp. 226-7)
Race (see also pp. 226-7)
Regional concentration of African Americans
Regional concentration of Hispanics
Regional concentration of Native Americans
Urban concentration of African Americans
Urban concentration of Hispanics
Ethnic enclave (google term, see page 222 for examples, see also ghetto p. 226)
barrio
Race in the US – 2000 census figures
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
White Flight
Apartheid
Chapter 7.3 and 7.4 – 2 terms for each student – most are not in the book. We will use googled
definitions as the START. In class we will review the book to find specific examples for each.
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Acculturation
Adaptive strategy
Assimilation
Cultural adaptation
Cultural shatterbelt
Ethnic enclave
Ethnic cleansing
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic group
Ethnic homeland
Ethnic landscape
Ethnic neighborhood
Ethnocentrism
Plural society
Segregation
Social distance
Gender – extra terms – do these on your own, not required.
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Dowry death
Enfranchisement
Gender
Gender gap
Infanticide
Longevity gap
Maternal mortality rate