AP Human Geography: Unit 1-5 Study Guide (Mid-Term Exam)
Unit 1-Human Geo: Introduction
FOUBERG, Chapter 1
Human Geography
Globalization
Physical geography
Spatial
Spatial distribution
Pattern
Five themes
Location
Location theory
Human-environment
Region
Place
Sense of place
Perception of place
Movement
Spatial interaction
Distance
Accessibility
Connectivity
Landscape
Cultural landscape
Sequent-Occupance
Cartography
Reference maps
Thematic maps
Absolute location
Global positioning system
Relative location
Mental map
Activity space
Generalized map
Remote sensing
Geographic information systems
Formal region
Functional region
Perceptual region
SUPPLEMENTAL VOCAB
Absolute direction
Built landscape
Diffusion
Relative Direction
Dispersion / Concentration:
dispersed/scattered
clustered/agglomerated
Relative location
Site
Situation
Pattern
Linear
Centralized
Random
Spatial interaction:
network
distance decay
friction of distance
time-space compression
Scale
Azimuthal projection
Conformal projection
Conic projection
Cylindrical projection
Distortion
Map scale
Map types:
statistical
cartogram
dot
choropleth
isoline
Unit 2- Agriculture
FOUBERG, Chapter 11
Organic agriculture
Agriculture
Plant domestication
Root crops
Seed crops
First agricultural revolution
Animal domestication
Subsistence agriculture
Shifting agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Second agricultural revolution
Von Thunen model
Third agricultural revolution
Green revolution
Genetically modified organisms
(GMO’s)
Rectangular survey system
Township and range system
Metes and bound system
Long lot system
Commercial agriculture
Monoculture
Koppen climate classification
system
Climatic regions
Plantation agriculture
Livestock ranching
Mediterranean agriculture
Cash crops
Luxury crops
Agribusiness
Food desert
SUPPLEMENTAL VOCAB
Agrarian
Agricultural Hearths/Diffusions
Arable
Aquaculture
Biorevolution
Biotechnology
Capital Intensive farms
Crop rotation
Dairying
Desertification
Double cropping
Enclosure movement
Extensive agriculture
Extractive industry
Feedlot
Food chain
Forestry
Global commons
Hunting and gathering
Intensive agriculture
Intertillage
Labor intensive farms
Large scale grain production
Market gardening
Milpa
Mixed crop and livestock
farming
Open lot system
Vegetative agriculture
Ranching
Staple grains
Swidden
Pastoralism
Intensive subsistence
agriculture
Sustainable yield
Truck farm
Unit 1-5 Study Guide Continued…
Unit 3- Population/Migration:
FOUBERG, Chapter 2(Population)
Population density
Arithmetic population density
Physiological population density
Population distribution
Census
Total fertility rate
Aging index
Doubling time
Population explosion
Zero population growth
Natural increase
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Demographic transition model
Stationary population level
Population composition
Population pyramids
Infant mortality rate
Child mortality rate
Life expectancy
Infectious disease
Chronic disease
Genetic disease
Endemic
AIDS
Expansive population policies
Eugenic population policies
Restrictive population policies
One-child policy
FOUBERG, Chapter 3 (Migration)
Remittances
Reverse Remittances
Cyclic movements
Periodic movement
Migration
Activity spaces
Nomadism
Migrants or Migrant labor
Transhumance
International migration
Immigration
Internal migration
Forced migration
Voluntary migration
Laws of migration
Gravity model
Push factors
Pull factors
Distance decay
Step migration
Intervening opportunity
Deportation
Kinship links
Chain migration
Immigration wave
Global-scale migration
Colonization
Regional scale
Islands of development
Russification
Guest workers
Refugees
Internally displaced persons
Asylum
Repatriation
Genocide
Immigration laws
Quotas
Selective immigration
SUPPLEMENTAL VOCAB
POPULATION:
Carrying capacity
Cohort
Demographic equation
Demographic momentum
Ecumene
Epidemiological transition model
Thomas Malthus Theory
Positive Checks
Negative Checks
Neo-Malthusian
S-curve
J-curve
Ester Boserup
Pro-Natalist
Anti-Natalist
MIGRATION
Migration patterns
Intercontinental
Interregional
Rural-urban
Place utility
Atlantic Slave Trade
Great Migration
Reverse Great Migration
Trail of Tears
3 Waves of Migration to U.S
Imperialism
Sun Belt/ Rust Belt
Unit 4- Folk/Popular
Culture & Identity
FOUBERG, Chapter 4
Culture
Folk/Popular Cultures
-Food, Architecture, Music,
Diffusion
Material culture
Nonmaterial culture
Hierarchical diffusion
Hearth
Assimilation
Custom
Cultural appropriation
Neolocalism
Ethnic neighborhood
Commodification
Authenticity
Distance decay
Time-space compression
Reterritorailization
Cultural landscape
Placelessness
Global-local continuum
Globalization
FOUBERG, Chapter 5
Gender
Identity
Race
Racism
Residential Segregation
Succession
Ethnicity
Barriozation
Dowry Deaths
U.S Minority Group Data
Unit 1-9 Study Guide Continued…
SUPPLEMENTAL VOCAB
FOLK/ POPULAR CULTURE:
Habit
Culture Traits
Culture Complex
Culture Region
Culture Realm
Globalization
Artifact
Sociofact
Mentifact
Acculturation
Adaptive strategies
Cultural adaptation
Cultural Barriers
Environmental determinism
Cultural determinism
Possibilism
Cultural ecology
Cultural geography
Expansion Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Postmodern Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
The I-House
Modern Architecture
New England Style Home
Commercial Buildings
Federalist or Georgian
Salt Box
Culture MIGRATION:
Cluster Migration
Ghetto
Barrio
Ethnic Colony
Ethnic Islands
Ethnic Enclave
Ethnic Landscape
Ethnocentrism
Ethnic Cleansing
Cultural Shatterbelt
Unit 5(Part 1)- Religion
FOUBERG, Chapter 7
Religion
Secularism
Monotheistic religion
Polytheistic religion
Animistic religion
Universalizing religion
Ethnic religion
Hinduism
Caste system
Buddhism
Shintoism
Taoism
Confucianism
Judaism
Diaspora
Zionism
Christianity
Eastern Orthodox church
Roman Catholic church
Protestant
Islam
Sunni
Shi’ite
Indigenous religions
Shamanism
Pilgrimage
Sacred sites
Minarets
Hajj
Mecca
Intrafaith boundaries
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Know Examples
Religious fundamentalism
Religious extremism
jihad
Cult
Diaspora
Ethnic religion
Landscapes of the dead
Reincarnation
Religious hearths
Sharia law
Theocracy
Zionism
Interfaith boundaries

Know Examples
Major Religions diffusion
Hindu Temples
Buddhist Temples/Stupas
Christian Churches
Islamic Mosques
Judaic Synagogues
The Wailing Wall
Jerusalem
The Kaaba
Pagoda
African Transition Zone
Religious Burial Rituals
Sacred Sites of Jerusalem