AP H.GEO VOCAB TERMS for FLASH CARDS
NAME:
Unit I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Note: The following concepts transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic
thinking and analysis and could even be considered central to any definition of geography.
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All index cards should be (see sample below):
o Handwritten
o display the unit number (top left)
o your initials (bottom right)
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o be numbered (top left)
Points will be deducted if index cards are not:
o in numerical order
o not secured with a clip or rubber band
*Since this is the intro unit, only do index cards for the words that are in bold below (28 terms).
Chapter 1
Political Ecology
Diffusion
17. Cultural Diffusion
18. Relocation diffusion
19. Expansion diffusion
20. Contagious diffusion
21. Hierarchical diffusion
22. Stimulus diffusion
23. Migrant diffusion
Spatial Interaction
24. Acculturation
25. Assimilation
26. Transculturation
27. Environmental Determinism
28. Possibilism
29. Centripetal Force
30. Centrifugal Force
Boundary
Region
1. Absolute Location (Site)
2. Relative Location (Situation)
3. Formal / Uniform Region
4. Functional / Nodal Region
5. Perceptual / Vernacular Region
6. Absolute Distance
7. Relative Distance
8. Mental Map
9. Spatial Perspective
10. Place
Geographic Tools
11. Geographic Information System (GIS)
12. Global Positioning System (GPS)
13. Remote Sensing
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Culture
14. Cultural Landscape
Culture Trait
15. Culture Hearth
Culture Realm
Culture Region
Culture System
Culture Complex
16. Sequent Occupance
Example: Front / Back
U1
31. Agricultural Revolution
32. Domestication
a. Animal
b. Plant
33. Fertile Crescent
34. Social Stratification
35. Ziggurat
36. Interglaciation
37. Deglaciation
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Cultural Landscape
SL
Def: Imprint of humans on land. Transform physical
landscape into cultural landscape.
Ex: Build a skate park on the lakefront.