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AP Exam Terms Name_________________________ NB_

CHAP ONE- MAPS DEFINITION EXAMPLEMercator map

EnvironmentalDeterminismPossibilism

RegionsFunctionalformalabsolutelocationRelativeLocationMap distortions(why?)Physical site(defined)GPS systems

GIS systems

Chloropleth maps

Cartogram maps

CulturalDiffusionhierarchicaldiffusion5 themes ofGeography

Homosoline

Gnomonic

Topographic

Perceptual/vernacularRegions

Formal region

CHAP TWOPOPULATIONDemographictransition modelstage onestage twostage threestage fourCanadian popnDistribution

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populationpyramidPhysiologicDensityArithmeticDensityUrban vs. ruralPopn distribution

West-AfricanBirth-death ratesChinas one- childPolicy

DemographicModel in late 1800scensus

sustainability

Malthus

theory

EstherBoserupLife-expectancy

Eugenics

Crude birth rate

Crude death rate

Doubling time

CHAP 3MIGRATIONMigrationProfileContinent withMost refugeesDistance decay

TheoryModern migration

StreamsChain migration

Nomadic pastoralism

US migration patterns

NBCHAP 4,5,6,7,packetsCULTUREPopular culture

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D-101, PCultural ecologyPCultural lag PCultural convergencePFolk vs popularCulture D101Formal culture

Region D23Culture hearthD102, PDiffusion ofPopular culture D102Monotheistic religionD181Universalizing religionP,D183Proselytic faith Go out an convert other people, like a

universalizing religionTheocracy D A29,Polytheism D181SyncreticReligion PGeomancy D188Assimilation D A18Popular cultureD101, PFolk culture D101, PIndo-EuropeanLanguages D162Lingua franca P, D168

Polyglot Means more than one languageToponymCulture trait D27, PCulture complex PCultural landscapeD117, PExpansion diffusionP, D28-29Relocation diffusion P,D30Diffusion barriers

P,Pidgin languageP, D168Creole language P,D169Material culture D101

Political andEconomicChap 8,10,12

1. 4 Asian tigers Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong

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2. Entrepot Trade goods are brought to be reloaded onother modes. (Ship to truck)

Boundaries:3. Superimposed4. Relic5. antecedent

Boundaries that no longer exist, but still haveleft an imprintBoundaries established before the currentcultural groups existed there

6. Wallersteinsworld systemstheory

7. Enclave8. Energy source

most countriesrely upon

Petroleum

9. Exclave10.Geometric

boundary11.Gerrymandering12.MacKinder

theory13.Maquiladoras14.Most nuclear

powered area inthe world

France, highest percentage of nukepowered energy

15.Nation-state16.OPEC

Supranational groups17.Prorupted states18.SEZs China has

themSpecialized economic zones (Beijing,Shanghai, Hong Kong) set aside to

encourage foreign businesses to come tothat city19.Break of bulk

point20.Spykman theory21.Ratzels organic

theory22.US coal reserves The largest in the world23. Webers

least costTheoryweight gaining,

reducing24. Rostows

model ofdevelopment

24. state-less nation

25. Balkanization Think of the former Yugoslavia- a victim ofcentrifugal forces

26. dependencytheory

27. Shatterbelt Area between two countries that have conflict

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with each other,

28. Centrifigual forces

29. Centripetal forces

30. micro/mini states