AP Review

Time-soace compression

The improved connnectivity, the less connected

Distance decay

The farther places are the less connected

Culture

A shared set of characteristics, customs, beliefs, traits, etc

Cultural landscape

The built environment of human culture

Cultural homogenization

The reduction of cultural diversity

Localism

Preservation of unique local customs

Expansion diffusion

The spread of cultural traits, ideas, etc outward from a cultural hearth

Possibillism

People can adjust to the physical environment

Determinism

Physical environment shapes human culture

SPRs

Cold, dry lands

High physiological density

High stress, more food needed

Private sector

Profit driven businesses

Urban clusters

Individual accomplishment

Suburban

Stage 4

Suburbanization

Rapid movement of people from urban areas to lower density residential areas

IDP

Not yet crossed international borders

Refugee

People forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return

Demographic equation

(Births-Deaths)+(Immigrants-Emmigrants)

Development

Measured with economic stats

BRICS

Resource heavy, ready to compete for global economic status

Productivity

The value of a product compared to the labor neeed to produce it

MDCs

Consume more/more diverse foods

LDCs spend

More of their income on food

Second agricultural revolution

Increased food prod

third agricultural revolution

Plant biology

Food moves

From WESTERN TO eastern hemisphere

Third agricultural Rev

question of pollution concerns, sustainability, animal treatment

Industrial rev

Factories replaced cottage industry

RR allowed

Factory workers to relocate, shipping to previously inaccessible markets, transport of raw materials to factories

Nation

A group of people organized by a common cultural characteristic

Sports

Relocation diffusion

Imperialism

Extending policies for wealth and resources

Colonialism

Establishing control over another country

Indonesia

Largest Muslim concentration

How many languages are there

7,099

Creole

two different languages mixed to create a different one

Lingua Franca

Used for standard communication

Pidgin

Simplified version of a language

Unitary

Power resides at a National level

Boundaries

Antecedent- est. before pop

Relic- No longer in use

Treaty of Versailles

Created Middle East countries and Yugoslavia

Syncretism

Blending of religions

Which is larger megacity or metacity

Metacity

Gentrification

transformation of low class areas into high class areas