AP Human Geography Exam Review Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for review of the AP Human Geography Exam.

Subsistence agriculture

Labor-intensive agriculture. More work on less land.

Nation-state

A state where the vast majority of the people are also members of the same nation. Iceland is a good example.

Situation

A place's location relative to other places and its accessibility, especially in terms of transportation and connections.

Ethnic neighborhood

A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside.

Toponyms in southern California could reflect:

The cultural heritage of the settlers.

Township and range land survey system In the United States contributed to what settlement pattern?

A dispersed rural settlement pattern.

What are remittances?

International financial transactions when transnational migrants send money back to their home countries.

Creolized language

A stable natural language that emerges from the blending of multiple languages

Primate city

A city such as Mexico City that is more than twice the size of any other city in its country and is dominant economically and culturally.

Ecotourism

A form of tourism focused on nature-based activities and the appreciation of the environment, emphasizing conservation, community support, and sustainable practices.

Environmental determinism

Implies that the physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions.

What is a shatterbelt region?

A shatterbelt region is an area that is characterized by instability and conflict, typically due to the intersection of different cultural, political, or ethnic interests. Eastern Europe is an example.

Choropleth map

A thematic map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to a statistical variable that represents an aggregate summary of a geographic characteristic within each area. Uses different shades of a color.

Apartheid

South Africa’s former state-sanctioned policy of segregating the races. the racial segregation under the all-white government of South Africa

Agribusiness

A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the development of seed to marketing the products.

Gerrymandering

Redrawing boundaries of districts to favor a political party.

Vertical integration

Manufacturing company merges with another company that possesses forward or backward links in the supply or production process.

Reverse hierarchical diffusion

The diffusion pattern of Walmart stores, which have spread from small towns to large cities throughout the United States.

Neocolonialism

Private investors and foreign governments have leased farmland for large-scale commercial farming. Usually much of the food produced is bound for wealthier nations. This practice is an example of…

Relict boundary

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but people in the former East and West Germany still feel its influence; where the wall once stood now acts as a…

New urbanism

Mixed-use development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of…

Cultural landscape

the outcome of interactions between humans and their natural environment.

Relocation diffusion

The spread of the use of chopsticks into Southeast Asian countries with the influx of Chinese immigrants is an example of…