AP Human Vocab Test Rafan Reyas

Absolute Distance

The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.\####Absolute Direction

2. Migration occurs in a series of steps.

3. Long-distance migration tends to go to urban areas.

4. Migration flows create counter flows.

5. Rural residents are more likely to move than an urban residence.

6. Women migrate more often inside their country (shorter distances) and men migrate outside of the country (longer distances). -Not true today

7. Most migrants are young adult males.

8. Migration increases with economic development.

9. Migration is mostly due to economic causes.\####Ernst Ravenstein

created laws of migration\####Migration

document, such as a treaty.\####delimited boundary

a line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space\####demarcated boundary

objects place on the landscape, such as a sign,

wall, or fence.\####demilitarized zone

A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited\####Berlin Conference

- Members include countries with territory in the Arctic

- Promotes sustainable development

- Dedicated to protecting the regions environment\####African Union (AU)

regional organization in the world that combines political, military and economic goals. Seeks an end to colonialism and apartheid in Africa.\####centrifugal force

- led to reduction in the varieties of seeds being used in many areas of the world

- resulted in more use of fertilizers and increased use of irrigation in farming throughout the world\####mechanized farming

In agriculture, the replacement of human labor with technology or machines.\####subsistence farming

Assumptions:

- Flat plane with uniform geography and nature

- Uniform population

- Single mode of transportation

- Evolution towards the growth of cities

- All persons have a similar income

- All persons have similar consumption patterns\####Burgess's Concentric Zone Theory

Views cities as growing outward in concentric rings.

- Made up of 5 Zones: Central Business District, Zone of Transition, Zone of Independent Workers Homes, Zone of better Residences, Commuters Zone

- Crime is highest in the zone of transition (Zone 2), and declines as one moves farther out from the rings.\####Hoyt Sector Model

A model of the internal structure of a city in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors or wedges radiating out from the CBD.\####Harris-Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model