AP HUG

Physical Geography

The study of natural features and processes such as landforms, climate, and ecosystems.

Human Geography

The focus on human activities, cultures, economies, and their relationship with the spatial arrangement of places.

Location

The specific position of something on the earth's surface; can be absolute or relative.

Place

The characteristics that make a location unique, including physical and human attributes.

Region

An area defined by certain unifying characteristics such as cultural, political, economic, or physical.

Movement

How and why people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another.

Human-Environment Interaction

The ways in which humans adapt to, modify, and depend on the natural environment.

Central Place Theory

A theory that explains the size, number, and distribution of human settlements.

Ravenstein's Laws of Migration

Principles that explain migration patterns.

Demographic Transition Model

Describes the transition of countries from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops.

Culture

Shared beliefs, practices, values, and artifacts of a group.

Cultural Diffusion

The spread of cultural ideas and practices from one area to another.

Globalization

The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of the world.

Population Distribution

The arrangement of people across the earth's surface.

Urbanization

The process of people moving from rural to urban areas and the resulting growth of cities.

GIS

Geographic Information Systems; tools for mapping and analyzing spatial data.