AP Human Geography Vocab Test 6

Supranationalism

A group of independent countries joined together for purposes of mutual interest

Buddhism

Founded in the 6 th century BCE and characterized by the belief that enlightenment would come through knowledge, especially self-knowledge; elimination of greed, craving, and desire; complete honesty; and never hurting another person or animal

Creole language

A pidgin that has survived long enough to become a mother tongue

Confucianism

A philosophy of ethics, education, and public service based on the writings and traditionally thought of as one of the core elements of Chinese culture

Interfaith boundary

Boundaries between the world’s major faiths

Feng Shui

The placement and design of temples, gravesites, homes, business establishments, and even whole cities to guarantee good luck or happiness

Ethnic religion

A religion that is particular to one, culturally distinct, group of people. Adherents do not actively seek converts through evangelism or missionary work

Intrafaith boundary

Boundaries within a single major faith

Gravity model

A mathematical formula to express the gravitational force that one object exerts on another; social scientists seek analogous formulas in their study of human activities

Proto-Indo-European

Linguistic hypothesis proposing the existence of an ancestral Indo-European language that is the hearth of the ancient Latin, Greek, and Sanskirt languages which hearth would link the modern languages from Scandinavia to North Africa and from North America through parts of Asia to Australia

Folk culture

Culture that preserves traditions

Romance languages

French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese that lie in the areas that were once controlled by the Roman Empire but were not subsequently overwhelmed

Islam

The youngest of the major world religions

Germanic languages

English, German, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish that reflect the expansion of peoples out of Northern European to the west and south

Diaspora

A spatial dispersion of a previously homogeneous group

Animistic religion

A belief in the ubiquity of spirits or spiritual forces

Universalizing religion

Adherents often believe that their religion represents universal truths, and in some cases great effort is undertaken in evangelism and missionary work

Sacred site

An area recognized by individuals or groups as worthy of special attention as a site of special religious experiences or events

Popular culture

The culture of people who embrace innovation and conform to changing norms

Pidgin language

A system of communication which has grown up among people who do not share a common language, but who want to talk with each other