AP Human Geography Exam Review

absolute location - ANS The actual space a place occupies on Earth's surface acculturation - ANS The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a practice from another culture agglomeration effects - ANS The cost advantages (external economies) for an individual company gained by locating near similar industries or companies agribusiness - ANS Commercial agriculture in which large corporations own and operate various steps in the production process with an emphasis on profit agricultural density - ANS The number of people living in rural areas per unit of agricultural land alliance - ANS An association among countries for the purpose of mutual defense or trade animism - ANS The belief that spirits (including ancestral) live within objects such as animals, rivers, rocks, trees, and mountains antecedent boundary - ANS A boundary placed before the cultural landscape was developed artifact - ANS Tangible pieces of material culture assimilation - ANS The process in which immigrants become totally integrated into the host culture