AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY COMPLETE
EXAM STUDY KIT 2026 – ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Cultural (Spatial) Diffusion. Answer: the spread of ideas, knowledge
or innovation from its origin to other cultures and areas where they are
adopted
⩥ Expansion. Answer: an idea or innovation developed in a source area,
remain strong there, and also spreading (a type of diffusion)
⩥ Contagious. Answer: nearly all adjacent individuals are affected (a
type of diffusion)
⩥ Hierarchical. Answer: main channel of diffusion is some segment of
those who are susceptible to or adopting what is being diffused (a type
of diffusion)
⩥ Stimulus. Answer: an idea of innovation is not immediately adopted,
yet does have an impact (a type of diffusion)
⩥ Relocation Diffusion. Answer: requires the actual movement of
individuals who have already adopted the idea or innovation and carry it
to a new location where they disseminate it (a type of diffusion)
, ⩥ Migrant. Answer: the idea or innovation loses its strength/population
at the site of the origin (a type of diffusion)
⩥ Accultration. Answer: process in which one culture substantially
changes through interaction with another (one-way transfer)
⩥ Transcultration. Answer: two-way exchange of culture traits between
societies in close contact
⩥ Syncretism. Answer: two cultures come together and create a brand
new culture
⩥ Time-Distance Decay. Answer: the further from it's source/longer it
takes, the less likely the innovation is to be adopted
⩥ Culture Barriers. Answer: prevailing attitudes and/or taboos
⩥ Culture v. Ethnicity. Answer: culture is learned, ethnicity is cultural
history & lifestyles
⩥ Devolution. Answer: process where regions in a state demand and
gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of a central
government
EXAM STUDY KIT 2026 – ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Cultural (Spatial) Diffusion. Answer: the spread of ideas, knowledge
or innovation from its origin to other cultures and areas where they are
adopted
⩥ Expansion. Answer: an idea or innovation developed in a source area,
remain strong there, and also spreading (a type of diffusion)
⩥ Contagious. Answer: nearly all adjacent individuals are affected (a
type of diffusion)
⩥ Hierarchical. Answer: main channel of diffusion is some segment of
those who are susceptible to or adopting what is being diffused (a type
of diffusion)
⩥ Stimulus. Answer: an idea of innovation is not immediately adopted,
yet does have an impact (a type of diffusion)
⩥ Relocation Diffusion. Answer: requires the actual movement of
individuals who have already adopted the idea or innovation and carry it
to a new location where they disseminate it (a type of diffusion)
, ⩥ Migrant. Answer: the idea or innovation loses its strength/population
at the site of the origin (a type of diffusion)
⩥ Accultration. Answer: process in which one culture substantially
changes through interaction with another (one-way transfer)
⩥ Transcultration. Answer: two-way exchange of culture traits between
societies in close contact
⩥ Syncretism. Answer: two cultures come together and create a brand
new culture
⩥ Time-Distance Decay. Answer: the further from it's source/longer it
takes, the less likely the innovation is to be adopted
⩥ Culture Barriers. Answer: prevailing attitudes and/or taboos
⩥ Culture v. Ethnicity. Answer: culture is learned, ethnicity is cultural
history & lifestyles
⩥ Devolution. Answer: process where regions in a state demand and
gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of a central
government
