AP Human Geography Vocab Barron's
7th Edition Chapter 4a Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Antecedent Boundaries -
correct answer ✅A boundary line established before an area is
populated
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller countries.
Buffer State -
correct answer ✅A relatively small country sandwiched between
two larger powers. This may help to prevent dangerous conflicts
between powerful countries. ; occupy the spaces between two
larger, potentially oppositional countries
Centrifugal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to divide a country.
Centripetal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to unite or bind a country
together.
, AP Human Geography Vocab Barron's
7th Edition Chapter 4a Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅The expansion and perpetuation of an empire. ;
began shaping world history and human geography in ways that are
difficult to overemphasize
Commonwealth of Independent States -
correct answer ✅Confederacy of independent states of the former
Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic
and administrative needs.
Compact State -
correct answer ✅A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or
rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric
center is relatively equal in all directions ; relatively rounded shapes
Confederation -
correct answer ✅A form of an international organization that
brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose.
Democratization -
correct answer ✅The process of establishing representative and
accountable forms of government led by popularly elected
7th Edition Chapter 4a Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Antecedent Boundaries -
correct answer ✅A boundary line established before an area is
populated
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller countries.
Buffer State -
correct answer ✅A relatively small country sandwiched between
two larger powers. This may help to prevent dangerous conflicts
between powerful countries. ; occupy the spaces between two
larger, potentially oppositional countries
Centrifugal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to divide a country.
Centripetal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to unite or bind a country
together.
, AP Human Geography Vocab Barron's
7th Edition Chapter 4a Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅The expansion and perpetuation of an empire. ;
began shaping world history and human geography in ways that are
difficult to overemphasize
Commonwealth of Independent States -
correct answer ✅Confederacy of independent states of the former
Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic
and administrative needs.
Compact State -
correct answer ✅A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or
rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric
center is relatively equal in all directions ; relatively rounded shapes
Confederation -
correct answer ✅A form of an international organization that
brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose.
Democratization -
correct answer ✅The process of establishing representative and
accountable forms of government led by popularly elected
