AP Human Geography Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

barter - Answer the form of trade in which a good or service is traded for another good or service, as agreed upon by the people doing the trading. *first form of trade* cash exchanges - Answer a form of trade in which cash, a way to place an abstract value on a *product* or *service* that allows for relatively *easy exchanges*, is exchanged for a good or service. central places - Answer the idea by *Walter Christaller* in the 1930s that different types of stores tend to cluster into...

Cartography - Answer the making of maps and charts Map Distortion - Answer Happens when a round surface is made flat; distortion may be in size or shape of land forms, distance between land forms, or in direction. Map Projection - Answer a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude Map Scale - Answer shows the ratio between distances on a map and distances on the earth Geographic Scale - Answer ratio comparing the distance on the...

What is the difference between a habit and a custom? - Answer Habit is a repetitive act of an individual person - wearing jeans every day. Custom is a repetitive act of a group so much that it becomes characteristics of that group - college students wearing jeans every day. Define folk culture: - Answer Practiced by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas. Define popular culture: - Answer Found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite dif...

With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment A) few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment. B) religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment. C) religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group. D) all religions appeal primarily to people living in their land of origin. E) All of the above are true. - Answer B A large a...

Which country led the world in manufacturing in the nineteenth century? A. Germany B. United States C. France D. United Kingdom - Answer D. United Kingdom Which his country had made the least progress toward industrialization during the late 19th century? A. Russia B. France C. Germany D. Belgium - Answer A. Russia Industrialization in the United States began in what region? A. The Midwest B. The Middle-Atlantic C. The South D. New England - Answer D. New England Beer ...

Development - Answer A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology Gross domestic product (GDP) - Answer The value of total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normally one year). Gross nationally income (GNI) - Answer Calculates the monetary worth of what is produced within a country plus income received from investments outside the country, as a more accurate way of measuring a coun...

D - Answer Compared to North American ranchers, commercial ranchers in the Pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil are more likely to... (A) raise mostly sheep (B) lease their grazing land (C) rely on feedlots (D) raise livestock primarily for export (E) use practices developed by indigenous people E - Answer The Indo-European language family includes the major languages of Europe and those dominant in all the following regions EXCEPT... (A) Russia (B) Northern India (...

Antecedent Boundary - Answer A boundary that was drawn across an area prior to the area becoming substantially-populated (e.g. border between Malaysia and Indonesia) Balance of Power - Answer A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or allies Boundary - Answer An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory Buffer State - Answer A neutral state between two warring states (e.g. Mongolia, between Russia and China) City-State - Answer A ...

Culture - Answer The sum total of knowledge, attitudes and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society. Folk Culture - Answer cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings traditions, and institutions of usually small, traditional communities. Popular Culture - Answer Cultural traits such as dress, diet, and music that identify and are part of today's changeable, urban based, media influenced western societies. Local Culture - Answer Group of ...

spatial approach - Answer The way of identifying, explaining, and predicting the human and physical patterns and the connections of various locations. physical geography - Answer the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes human geography - Answer The study of where and why human activities are located where they are absolute location - Answer Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates latitude - Answer the distance in deg...