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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ALL TERMSEXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Human geography - Answer-a branch of geography that focuses on the study of
patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with
particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of
human activity on the Earth's surface
Physical geography - Answer-the study of physical features of the earth's surface
Absolute location - Answer-The exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
Relative location - Answer-the location of something in relation to something else
Spatial perspective - Answer-they way geographers look at everything-- in relation to
space
Map - Answer-a 2D model of the earth or a portion of its surface
Mental map - Answer-A map which represents the perceptions and knowledge a person
has of an area
Distribution - Answer-the frequency or occurrence of something
Pattern - Answer-a consistent or characteristic arrangement
Formal region - Answer-a region marked by uniformity
Functional (nodal) region - Answer-a group of places linked together by some function's
influence on them
Perceptual (vernacular) region - Answer-a region defined by people's beliefs
Remote sensing - Answer-technique of obtaining information about objects through the
study of data collected by special instruments that are not in physical contact with the
objects being analyzed
Geographic Information Systems - Answer-a computer program that stores geographic
data and produces maps to show those data
Diffusion - Answer-the spread of a culture element or some other phenomena
,Expansion diffusion - Answer-a form of diffusion in which the cultural component
spreads outward to new places while remaining strong in its original hearth
Relocation diffusion - Answer-a form of diffusion that involves the actual movement of
the original adopters from their point of origin to a new place
Acculturation - Answer-occurs when the "weaker" of two cultures adopts traits from the
more dominant culture
Assimilation - Answer-in cultural convergence, this occurs when the original traits of the
weaker culuter are completely erased and replaced by the traits of the more dominant
culture
Transculturation - Answer-occurs when two cultures of just about equal power or
influence meet and exchange ideas or traits without the domination seen in
acculturation and assimilation
Contagious diffusion - Answer-a form of expansion diffusion in which numerous places
or people near the point of origin become adopters
Hierarchical diffusion - Answer-occurs when the diffusion innovation or concept spreads
from a place or person of power or high susceptibility to another ina leveled pattern
Independent invention - Answer-in which many hearths invent similar innovations
without knowing about each other
Environmental determinism - Answer-the idea that human behavior is controlled by the
physical environment
Possibilism - Answer-the idea that the natural environment places limits on the set of
choices available to people
Culture - Answer-the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior
patterns shared and transmitted by the members of society
Cultural diffusion - Answer-the spread of culture
Cultural landscape - Answer-tangible result of a human group's interaction with its
environment
Culture hearth - Answer-area where innovations in culture began and from which such
cultural elements spread
Culture trait - Answer-a single piece of a culture's traditions and practices
,Culture complex - Answer-a unique combination of culture traits for a particular culture
group
Culture realm - Answer-A cluster of regions in which related culture systems prevail.
Culture region - Answer-A region within which common culture charecteristics prevail
Culture system - Answer-collection of culture complexes that shaper a group's common
identity
Sequent occupance - Answer-theory that a place is occupied by different groups of
people, each group leaving an imprint on the place from which the next group learns
Folk culture - Answer-isolated group that has had long-lasting culture traits that have not
changed substantially over time
Popular culture - Answer-mass culture that diffuses rapidly
Commodification - Answer-the process though which something is given monetary
value
Stimulus diffusion - Answer-expansion diffusion in which the innovative idea diffuses
from its hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters
adaptive strategies - Answer-the unique way in which each culture uses its particular
physical environment
architectural form - Answer-the look of housing, effected by the available materials, the
environment the house is in, and the popular culture of the time
authenticity - Answer-the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity,
devotion, and intentions; the quality of being authentic
cultural appropriation - Answer-the process by which cultures adopt customs and
knowledge from other cultures and use them for their own benefit
folk culture - Answer-cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings, traditions, and
institutions of usually small, traditional communities
folk ways - Answer-any informal norms, virtues, or values characterized by being
followed through imitation and mild social pressure but not strictly enforced or put into
law
folklore - Answer-consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular
beliefs, and customs that are the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group
, maladapted diffusion - Answer-diffusion in which image takes precedence over
practicality
material culture - Answer-the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other
similar items constructed or created by a group of people
non material culture - Answer-the beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values , of a group
of people
placelessness - Answer-the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that
one place looks like the next
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
survey systems - Answer-systems that are used to collect data
traditional architecture - Answer-traditional building styles of different cultures, religions,
and places
vernacular - Answer-the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or
place
acculturation - Answer-the exchange of cultural features that results when groups come
into continuous first-hand contact
adaptation - Answer-adjusting to a translation based on the cultural environment of the
target language
assimilation - Answer-the process through which people lose originally differentiating
traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms when they come into
contact with another society or culture
cultural convergence - Answer-contact and interaction of one culture and another
cultural divergence - Answer-the separation of cultures through less and less contact
and interaction between them; restriction of a culture from outside influences
cultural integration - Answer-the process of combining cultures together into one
core / periphery / semi-periphery - Answer-the core-periphery idea that the core houses
the main economic power of the region and the outlying region and that the periphery
houses the lesser economic ties with the semi-periphery in-between the two
cultural identity - Answer-the way people categorize their culture, sometimes by the way
they dress and what they eat
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